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  Ansaldobreda, S.P.A. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Logo for Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie as seen on car #4063 on the Washington Metro.
The company was formed by the merger of the Ansaldo Trasporti unit with Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie.
Breda also assisted in rehabilitation of the 1000-series rail cars manufactured by Rohr Industries.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ansaldobreda,_S.P.A.   (383 words)

  
 2éme page historique
Ernesto Breda and C. The plant was reorganised and specialized in building steam locomotives.
In 1962 all the Ernesto Breda companies which had been transformed and reorganized during the post war period, while maintening railcar contruction as their main activity, were taken over by the newly created EFIM Group.
In 1969 the newly created Finanziaria Breda Ferroviaria, which would later be known as AvioFer Breda, controlled all the companies in the Efim Rail Division.
perso.orange.fr /breda.cf/Histori2.htm   (246 words)

  
 sfweekly.com - News - Rewarding Failure   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Breda's "light" rail vehicles are, public records show, too heavy, too long, too wide, and too noisy to work acceptably on Muni tracks.
The Breda and Alcatel projects are not anomalies, and Booz Allen Hamilton is not necessarily a lone bad guy.
The length problem carries its own special irony: The Breda rail cars were bought, purportedly, to mesh with a computer control system that would move more trains and more passengers through the subway at peak hours.
www.sfweekly.com /issues/1998-12-09/news/feature2.html   (1012 words)

  
 Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie
Ansaldobreda S.P.A. is a company based in Naples, Italy and responsible for designing and manufacturing railway and mass transit vehicles.
Breda has also manufactured LRVs for Cleveland (RTA Rapid Transit) in the mid 1980s.
In Denmark the company has recently become known for delaying the delivery of the new high-speed DMU's IC-4 and refusing to acknowledge penalties from the government because of these delays.
www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/Breda_Costruzioni_Ferroviarie   (209 words)

  
 Transit Rider Heavy Rail Vehicles - Ansaldobreda
The Breda cars and automation were the answer to all of these problems.
The Breda cars have four doors available for both high and low platforms.
MUNI paid a premium for the cars with the insurance that they would be reliable.
www.transit-rider.com /hrt/breda.cfm   (386 words)

  
 Index.htm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
And he said MBTA officials were concerned Breda was concentrating more on its manufacturing operations in Italy and its final assembly plant in Littleton than testing and fixing T cars at the Riverside testing house.
Breda officials could not be reached for comment yesterday.
Breda, which has produced cars for Atlanta, Cleveland, and San Francisco, delivered the first new Green Line cars about a year ago, Mulhern said, and has delivered 13 cars as of September.
stu.aii.edu /~arc411/COM110_Case_Greeline.htm   (2982 words)

  
 MBTA orders 100 low-floor LRVs - Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority places order with Breda Costruzioni ...
To Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie of Italy went a $215 million contract for 100 low-floor, a.c.
Breda will pick a site in Massachusetts for final assembly of the new cars, as well as modification of the Kinki Sharyo cars.
Pilot cars are to be delivered within three years, with the entire fleet scheduled to be in service within five and a half years.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1215/is_n3_v196/ai_16678853   (365 words)

  
 Breda (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Breda is a city in Iowa, United States.
Ernesto Breda was an Italian engineer who founded the company Accomandita ing.
Another spinoff of Ernesto Breda is Breda Meccanica Bresciana, an Italian small arms and ammunition manufacturer.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Breda_(disambiguation)   (199 words)

  
 The Schumin Web Transit Center - Washington Metro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
This replaces the "Made in Italy by Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie S.p.A." builder's plate with the Breda horse on it.
A Metro employee, after flipping up a double-ended seat on Breda 3008, inspects the equipment underneath it in order to determine the reason that this car was unable to build brake pressure.
Breda 2034, unlike other Bredas that have been rehabilitated, retained its original tan-colored cab door.
transit.schuminweb.com /rail/washington/miscellaneous.asp?station=REH   (781 words)

  
 Metro press release: Metro to introduce its modernized Breda Series 2000/3000 Rail cars
With many of these rail cars in service for nearly 20 years, it was necessary for Metro to move ahead with this rehabilitation project and to ensure the life span of these rail cars for another 20 years.
The first two pairs of series 2000/3000 Breda rail cars were shipped to the ALSTOM Facility in Hornell, New York, in February 2001 for disassembly and a detailed inspection.
The Breda rail cars were originally manufactured more than 20 years ago by Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie In Italy.
www.wmata.com /about/MET_NEWS/PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=239   (746 words)

  
 UTU Daily News Digest / August 22, 2001   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Mulhern said the T has hired more track experts to analyze the situation and is hoping the feds will make their engineers available as well.
Breda spokesman Angelo Aprile said that the company remains equally baffled about whether the cause of the problems lies in the cars or the track
Already the agency has whacked Breda for $2.5 million in penalties for delays and said it expects to assess the entire $10 million it's allowed to recoup under the contract.
www.utu.org /utu497/News/NewsDgst/2001/august/0822/010822.htm   (4816 words)

  
 Bulletin EU 12-1996 (en): 1.3.84   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Commission decision on aid for the EFIM group and its subsidiary Aviofer/Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie (BCF), a producer of railway rolling stock.
The Commission has decided to authorize the aid after concluding that it meets the conditions laid down in the Community guidelines on State aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty.
As the winding-up of the EFIM group has been concluded with the takeover of BCF by Finmeccanica, the Commission has also terminated the proceedings initiated in respect of the EFIM group.
europa.eu /bulletin/en/9612/p103084.htm   (94 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com: Computer Fixes Planned to Improve Metro
Metro trains also are breaking down twice as often as they did three years ago, according to the agency.
The automatic train control system manufactured by Alstom Inc. is installed in the 192 newest rail cars, which were made by CAF Inc. The same system is being added to an older generation of 364 rail cars that were made by Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie SpA.
Salpeas said he suspects that a faulty relay board, which acts as the "brain of the train," is causing breakdowns of both the CAF cars and the rehabilitated Breda cars.
www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A16956-2005Mar31?language=printer   (861 words)

  
 Bredamenarinibus | autobus e veicoli per il trasporto pubblico   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In the most recent years, we are in 1989, Menarini is purchased by Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie anticipating that process of industrial aggregation which would characterize also the bus sector as it occurred before among the car and industrial vehicles manufacturers.
The new trademark BredaMenarinibus is established; the red little horse will appear on all the buses produced by the Company based in Bologna.
The transfer of property to the Breda Group first, and later under the direct control of Finmeccanica (2001), the main industrial
www.bredamenarinibus.it /en/azienda/storia.php   (873 words)

  
 Washington DC Subway - Aging System Needs Attention - SkyscraperCity
Both were Breda cars, built by the Italian firm Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie in the early 1980s.
The performance of the rebuilt Breda cars is so poor, it is dragging down the reliability of the entire Metrorail fleet.
One of the first rebuilt Breda cars caught fire during a 2003 test run, the result of an electrical wiring problem, records show.
www.skyscrapercity.com /showthread.php?t=220853   (3725 words)

  
 Breda at Caribbean Topfunwebsites   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
* Ernesto Breda was an Italian engineer that found the company Accomandita ing.
Ernesto Breda & C. specialized in building steam locomotives.
** The company later became Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie, an Italy manufacturer of rolling stock for rail transport
www.topfunwebsites.com /curacao/breda.html   (95 words)

  
 FINMECCANICA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
ANSALDO SIGNAL is a worldwide supplier of signaling, automation and control systems, related components and services for the global railroad and mass transit industries.
The new company is a merger of the Ansaldo Trasporti unit which produces electronic drives and vehicle-borne equipment with Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie, one of the largest mechanical builders in the world.
Breda Transportation Inc. is the U.S. point of contact for Ansaldobreda.
www.finmec.com /transportation.asp   (615 words)

  
 The Schumin Web - Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
I refer to it as the "Breda" color scheme.
For those of you who are unfamiliar, I based the color scheme here on Metro's 4000-series cars, which were manufactured in 1991 by a company called Breda.
I was tempted to add "Made in Italy by Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie S.p.A." to the page somewhere, complete with horse logo, but I don't want anyone to think that the page was actually made in Italy by Breda.
www.schuminweb.com /schumin-web/journal/2006-permalink.asp?id=94   (407 words)

  
 Elettromar S.r.l.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In 1998 another important collaboration takes place with Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie, which marks the entry of the company in the railway sector, shortly followed by the acquisition of important orders in the Energy and Environment sector.
The company, presently working throughout the national market, with important orders abroad, has 110 employees working in the offices and workshops of Follonica, in the Assembly Division of Piombino and in the Sales Office in Milan.
There are permanent Elettromar teams based within the premises of AnsaldoBreda Costruzioni Ferroviarie in Pistoia, in the plant of Nuovo Pignone in Firenze and in the Nosedo Water Treatment Plant in Milan.
www.elettromar.it /storia_en.shtml   (509 words)

  
 Railway Technology - High technology in new design — The newest project of Virgin Trains by Bombardier and SIRIO tram ...
Railway Technology - High technology in new design — The newest project of Virgin Trains by Bombardier and SIRIO tram by Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie.
High technology in new design — The newest project of Virgin Trains by Bombardier and SIRIO tram by Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie.
This image is to illustrate the Mediterr Shock Absorbers Spa company profile.
www.railway-technology.com /contractors/noise/mediterr/mediterr5.html   (96 words)

  
 Friendster - N-Judah   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
"I am a nice, friendly Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie train full of grumpy people, especially in the morning.
Going from 4th & King out to Ocean Beach and back over and over and over again, spanking, long rides out to the beach, cigarettes, a good shiraz
My buddy C-Train from NYC hooked me up with this killer band called the Screeching Wheels, and I love that little ding-ding or bong-bong sound they play when I come pulling into the underground stations.
www.friendster.com /1085477   (257 words)

  
 METRO COM - material testing machines - References   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
- BREDA COSTRUZIONI FERROVIARIE - BREDA FUCINE S.p.A. - BRETER S.r.l.
- NEO SOLAIO - NOVOLES LESNA INDUSTRJA D.D. - NUOVA BREDA FUCINE S.p.A. - NUOVA DELTASIDER S.p.A. FERGAL S.r.l.
FERROVIARIE WAGONS-LITS S.p.A. - OFFICINA FRATELLI BERTOLOTTI S.p.A. OFFICINA SANTAFEDE S.r.l.
www.metrocom.it /references.htm   (1577 words)

  
 Metro glossary
When there is a BIE, the train cannot move.
Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie; the name of an Italian manufacturer of rail cars.
Tiles with raised domes that are located along the edge of the platform to provide a tactile method of alerting passengers that they are near the edge
www.wmata.com /about/MET_NEWS/pressroom/glossary.cfm   (1621 words)

  
 Alacra Store - Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie S.p.A. Company Snapshot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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 Washington Metro information - Search.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Delivery is expected to begin in late 2005, with initial service expected in 2006.
A train of Breda 4000-series cars arrives at King Street station.
During normal operation on revenue tracks, trains are controlled by an automatic train control system (ATC) which accelerates and brakes the train automatically without operator intervention.
c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/Washington_Metro   (6200 words)

  
 Destination : Freedom Newsletter - March 24, 2003
More testing in warmer temperatures is needed before the state will allow Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie cars – the name of the Italian manufacturer – on all Green Line branches, according to a report released last week by the Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy.
Thus far, the T has taken delivery of just 17 of the 100 Bredas it ordered, halting requests for the remaining cars, and has paid less than half of the $250 million contract.
The 100-car Breda order stemmed directly from the Americans with Disabilities Act, which requires transit agencies to guarantee that people with disabilities can board their trains without using specialized lifts.
www.nationalcorridors.org /df/df03242003.shtml   (12499 words)

  
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The Athens Tram vehicles were designed by the AnsaldoBreda company in collaboration with the famous Ferrari designer Sergio Pininfarina, the most dominant luxury car designer of the last century.
The type of vehicles is called SIRIO, a project dating from the end of 1997 as a result of the decision reached by Italian companies ANSALDO TRASPORTI and BREDA COSTRUZIONI FERROVIARIE to develop a prototype, in order to meet the demands for a modern, economic tramway vehicle.
During the design of the vehicles, special emphasis was given to:
www.tramsa.gr /html/en/oxima.php?id=1   (108 words)

  
 :: CEN :: Interoperability
Expert voluntarily working in the European tandardization Technical Committees and experts developing the TSIs meet regularly in order to adjust the draft standards to the TSI needs.
A team of CEN, CENELEC and ETSI consultants facilitate this: Mr M. Pecorini was previously director of the High Speed Rail design department in Breda Costruzioni Ferroviarie.
He was also an expert of the Rolling Stock TSI (Technical Specification of Interoperability) group.
www.cenorm.be /cenorm/businessdomains/businessdomains/transportandpackaging/railway/interoperability.asp   (1004 words)

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