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Bombardier Transportation in Denmark
Bombardier is a leading supplier to Denmark’s railways and provided most of the trains and signalling systems in service today. In Copenhagen, two business units, Rolling Stock and Rail Control Solutions, support operators to develop and procure new train fleets, maintenance services and signaling solutions. The complete portfolio includes TRAXX locomotives, TWINDEXX coaches, TALENT battery trains and ZEFIRO high-speed trains, as well as EBI Lock computer-based interlocking systems, wayside equipment and automatic train control systems for the INTERFLO mainline and CITYFLO mass transit solutions, all supported by service packages. With more than 100 years of experience, Bombardier has a unique appreciation of the Danish rail market.
Projects in Denmark
Providing capacity for the commuters
TWINDEXX Vario double deck coaches
Bombardier supplied 113 TWINDEXX Vario coaches for the regional traffic to Copenhagen, providing increase capacity and lower operational costs.
The backbone of DSB operations
IC3 DMU / IR4 EMU (Flexliner)
During the 1990s Bombardier supplied 464 Flexliner cars forming 96 IC3 DMUs and 44 IR4 EMUs. These trains have been the backbone of Danish rail travel since then.
High comfort even for local lines
IC2 DMU / EMU (Flexliner)
To reach the successes of the Flexliner trains for DSB, Danish regional railways introduced a shorter Flexliner – the IC2 with previously unseen comfort and low floor.
Cross border freight operations
TRAXX freight locomotive
Bombardier supplied 39 TRAXX locomotives to different rail freight customers running between Germany and Sweden – some of these are maintained by Bombardier.
CONTESSA electric multiple unit (EMU), Denmark/Sweden
CONTESSA electric multiple unit
Bombardier supplied 333 CONTESSA cars forming 111 trains for the Regional Cross border traffic between Denmark and Sweden, designed to automatically change between the different power-supplies and onboard systems while crossing the Oresund bridge at high-speed.
Cross border signalling solutions
INTERFLO 200 and 250 / OPTIFLO - Oresund Link
Bombardier Transportation has delivered its INTERFLO 250 signalling and OPTIFLO service solutions on the bridge that connects Sweden and Denmark.
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