Bombardier Transportation (
www.bombardier.com) recently signed an ‘asset replacement’ contract with Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA).
The contract — worth about 211 million euros — covers the supply of 19 new Bombardier Innovia APM 300 (automated people mover) cars, the retrofitting of 13 existing Innovia APM 100 cars, and a signalling system upgrade
for 14 stops on the Bukit Panjang Light Rail Transit (LRT) Line.
Jayaram Naidu, Bombardier Transportation’s vice-president (South East Asia), said: “This latest contract shows the trust LTA has in us and further deepens our long-term presence in this important market.
Bombardier started delivering Innovia APM 100s for the Bukit Panjang Line in 1999, and we are ready to continue meeting Singapore’s mobility needs with our high-performance rail vehicles, signalling systems and integrated fleet support.”
Since 2012, Bombardier has delivered 276 driverless Movia Metro cars for Singapore’s Downtown Line, in addition to 13 driverless Innovia APM 100 cars for the Bukit Panjang LRT.
Together, Singapore’s Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) and LRT networks carry over 3 million passengers daily, and LTA is seeking to strengthen the country’s rail infrastructure with the target to expand the rail network to 360km by 2030.
Based in Berlin (Germany), Bombardier Transportation employs around 39,850 people, and its products and services operate in over 60 countries.