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  Flexity Outlook - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Flexity Outlook family are articulated light-rail trams manufactured by Bombardier Transportation.
The Outlook family includes two models of tram which although related, bear no real visual resemblance.
The Flexity Outlook's closest competitors are the Citadis from Alstom, the Combino and Avanto from Siemens), and Bombardier's other Flexity trams (including the Swift, Classic, and Link tram-train).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Eurotram   (221 words)

  
 Bombardier to Deliver 22 FLEXITY Outlook Trams to the City of Innsbruck, Austria : ArriveNet Press Releases : Business   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The FLEXITY Outlook vehicles will be designed and manufactured at Bombardier's site in Vienna, while the consortium partner, ELIN EBG Traction, will be responsible for the electrical equipment.
The FLEXITY tram for Innsbruck is based on a proven modular technology that features a 100% low-floor interior while using conventional wheel-set bogies which offer excellent dynamic characteristics in terms of comfort and safety.
FLEXITY Outlook 100% low-floor vehicles for the cities of Graz and Linz were designed and manufactured at its Floridsdorf site, as well as light rail vehicles for Wiener Linien und Wiener Lokalbahnen.
press.arrivenet.com /business/article.php/705122.html   (728 words)

  
 Bombardier | Transportation | Rail Vehicles | Light Rail Vehicles | Bombardier FLEXITY Outlook | Lodz, Poland
A total of 15 Bombardier FLEXITY Outlook trams are being delivered to the transport authority of Lodz (MPK).
With the modular FLEXITY Outlook vehicle concept the operator enjoys the benefits of reduced life-cycle costs.
The FLEXITY Outlook tram commenced revenue service in Lodz at the beginning of 2002 - consequently it is the first 100% low-floor tram in operation in Poland.
www.bombardier.com /en/1_0/1_1/1_1_1_1_4.jsp   (129 words)

  
 Bombardier | Transportation | Rail Vehicles | Light Rail Vehicles | Bombardier FLEXITY Outlook | Brussels, ...
The Brussels transport authority (STIB) commissioned Bombardier to develop and manufacture 68 bidirectional trams of the FLEXITY Outlook type.
The FLEXITY Outlook trams for Brussels are based on a proven technology which features 100% low-floor interior and conventional wheel-set bogies.
The FLEXITY Outlook concept with its wide doors and integral low-floor ensures easy accessibility to the vehicle for the disabled and prams.
www.aerospace.bombardier.com /en/1_0/1_1/1_1_1_1_9.jsp   (204 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Flexity Outlook
The Flexity Outlook is a family of light-rail trams manufactured by Bombardier.
The bi-directional Eurotram has a modernist design that makes it look almost as much like a train as a tram, and has large windows along its entire length; the Cityrunner has a more traditional tram design, and is available in an old-style unidirectional version with doors on only one side.
The Flexity Outlook's closest competitors are ALSTOM's Citadis, the Siemens Combino, and Bombardier's other Flexity trams (including the Swift, Classic, and Link).
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Flexity_Outlook   (154 words)

  
 Market Wire News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
For additional comfort the new 37.1-meter long vehicles have seating for 100 passengers, 20 more than the current vehicles, are equipped with air conditioning and have designated wheel-chair and bicycle areas.
Transport authorities worldwide have already ordered over 1,500 Bombardier FLEXITY trams and light rail vehicles, of which more than 1,000 are in successful revenue service.
Vehicles of the FLEXITY Swift family are operating operation in cities like Cologne, Germany, London-Croydon, UK, Stockholm, Sweden and Istanbul, Turkey as well as in the Netherlands.
www.marketwire.com /mw/release_printer_friendly?release_id=132190&category=   (722 words)

  
 Globeinvestor.com: Bombardier to Supply Additional Trams to the City of Brussels, Belgium   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The contract, which will be officially signed in the coming days, is part of the five-year framework agreement concluded with STIB in October 2003, and includes the maintenance of the vehicles' bogies and propulsion equipment for a period of 15 years, as well as the delivery of spare parts for 10 years.
Today's announcement took place at the roll-out ceremony of the first of 46 FLEXITY Outlook vehicles ordered in 2003.
The event, which was held at the tramway museum in Brussels, was attended by Mr.
www.globeinvestor.com /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CCNM/20050914/0914011n   (440 words)

  
 Bombardier lands 22-tram add-on order from Brussels transport authority
The Brussels transport authority recently awarded Bombardier Transportation an additional order for 22 bi-directional FLEXITY Outlook trams.
Part of a five-year contract signed in 2003, the $64 million order includes provisions under which Bombardier will maintain the trams’ bogies and propulsion equipment for 15 years, and provide spare parts for 10 years.
Bombardier now will build a total of 68 FLEXITY Outlook vehicles — featuring the company’s MITRAC propulsion system — for the authority.
www.progressiverailroading.com /freightnews/article.asp?id=7497   (127 words)

  
 Bombardier wins three contracts International Railway Journal - Find Articles
On December 20, Bombardier announced an order from Marseille, the second largest city in France, for 26 bi-directional Flexity Outlook low-floor LRVs (pictured) for the new light rail network due to open at the beginning of 2007.
The Flexity vehicle offers a 100% low-floor interior even with conventional wheelset bogies, and is equipped with Mitrac propulsion and control equipment using the latest electronic technology.
The Flexity concept has been tailored to a vehicle design created by MBD Design for the operator, Communaute Urbaine Marseille Provence Metropole (CUMPM).
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0BQQ/is_2_45/ai_n9547517   (295 words)

  
 EuroBiz Magazine - October 2005
The agreement means the company will provide mainte-nance of basic train bogies and propulsion equipment for 15 years, and deliver spare parts when necessary for the next 10 years.
This new order means a total of 68 Flexity Outlook vehicles have been ordered by the Belgian authority.
The low-.oor trams are expected to be delivered between May 2007 and March 2008.
www.sinomedia.net /eurobiz/v200510/eu0510.html   (1011 words)

  
 ::GRAZER VERKEHRSBETRIEBE:: Unsere Dienstleistungen: Startseite
Two modern coaches, one of which can also be used for driving instruction, an information bus and the Tramway Museum’s vintage trams are the main attractions for Graz residents.
Half of our fleet of trams, housed mainly in the no 1 tram shed in Steyrergasse, already consists of low-floor vehicles (Cityrunner – Bombardier Flexity Outlook).
The funicular railway and lifts to the Schlossberg in the historic city centre have been carrying tourists and visitors up the Schlossberg for 110 years.
www.gvb.at /home/unsere_dienstleistungen/startseite1.php?size=3   (285 words)

  
 Railway Technology - Metro do Porto Light Rail
The first 24 trams entering service are part of a total contract for 72 to be completed by mid-2004.
The vehicles, previously marketed as the Eurotram but now part of the Flexity Outlook family, comprise seven modules weighing 40.5t.
Assembly takes place at Bombardier's plant at Amadora in Portugal, and the vehicles are virtually identical to fleets built in York and Derby, UK, for light rail networks in Strasbourg, France and Milan, Italy.
www.railway-technology.com /projects/metro_porto   (812 words)

  
 CANOE Money: Bombardier to supply more trams for Brussels, deal worth US$64 million
The deal is part of a five-year framework agreement reached in October 2003 and includes the maintenance of basic train bogies and propulsion equipment for 15 years, as well as the delivery of spare parts for 10 years, Montreal-based Bombardier (TSX:BBD.SV.B) said Wednesday.
The additional order brings to 68 the total number of Flexity Outlook vehicles ordered by the Belgian authority.
Delivery of the low-floor trams is expected to take place between May 2007 and March 2008.
money.canoe.ca /News/Other/2005/09/14/1216554-cp.html   (222 words)

  
 Marseille opts for Flexity LRVs International Railway Journal - Find Articles
BOMBARDIER Transportation is developing a new bi-directional Flexity Outlook LRV for the new network that is due to open in Marseille in 2006-07.
The vehicles will be based on 100% low-floor interiors with conventional wheelset bogies and equipped with Mitrac propulsion and control system.
Vehicles of the same Flexity family are in operation in Linz, Austria, and Lodz, Poland.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0BQQ/is_7_44/ai_n6131814   (155 words)

  
 Trams, Trains and More - Linz, where size does matter
Then, because size does matter, they were lengthened by a plus middle section in 1979-80 due to the growing number of passengers, becoming 10-axle motor cars.
You can see, this is the same building block concept by which today's modern tramcars (Siemens Combino, Bombardier Cityrunner - or Flexity Outlook since -, or Alstom Citadis) are built.
We take the low floor tram of the town, the Cityrunner, or as they offer it nowadays: Flexity Outlook, built by Bombardier.
batia.infopace.net /elinz.htm   (1310 words)

  
 Bombardier Selected To Supply Trams To Brussels
Bombardier Transportation welcomes the notice given by the Board of Directors of the Brussels transport authority (STIB) to award Bombardier an order for 46 bidirectional Bombardier FLEXITY Outlook trams.
The new FLEXITY Outlook vehicles will undoubtedly add to the impressive reputation that STIB has already gained.”
This order brings to 290 the number of FLEXITY Outlook vehicles purchased since 1999.
www.industrypages.com /artman/publish/Industry_News_3118.stm   (308 words)

  
 Railway Technology - Bombardier Awarded a US$106 Million Order for 30 Trams to the City of Valencia, Spain
Bombardier announced today that it received an order from Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana (FGV) for the delivery of 30 bi-directional Bombardier FLEXITY Outlook trams.
The new 100% low-floor trams will be put in service on the tram network of Valencia and Alicante in Spain.
The FLEXITY tram for Valencia is based on a proven modular technology that features a 100% low-floor interior while using conventional wheel-set bogies offering excellent riding behaviour and increasing passenger comfort.
www.railway-technology.com /contractors/metro/bombardier/press12.html   (413 words)

  
 UTU: News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The other contract, worth $63 million, is to supply railway car bases, or bogies, for the subway system in Guangzhou, China.
The 30 bi-directional Bombardier Flexity Outlook trams will be used on the streetcar network in Valencia and Alicante in Spain.
Deliveries are to take place between 2006 and 2007, and the contract includes an option for 10 more trams.
www.utu.org /worksite/detail_news.cfm?ArticleID=19204   (322 words)

  
 Urban Transit and Light Rail in Turkey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Rolling stocks includes 18 LRV, Bombardier "Flexity Outlook" type, also know as "City Runners".
These units were built in Wien and are similar to units sold to Linz or Graz.
In addition to the original equipment, IETT has received in 2003, 55 "Flexity swift" trams from Bombardier, Wien factory.
www.trainsofturkey.com /lrt_overview.htm   (1810 words)

  
 ARG tram graz
The Wuppertal trams, from series 3801 to 3822 and 3401 to 3408 were mostly scrapped in 1998 after service, but 3813 was donated to the Graz Tramway museum.
in 2003 (GVB) bought 18 100% low-floor Bombardier FLEXITY Outlook trams, giving them the number range 601-618.
The vehicles have a width of 2.2 metres and a minimum curve radius of only 17 m.
www.austrian-railways.org /tramgrazstock.htm   (627 words)

  
 Bombardier to Deliver 22 FLEXITY Outlook Trams to the City of Innsbruck, Austria | Design News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Bombardier to Deliver 22 FLEXITY Outlook Trams to the City of Innsbruck, Austria
MONTREAL, QUEBEC-- - Bombardier Transportation and its consortium partner ELIN EBG Traction have received an order from the transport authority of Innsbruck, Austria, Innsbrucker Verkehrsbetriebe GmbH for the delivery of 22 Bombardier FLEXITY Outlook trams.
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 Resources Pressure Bay Street   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Turning to steel research, Prudential downgraded the steel sector to "unfavourable" from "neutral." * Industrial shares are in the fl.
Bombardier is jumping, after the firm received a US$106 million contract to deliver 30 bi-directional Bombardier Flexity Outlook trams to Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana.
Separately, the firm agreed to a US$63 million contract from a Chinese and Japanese consortium for 200 bogies and 400 bogie kits.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-31-2005/0002939423&EDATE=   (624 words)

  
 StockHouse Canada
Shares of Sears Canada (TSX: T.SCC) jumped nearly 12%, or $3.65, to $34.45 after the retailer said it will distribute $2 billion from the sale of its credit and financial services division to shareholders through an extraordinary dividend and will embark on a cost-cutting campaign that could result in fewer jobs.
Bombardier's (TSX: T.BBD.SV.B) shares edged $0.03 higher at $3.06, after the Brussels transport authority ordered 22 more bi-directional Bombardier Flexity Outlook trams from Bombardier Transportation in a contract worth US$64 million.
In mining news, UEX (TSX: T.UEX) shares soared more than 13% to $3.59 after the company reported uranium deposits at Shea Creek, Sask. In other corporate news, Dofasco's (TSX: T.DFS) shares lost $0.25 to $46.80 after the steelmaker warned it expects its third-quarter earnings will be "significantly lower" than analysts' consensus forecasts.
www.stockhouse.ca /shfn/article.asp?edtID=17864   (1526 words)

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