Rail technology leader Bombardier Transportation and ST Engineering’s Land Systems division have announced a new strategic partnership that will build a Singapore Service Centre.

As part of the partnership agreement, Bombardier and ST Engineering will combine their respective capabilities in transportation design, manufacturing, engineering knowledge, maintenance, repair and overhaul expertise to provide cost-effective localised component repair capabilities for customers in Singapore, as well as regionally.

Tan Peng Kuan, president (commercial business) of ST Engineering’s Land Systems division (www.stengg.com), said: “The Singapore Service Centre is a step towards strengthening Singapore’s capability in rail maintenance and support services, and it is testament to ST Engineering’s deep engineering capabilities.

“The company’s advanced diagnostics and maintenance, repair and operations expertise ensures that there is reliable in-country support for transport operators in Singapore, while our complementary capabilities in robotics and simulation systems also offer innovative engineering applications for improving the efficiency and reliability of rail operations.”

Over the last 20 years, Bombardier (www.bombardier.com) has made significant contributions to improving mobility in Singapore.

To date, it has delivered 276 driverless Bombardier Movia metro cars for Singapore’s Downtown Line and 13 Bombardier Innovia APM 100 automated people mover cars for the Bukit Panjang Light Rail Transit system.

Earlier this year, Bombardier won a contract to supply 19 new Innovia APM 300 cars, retrofit 13 existing APM 100 cars, and deliver a signalling system upgrade for 13 stops on the Bukit Panjang LRT Line.

In addition, a new contract was recently awarded to supply 396 Movia metro cars for the high-capacity North-South and East-West Mass Rapid Transit lines.

The new order brings the number of Movia vehicles in Singapore to 672, making it one of Bombardier’s largest metro fleets in the world.