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	Combino (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Because of its modular design, the Combino was one of the most successful tram types for a while.
		The prototype of the Combino was a four setion type and used of a long head barge with two had not been operated, sending wheels.
		Subsequently, hairline cracks were found in the joints of the aluminium bodies, which could cause the roof to collapse in case of an accident.
	www.vdinosaurs.com /wiki/index.php?title=Combino (1225 words)

	Siemens AG - Successful in Hungary
		The Combinos for the Hungarian capital are the first articulated vehicles to be designed with a total of nine sections.
		Siemens TS is responsible for the mechanical part and for the drive (motor, transmission, coupling), Kiepe for the supply of the electrical equipment.
		By introducing nine-section Combinos - which also have double doors arranged on both sides of the car directly behind the cab - BKV will able to reduce its present fleet of trams from 800 to 680 units.
	www.eci.siemens.com /marketplaces/servlet/index.jsp?sdc_contentid=1000000025110&sdc_unitid=&sdc_langid=1&sdc_countryid=0&sdc_sectionid=0&sdc_secnavid=0&sdc_mpid=26&sdc_flags=0&sdc_iovr=true (468 words)

	SKF Evolution Online - Axlebridge designs for low-floor tramways (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The CombinoÂ® modular tramcar made by Siemens is equipped with an advanced axlebridge developed by SKF.
		For the Combino cars, which are tailored for the requirements of the operators at Amsterdam and Melbourne, Siemens SGP requested a completely new, more sophisticated axlebridge generation with more advanced features (fig.3, fig.4 and table 1), including:
		The Combino units for Melbourneâs line are 20 or 30 metres long and are designed to operate in double-ended mode (fig.10).
	evolution.skf.com /zino.aspx?articleID=558 (1485 words)

	:oida combino (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Combino provides the tools required by non-technical users to update and manage their website, intranet or extranet.
		Combino employs a multi tiered user model to allow a highly sophisticated permission model.
		Combino provides a simple and familiar user interface to ensure that the user feels comfortable from the first time they use it.
	www.oidamedia.co.uk /combino.aspx (172 words)

	Siemens AG - More light rail vehicle orders for Siemens
		The Combinos for Stadtwerke Ulm (SWU) are to be built as five-section, single-ended units for meter gauge track.
		These nearly 31-meter-long and 2.4-meter-wide vehicles come with a retractable ramp to facilitate access for wheelchairs and baby carriages, with closed-circuit TV surveillance, and with air-conditioning in the passenger compartments.
		The Combinos are due to be delivered in 2003.
	www.siemens.com /page/1,3771,251135-1-18_0_0-0,00.html (443 words)

	Trams, Trains and More - Erfurt: Where have all KT4's gone...? 1. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This is a three-section Combino in a livery as just as the same that we saw in Nordhausen, only the colors are more greyish, I should say unfriendlier.
		First, this is a Combino running along the Main Post on the left, a shopping mall named Anger1 on the right and a demonstrating crowd in front of it - regarding it's the 1st May, there is a demonstration of the trade-union.
		Five section Combino's again, now with the smilier face, these are members of a younger bunch of Combinos just like in Nordhausen.
	batia.infopace.net /eerfurt.htm (857 words)

	Trams, Trains and More - Siemens Combino Budapest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Fate struck again: cracks have been found on a Combino, a car from Freiburg which was on a testing in the Czech Republic.
		Due to the tonnes of electric equipment is on the roof, it threatens the passenger room from falling in.
		All Combinos of the World with a running performance of more than 120 000 kilometres were withdrawn from service to be checked.
	batia.infopace.net /ecombinobudapest.htm (1473 words)

	INA-Internet \| Sectors / Key Industries \| Combino® low-level articulated railcar
		The Combino motorized bogie with both drive assemblies mounted on the outside, is characterized by a low center of gravity, minimized unsprung masses and improved driving dynamics compared with conventional low-level chassis due to longitudinal coupling of the wheels.
		The mechanical decoupling of the opposing wheel pairs means that the additional longitudinal skid affected by wear during cornering is also reduced.
		FAG supplies the current isolated bearings for the traction motors for the Combino low-level articulated railcars developed by Siemens.
	www.ina.de /content/en/branches/pt_r/rail_vehicles/applications_4/motive_power_units/streetcars/combino__low-level_articulated_railcar/Combino_low-level_articulated_railcar.jsp (225 words)

	Melbourne's Siemens Combino D Class trams
		M>Tram is to take delivery of 59 Siemens Combino trams, both three and five section, from 2002.
		The fleet numbers are expected to follow on from the B2 class i.e.
		The first Combino trams left Bremerhaven, Germany aboard the Swedish registered Boheme on the 31st January 2002 and are due in Melbourne on the 12th March 2002.
	www.geocities.com /z_class/dclass.html (99 words)

	Siemens AG - Nordhausen: First order for Combino with diesel hybrid drive
		The city of Nordhausen in Thuringia in eastern Germany has placed an order with Siemens for the delivery of three Combino type low-floor light rail vehicles which can be powered not only electrically but also by diesel engine.
		For operation on the HSB routes, these Combinos will also be equipped with an ATC system and a train radio.
		The transit authority in Erfurt, which has been using Combinos since 2000, has ordered 22 more five-section trams, thus raising the Erfurt fleet of Combinos to a total of 48 vehicles.
	www.eci.siemens.com /marketplaces/servlet/index.jsp?sdc_contentid=1000000000110&sdc_unitid=&sdc_langid=1&sdc_countryid=0&sdc_sectionid=0&sdc_secnavid=0&sdc_mpid=26&sdc_flags=0&sdc_iovr=true (336 words)

	HamPage: Linz-Gmunden-Innsbruck II. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Combino took up much of the space in the carbarn, so one of the ex-Vestische Strassenbahn DUEWAG cars was stored at the railway station, which is one of the termini of the line.
		Combino on its way to the railway station.
		The Combino one stop before the city terminus.
	hampage.hu /trams/linz-gmunden-innsbruck/e_index2.html (168 words)

	:oida (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Oida will be showcasing the latest version of Combino web content management software at the Content Management Show 2005, 29th, 30th November and 1st December at Kensington Olympia.
		Oida are delighted that some of the world's most respected innovators use Combino as a creative outlet.
		Combino, Oida’s enterprise content management platform has been deployed for "Premier Marché" company Trader Classified Media.
	www.oidamedia.co.uk (384 words)

	Combinos for Potsdam and Amsterdam - Jane's Business News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The total order value of these 155 Combino units for Amsterdam is now around EUR220 million.
		The 155 Combinos for Amsterdam are five-section single-ended vehicles and will be adopted for the whole municipal area.
		This type of Combino will have a maximum speed of around 70 kph and, with an overall length of 29 meters, will offer seating for 62 passengers as well as standing room for another 110.
	www.janes.com /business/news/juts/juts010430_1_n.shtml (284 words)

	Combino update (Zürich tram news) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Yesteday in Bern, Siemens presented their latest Combino repair concept: Besides welded bodyshells (instead of the screw-based Alugrip system), the new/rebuilt Combinos will have a different articulation design allowing greater freedom of movement between the individual sections.
		The Combino problems are having political repercussions in Basel where the decision leading to the acquistion of these trams is being investigated.
		Additionally, 70% low floor designs with a lower risk factor than Combino were not considered in the final rounds of the tendering process.
	www.proaktiva.ch /tram/zurich/newslog/newsitem.php?year=2004&item=300604b (273 words)

	SIEMENS
		Budapest a contract for the delivery of 40 Combino trams with low floor.
		The Combino trams that are to be delivered in the Hungarian capital are the first that have been designed as vehicles with nine units.
		Having a length of 53 meters and a width of 2.4 meters, the Combino trams offer the space for 351 passengers (72 seats) which are going to operate on the big boulevards of Budapest, where there are transported almost 200,000 passengers daily.
	www.cfr.ro /JF/engleza/0305/SIEMENS.htm (733 words)

	Combino (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Siemens has meanwhile made further progress in the two-phase modification of its Combino trams.
		As early as the end of June 2004, the first car fitted with dampers in the bogie link was presented by Siemens to representatives of transit authorities in Bern who operate the Combino trams.
		If the tests continue to be successful and the measures are released by the experts, implementation of Modification Phase 2 could begin in 2005.
	www.transportation.siemens.com /ts/en/pub/products/mt/products/trams/combino.htm (352 words)

	Combino: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Combino is a low floor (In public transportation, low floor is a term describing vehicles such as busses, trolleybusses and trams...)
		the Combino was one of the most successful tram types for a while.
		Siemens admitted that the Combinos had been built according to the specification of a wrong technical norm, Exception Handler: No article summary found.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /ref/combino (1524 words)

	Rattlers one day, combino the next - theage.com.au
		Melbourne's new trams will pick up their first passengers by the end of the week.
		Four of the German-designed and built M>Tram fleet known as "combinos" have completed their testing, with the first vehicle due to make its inaugural journey on route six between Glen Iris and Melbourne University on November 30.
		Each tram has had three weeks of testing, including four days when it runs virtually continuously.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2002/11/23/1037697933381.html (186 words)

	Wonderland Combino Beginner Set WL2000 @ MailOrderExpress.com (UK) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Combino set has 2 faces, on one side rails, on the other side roads, enabling children to construct either system and then fulfil their dreams using trains or trucks or both.
		Combino enhances the sense for construction and then imagination to play with various traffic solutions.
		DKL Marketing - main activities are to import and distribute Toys (Wooden & Plastic), Nursery, Craft and Gift items to the Toy and Gift trade, including the educational and promotional markets.
	www.morebaby.com /WL2000_Wonderland_Combino_Beginner_Set.asp (366 words)

	Asia Pacific Rail: First Combino order received from Eastern Europe. (International News).(Brief Article)@ HighBeam ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Siemens Transportation Systems (TS) is to supply 14 five-section Combino trams to the mass transit authority for the Polish city of Poznan.
		The order is the first for Combino trams from Eastern Europe.
		Some 529 Combinos, with a total value of EUR27.5m, have been ordered globally.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:100807343&refid=holomed_1 (161 words)

	Siemens Ag Siemens to rebuild Combino railcars, exceeding provisioned 368 mln eur -report
		FRANKFURT (AFX) - Siemens AG will have to rebuild all of its faulty Combino light rail cars at a cost in excess of the 368 mln eur in provisions it has so far booked for the repair work, the Rheinische Post reported, citing an internal memo.
		In Germany, most have been taken out of operation because Siemens fears their roofs will collapse, the paper reported, citing the report.
		Technical problems with the Combino dragged down second quarter earnings within Siemens' transportation systems unit.
	www.advfn.com /news_siemens-to-rebuild-combino-railcars--exceeding-provisioned-368-mln-eur--report_7675554.html (258 words)

	Basel: Adios Combino (for a while) (Zürich tram news) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Yesterday evening, the first of these left Basel for Siemens' Krefeld works where all European trams of this type will be treated.
		The first Combino to leave Basel is 310.
		Bern has 15 Combinos (on which work has not yet begun).
	www.proaktiva.ch /tram/zurich/newslog/newsitem.php?year=2005&item=241105 (168 words)

	Merrill Lynch - Markets & Research - /markets_news_story/0,2263,{AF4876E1-8733-4379-8EE0-8636DF599284},00.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		MIAMI, Nov 24, 2004 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- IVAX Corporation IVX (LSE:IVX.L) confirmed that earlier this month, IVAX, in collaboration with its marketing and distribution partner, Combino Pharm SL, was first to market an injectable paclitaxel alternative to Bristol-Myers Squibb's anti cancer drug, Taxol(R) in Spain.
		Combino Pharm SL is a leading generic company in Spain, dedicated to the hospital market.
		Combino Pharm SL representatives will work closely with hospital pharmacists to ensure Paxene is included in oncology center protocols throughout Spain.
	askmerrill.ml.com /markets_news_story/1,2263,{AF4876E1-8733-4379-8EE0-8636DF599284},00.html (352 words)

	Airwise Discussion Forum - Boston Logan
		However, in the design stage, the engineers picked an inappropriate calculation model, and as a result, essentially the whole Combino fleet worldwide got grounded.
		And, as a consequence of the Combino deal in Potsdam, the top management of the Transit Authority got fired...
		On my local bus line (where the newest buses are MAN low-floor vehicles), they had a Solaris Urbino on test...
	forum.airwise.com /forum/showthread.php?t=6554 (914 words)

	Combino (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		PestisideGenerations Split over State-of-the-art TramPestiside, Hungary - Apr 3, 2006Budapest's Moszkva tér was the distinctly un-state-of-the-art scene of a fashion show for the city's shiny new Siemens Combino trams, an imminent public...
		Next Stop: Soulless Super-modern Utility!Pestiside, Hungary - Mar 14, 2006Aside from the fact that the spiffy Siemans "Combino" villamosok (left, being tested in Spain) are a few years late, apparently riddled with technical flaws...
		• The first of the 40 Siemens Combino trams that will run on Budapest's Nagykörút (Big Ring Road) arrived in Budapest this morning, a week...
	www.33beat.com /Combino.html (130 words)

	Ivax wins Taxol rival race in Spain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Nov 26, 2004 (Datamonitor via COMTEX) -- Ivax Corporation has confirmed that the company, in collaboration with its marketing and distribution partner, Combino Pharm SL, was the first to market an injectable paclitaxel alternative to Bristol-Myers Squibb's anticancer drug, Taxol in Spain.
		This market looks set to be profitable to Ivax as annual sales of rival Taxol in Spain are approximately $86 million.
		Company representatives will work closely with hospital pharmacists to ensure Paxene is included in oncology center protocols throughout Spain.
	www.amex.com /newsDetails/CmnNewsDet.jsp?id=XpressFeed_NewsDetails_1101479480579.html (166 words)

	Trelleborg Industrial AVS
		Trelleborg hourglass springs for Siemens Combino Supra tramcars
		Trelleborg Industrial AVS has developed a new variant of its well-known Metalastik® hourglass spring for the secondary suspension of Siemens Combino low-floor tramcars destined for Hungary and Portugal.
		Under a 1.4 million contract, Trelleborg Industrial AVS is to supply hourglass bearer springs for a total of 64 tramcars plus spare parts that Siemens is building for Budapest and Metro Sul do Tejo (MST).
	www.trelleborg.com /industrialavs/item.asp?id=653 (313 words)

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