Industrial Engineering Projects at Bombardier Transportation Australia

This report provides an overview of Bombardier Transportation Australia Pty. Ltd., a subsidiary of Bombardier Transportation GmbH, focusing on its functions, services, and engineering projects within the railway industry. The company specializes in manufacturing rolling stock, railway signal installation, and maintenance of rail vehicles. The report details the nature of overall engineering projects, highlighting electric multiple unit developments in major Australian cities. It includes a list of ongoing and completed projects, specifying project titles, locations, market segments, and product types, demonstrating Bombardier's significant role in Australia's rail vehicle market. Desklib provides students access to similar reports and solved assignments.

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Introduction
Bombardier Transportation Australia Pty. Ltd. sells and manufactures rolling stock for
railways in Australia. The headquarter of the organization is in Melbourne and is one of the
subsidiaries of Bombardier Transportation GmbH. The organization is one of the largest
organization in the development of railway equipment and service providers. The organization
has its headquarters in Germany and has expanded its business in all the major countries all over
the world. Bombardier transportation was established in the year of 1974 and stared it operation.
The organization has acquired a lot of companies to expand their base of operation and Adtranz
is one such organization which was acquired in the year of 2001. However, the organization was
going through a phase of financial crisis and were forced to split the organization. Thus,
Bombardier Transportation became a separate public company in the year of 2015
(Bombardier.com 2017).
Functions and services
The organization has also been engaged in supply, designing, railway signal installation,
installation of control system, equipment installation, selling and import of component of
electrical plants, engineering services that are general and, maintenance of light rail vehicles and
railway rolling stock. This shows that the organization is involved in manufacturing of all sorts
of passenger rail carriers and locomotives. However, the organization has been providing various
services such as maintenance, train operation and provides equipment to various countries. Thus,
they provide maintenance for various train units and at the same time has been bale to generate

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automated train services (Bombardier.com 2017). The organization is the developer of train
management and control system which facilitates in maintaining control and communication
among the various sub systems in to the operation system.
Nature of the overall engineering projects
The research shows that majority of the projects in Bombardier Transportation will
consist of development of electric multiple units in various major cities in Australia. Moreover,
in Australia, the organization is mainly catering to the rail vehicles market segment and
providing variety of equipment in this this type of projects.
list of ongoing/completed projects
Project Title City Countr
y
Market Segment Product Type Product
Name
Electric Multiple
Unit – Adelaide,
Australia
Adelaide Australi
a
Rail Vehicles -
Commuter and
Regional Trains
Single-Deck
EMU
Electric Multiple
Unit - Brisbane,
Australia
Brisbane Australi
a
Rail Vehicles -
Commuter and
Regional Trains
Single-Deck
EMU
Electrical Multiple
Unit - Perth,
Australia
Perth Australi
a
Rail Vehicles -
Commuter and
Regional Trains
Single-Deck
EMU
FLEXITY 2 Light Gold Australi Rail Vehicles - Light Tram, Light FLEXITY 2

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Rail System – Gold
Coast, Australia
Coast a Rail Vehicles,
Transportation
Systems
Rail Vehicle
(LRV)
FLEXITY Classic –
Adelaide, Australia
Adelaide Australi
a
Rail Vehicles - Light
Rail Vehicles
Tram FLEXITY
FLEXITY E-Class
– Melbourne,
Australia
Melbourn
e
Australi
a
Rail Vehicles - Light
Rail Vehicles
Tram FLEXITY
Queensland New
Generation
Rollingstock
(NGR), Australia
Brisbane Australi
a
Rail Vehicles -
Commuter and
Regional Trains
Electric
Multiple Unit
(EMU),
Single-Deck
EMU
FLEXX,
MITRAC,
ORBIFLO
VLocity 160 DMU
– Victoria,
Australia
Melbourn
e
Australi
a
Rail Vehicles -
Commuter and
Regional Trains
Diesel
Multiple Unit
(DMU)
VLocity
Table 1
(Source: Bombardier.com 2017)

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References
Bombardier.com. 2017. Bombardier | Home. [online] Available at:
http://www.bombardier.com/en/home.html [Accessed 1 Dec. 2017].