84-463: Metrol is the central control centre of the Melbourne suburban rail network . It controls signalling , passenger information , and emergency procedures. It is located at 595 Collins Street, Melbourne . Metrol has two key functions—train control and signalling. Operations are split, with train control covering the whole suburban area, while control of points and signalling is only over a limited area in
168-552: A memorandum of understanding to do so, for between €5.8 billion and €6.2 billion. The deal required approval by Alstom shareholders at a meeting held in October 2020, as well as approval by European regulators. Bombardier's major shareholder, Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec , had already agreed to the sale. In July 2020, the European Commission approved the sale. Bombardier Inc. announced on 1 December 2020 that
252-530: A branch was built from Bittern to Red Hill in 1921. Planning for electrification was started by Victorian Railways chairman Thomas James Tait , who engaged English engineer Charles Hesterman Merz to deliver a report on the electrification of the Melbourne suburban network. His first report in 1908 recommended a three-stage plan over two years, covering 200 route-kilometres existing lines and almost 500 suburban carriages (approximately 80 trains). The report
336-525: A direct link via South Yarra before the line had even opened. The line saw little traffic as it traversed empty paddocks, and with no through traffic, the Outer Circle was closed in sections between 1893 and 1897. The Camberwell to Ashburton stretch of the Outer Circle re-opened in 1899, and then in 1900, part of the northern section of the Outer Circle reopened as a shuttle service between East Camberwell and Deepdene station . This line closed in 1927. At
420-446: A final price of US$ 725 million. After the purchase, Bombardier Transportation moved its head office to Europe, while keeping a few plants in the US and Canada for the smaller North American market. However, the merger was not smooth. Within weeks Bombardier said that it was misled about the financial situation of Adtranz, and the combination of the two companies took years to resolve. One of
504-713: A later date, separate contracts were to be offered for a new passenger information system, a new reporting system, and a refurbishment of the central control facility. Railways in Melbourne Alamein Belgrave Glen Waverley Lilydale Cranbourne Pakenham Hurstbridge Mernda Craigieburn Sunbury Upfield Flemington Racecourse Frankston Werribee Williamstown The Melbourne rail network
588-466: A leak in an air-conditioning hose caused Metrol to be shut down for two hours from 11.40am, causing 30,000 passengers to be stranded and 66 trains cancelled, with 23 more trains cancelled later in the day due to flow-on effects. Train operator Connex Melbourne was fined $ 300,000 by the State Government for failing performance benchmarks. A second attempt to provide a replacement train control centre
672-561: A link was opened between Victoria Park and Princes Bridge in 1901. The Outer Circle line opened in 1890, linking Oakleigh (on the Gippsland line ) to Riversdale (with a branch to Camberwell on the Lilydale line ) and Fairfield (on the Heidelberg line ). Originally envisaged to link the Gippsland line with Spencer Street station in the 1870s, this reason disappeared with the building of
756-477: A new Metrol system by June 2001. Work on the Train Management Facility started when Bombardier Transportation was awarded an $ 11 million contract, with completion due for mid-2001. The project included plans for a back-up "disaster recovery centre" at Melbourne Central station . In 2003 the State Government cancelled the then $ 18 million contract, saying it was unhappy with the deal. On 28 June 2005,
840-458: A permanent location elsewhere. The Transport House location was only intended to be temporary, pending the replacement of the elderly technology with a new system; however, as of July 2017 Metrol was still at the same location (now named 595 Collins Street). When M>Train was franchised to operate half of the Melbourne suburban network, after the privatisation of the system, the company was required, under its contractual obligations, to develop
924-677: A price considered to be low by industry analysts. The sale was cleared by the European Union in April 2001 on the condition that Bombardier would license or sell the Adtranz regional train and tram products to Stadler Rail in the German market, due to the large market share of Bombardier and Adtranz in the country. The deal would make Stadler a viable independent company providing competition to Bombardier. The takeover came into legal effect on 1 May 2001 with
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#17328729553721008-496: A quarter of the maximum possible capacity of the fleet in a 12-hour day. A reason suggested for this is the fare of 1100 KRW (about US$ 1 in 2015); it is impossible to pay for Everline trips via a transfer surcharge on a connecting subway ticket. A 2014 web page of a Seoul tour service retailer makes no mention of the Everline among the suggested modes of bus transport between Seoul and Everland. A lawyer who filed legal action on behalf of
1092-540: A rail focused manufacturing facility, that had an established history of building locomotives, freight railcars, and passenger railcars. With the purchase of the MLW, Bombardier acquired the LRC (Light, Rapid, Comfortable) tilting train design which it heavily marketed to both Amtrak and Canada's Via Rail , however, the program was only modestly successful with Bombardier selling about 100 LRC coaches to Via. In 1987, Bombardier bought
1176-508: A separate publicly traded company, while retaining control as the majority owner. The sale would generate money needed to continue the financing of the troubled CSeries jet, and Transportation division managers said the independence would allow them to better compete with a growing Chinese presence in the European market. An IPO was planned for late 2015. However, before the IPO could be floated,
1260-502: A wide range of products including passenger rail vehicles , locomotives , bogies , propulsion and controls. In February 2020, the company had 36,000 employees, and 63 manufacturing and engineering locations around the world. Formerly a division of Bombardier Inc. , the company was acquired by French manufacturer Alstom on 29 January 2021. Canadian company Bombardier Inc. entered the rail market in 1970 when it purchased Lohner-Rotax of Austria. While Lohner built trams, Bombardier
1344-460: A wide variety of passenger rail vehicles and locomotives, Bombardier Transportation provided services for commuter train providers. Bombardier Transportation had production facilities or product development in: In early 2013, Deutsche Bahn announced that it was suing Bombardier for €350 million because of some serious defects in trains used on the suburban S-Bahn rail network in Berlin. This
1428-492: Is a metropolitan suburban and freight rail system serving the city of Melbourne , Victoria , Australia . The metropolitan rail network is centred around the Melbourne central business district (CBD) and consists of 221 railway stations across 16 lines, which served a patronage of 182.5 million over the year 2023–2024. It is the core of the larger Victorian railway network , with regional links to both intrastate and interstate rail systems. Metro Trains Melbourne operates
1512-539: Is a positive signal for our future cooperation." In January 2015, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reported that South Korea's Special Investigation Unit for anti-corruption produced a report accusing Bombardier Transportation of corruption in the pursuit of the 2004 contract to build an 18 km (11 mi) elevated Light Rapid Transit (LRT) rail system called the Everline connecting
1596-585: Is now listed on the Victorian Heritage Register . In 1901, in preparation for the occasion of a royal visit by the Duke of York , the first Australian royal train was assembled in Melbourne. The Heidelberg line was extended to Eltham in 1902 and Hurstbridge in 1912. The freight-only Mont Park line was also opened in 1911, branching from Macleod . Finally, on the Mornington Peninsula ,
1680-804: Is owned by VicTrack and leased to train operators through Public Transport Victoria . The railway network is primarily at ground level, with some underground and elevated sections. There were more than 170 level crossings before the Level Crossing Removal Project commenced in 2015 to grade separate 110 of the busiest crossings and rebuild 51 railway stations, with 67 crossings removed by December 2022. The metropolitan network operates primarily between 5:00 a.m. and midnight, with overnight services on Friday night to Saturday morning and Saturday night to Sunday morning, departing from Flinders Street only. Some tracks are also used by freight trains and V/Line regional services . In addition to
1764-448: Is recommending that the TTC board "commence legal action, or make a claim allowed for already in the contract, of $ 50 million for late delivery" against Bombardier. Bombardier had committed to delivering 67 custom-built Flexity Outlook streetcars to the TTC by October 2015 for its streetcar system , but only 10 were in service at the time. On 28 October 2015, the TTC board voted in favour of
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#17328729553721848-496: Is the main interchange station between metropolitan and regional V/Line services. A new underground line is currently under construction as part of the Metro Tunnel project, which aims to increase network capacity and provide Melbourne with a turn-up-and-go metro -like service. A major new orbital line is also under construction and would be the network's first autonomous line. A total length of 998 km (620 mi) of track
1932-451: The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) stepped in and agreed to give Bombardier a US$ 1.5 billion infusion of cash. In exchange CDPQ, a crown corporation which manages pension and insurance plans, would receive a 30% stake in the company. The deal was structured as a bond / equity hybrid, with shares returned to CDPQ dependent on the financial performance of the company. Over
2016-607: The Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company started services on its line from Geelong to Newport . In 1859, the government-owned Victorian Railways Williamstown line opened, connecting Williamstown and Geelong to Spencer Street station . More country lines followed in 1859 when the Victorian Railways opened a line from Footscray , on the Williamstown line, to Sunbury . The Victorian Railways had taken over construction from
2100-631: The Giheung Station on the Bundang (Yellow Line) of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway system to a large amusement park named Everland , via Yongin , the 12th largest city in South Korea, about 30 km (19 mi) from central Seoul . The investigation report alleges that Bombardier provided gifts and trips to Canada for civil servants and politicians involved in the contract decision, which
2184-512: The Hurstbridge line will also be controlled from Metrol after the completion of resignalling works, with work beginning in 2006. Metrol is also where information about cancellations or delayed trains is entered into Metro Trains ' SMS disruption alert system. The Metrol train control complex was built as part of the City Loop project of the 1970s. The original site was on Batman Avenue , beside
2268-567: The Jolimont Yard , and adjacent to Electrol, the control centre for the railway electrical substations and traction power supply . During construction, it was revealed that the Metrol building would block the view from Russell Street to the Botanic Gardens and Government House , and that no planning permit had been applied for. Bill Gibbs, chairman of VicRail , stated that under Section 79 of
2352-639: The London Overground and Twindexx EMUs for Switzerland's SBB . Each of these contracts was valued between 600 million to 1.8 billion dollars, but each called for highly specialized, one-of-kind equipment, and many also included late-delivery penalties. Deliveries of each would be delayed, beset by software issues, and reliability problems once trains were placed in service. Under increasingly dire financial pressure, Bombardier Inc. announced in May 2015 that it planned to split or spin-off Bombardier Transportation as
2436-554: The Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company in 1865, forming the Melbourne and Hobsons Bay United Railway Company . The Melbourne and Essendon Railway Company was taken over by the Victorian Government in 1867. The Melbourne and Hobsons Bay United Railway Company was not taken over by the Victorian Government until 1878. The terminals themselves were linked in 1879, when the track was built at street level along
2520-449: The Melbourne, Mount Alexander and Murray River Railway Company , established in 1853 to build a railway to Echuca , but which had failed to make any progress. The first line to Melbourne's south-eastern suburbs was opened in 1859 by the Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company , running from Princes Bridge railway station to Punt Road (Richmond), South Yarra , and Prahran . That line was extended to Windsor in 1860, connecting with
2604-572: The Puffing Billy Railway . The Gippsland line was electrified in 1954 as part of the works being carried out on the line, but suburban services to Pakenham did not start until 1975. During this rebuilding, several little-used lines were closed on the edges of Melbourne. The Bittern to Red Hill line closed in 1953, the line between Lalaor and Whittlesea closed in 1959, and the Lilydale to Warburton line closed in 1964. The final stages of
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2688-678: The Railways Act 1958 , VicRail had the right to build anything on its own land that it deemed necessary. The City of Melbourne and the Board of Works asserted that a permit was necessary, because the building was within 60 metres of the Yarra River . State Premier Rupert Hamer responded to the public outcry by ordering the half-constructed building to be demolished. He also told all government departments that they must apply for planning permits, whether they were legally obliged to or not. The building
2772-531: The Tait trains were introduced as steam-hauled carriages. Track expansion was also carried out, with four tracks being provided between South Yarra and Caulfield, as well as grade separation from roads. Victorian Railways in 1918 opened the Newport Power Station , the largest power station in the urban area, to supply electricity as part of the electrification project. The State Electricity Commission of Victoria
2856-676: The United Kingdom . The first train was locally built by Robertson, Martin & Smith , however, owing to delays in shipping. Australia's first steam locomotive was built in ten weeks and cost £ 2,700. Forming the first steam train to travel in Australia, it made its maiden trip on 12 September 1854. The opening of the line occurred during the period of the Victorian gold rush —a time when both Melbourne and Victoria undertook massive capital works, each with its gala opening. The inaugural journey on
2940-642: The Victorian Railways were able to put their Operation Phoenix rebuilding plan into action. The delivery of the Harris trains, the first steel suburban trains on the network, enabled the retirement of the oldest of the Swing Door trains. Railway lines were extended during this period to encompass Melbourne's growing suburbia. The Ashburton line was extended along the old Outer Circle track formation to Alamein station in 1948. The Fawkner line to Upfield and
3024-464: The Yarra River over which the line crossed). The Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company opened Melbourne's second railway on 13 May 1857, a 4.5 km (2.8 mi) line from the Melbourne (or City) Terminus to St Kilda . The line was later extended by the St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company , which opened a line from St Kilda to Brighton in 1857. The first country line opened in 1857 when
3108-656: The "Land Boom" was in full swing in Victoria, re-elected in the passing of the Railway Construction Act 1884 , later known as the Octopus Act , which authorised the building of 66 railway lines throughout the state. The Frankston line began with the opening of a line from Caulfield to Mordialloc in 1881, reaching the terminus in 1882. A second new suburban railway line was opened from Spencer Street Station to Coburg in 1884, and extended to Somerton in 1889, meeting
3192-621: The 3rd largest rail-equipment manufacturer in the Western World and fourth globally, eclipsed by CRRC , Siemens and Alstom . Between mid-2018 and late-2019, Bombardier started selling off many of its commercial aviation assets, notably selling the CSeries to Airbus . This left the company as a manufacturer of rail vehicles and business jets. In February 2020, Alstom agreed to buy the Bombardier Transportation division and signed
3276-625: The Government also approved the establishment of the Geelong and Melbourne Railway Company and the Melbourne, Mount Alexander and Murray River Railway Company . Work began in March 1853 on the Sandridge railway line, stretching 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from the Melbourne (or City) terminus (on the site of modern-day Flinders Street station ) to Sandridge. The line was owned and operated by Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company, opening in 1854. In 1855,
3360-589: The Government conducted enquiries and carried out surveys into country railways. On 1 April 1856, the Railway Department was established as part of the Board of Land and Works with George Christian Darbyshire being appointed Engineer in Chief. On 23 May of that year the Melbourne, Mount Alexander and Murray River Railway Company was taken over by the Government. Trains were ordered from Robert Stephenson and Company of
3444-692: The Hurstbridge line was completed by 1926, the Whittlesea line to Thomastown was electrified in 1929, and the Burnley - Darling line was extended to Glen Waverley in 1930 to become the Glen Waverley line . Railways experienced increased patronage into the 1940s, but railway improvements recommended in the Ashworth Improvement Plan were delayed until after World War II . It was not until 1950 that
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3528-460: The Melbourne metropolitan rail network under franchise from the Victorian Government , overseen by Public Transport Victoria , a division of the Department of Transport and Planning . The government-owned entity V/Line operates trains from Melbourne across regional Victoria . The first steam train in Australia commenced service in Melbourne in 1854 between Flinders Street and Sandridge, with
3612-676: The Mexican government. The late 1990s also saw a major expansion in European operations. The company purchased Waggonfabrik Talbot (whose factory was in Aachen , Germany) in 1995 and Deutsche Waggonbau (DW) in 1998, which added factories in Bautzen and Görlitz , Germany along with a plant in Villeneuve , Switzerland which DW had purchased the prior year from Ateliers de Constructions Mécaniques de Vevey . The company's biggest acquisition came just after
3696-583: The Reservoir line to Lalor were both electrified in 1959, the Epping line reaching Epping in 1964. A great deal of track amplification was also undertaken, with several single-line sections eliminated. The Upper Ferntree Gully to Belgrave section of the Gembrook narrow gauge line was converted to broad gauge and electrified in 1962. The remainder of the line was closed in 1954 but has been progressively reopened by
3780-485: The Sandridge line was no exception. According to the Argus newspaper 's report of the next day: "Long before the hour appointed . . . a great crowd assembled round the station at the Melbourne terminus, lining the whole of Flinders Street ". Lieutenant-Governor Sir Charles Hotham and Lady Hotham were aboard the train—which consisted of two first-class carriages and one-second class—and were presented with satin copies of
3864-460: The St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company line from St Kilda. The new line replaced the indirect St Kilda and Windsor line to the city, which was closed in 1867. Another suburban line was built by the Melbourne and Essendon Railway Company in 1860, running from North Melbourne to Essendon , with a branch line from Newmarket to Flemington Racecourse , which opened in 1861. On the eastern side of
3948-569: The assets of two major US railcar manufacturers, Budd and Pullman-Standard . With these new assets, and no desire to remain in the business of building freight locomotives or freight cars, Bombardier sold off MLW to General Electric in 1988. In the late 1980s Bombardier Transportation gained a manufacturing presence in Europe with the acquisition of a 45% share in BN Constructions Ferroviaires et Métalliques (whose principal facility
4032-448: The centre of Melbourne. Outside this area, signal-boxes direct trains under the direction of the train controllers at Metrol. Before Metrol, the points and signals in the Melbourne suburban area were controlled by a series of individual signal-boxes, under the direction of a train controller who coordinated train movements. The original function was to be the main train control facility for the Melbourne suburban railways, as well as to be
4116-505: The citizens of Yongin is reported to have provided details about Bombardier's pursuit of the contract. He said that "between 2003 and 2005, Bombardier funded three luxurious trips to Canada to each of 37 people" including 18 Yongin city councillors on so-called "LRT field trips". On 16 October 2015, the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) announced that it had asked its board to consider legal action against Bombardier. TTC staff
4200-526: The city, the Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company opened a branch line from Richmond to Burnley and Hawthorn in 1861. By that point, the railways of Melbourne were a disjointed group of city-centric lines, with various companies operating from three unconnected city terminals— Princes Bridge , Flinders Street , and Spencer Street stations. The smaller companies quickly encountered financial problems. The St Kilda and Brighton Railway Company and Melbourne and Suburban Railway Company were absorbed by
4284-567: The company established its Bombardier Eurorail division consisting of ANF, BN, BWS (the former assets of Lohner), and the English bodyshell maker Prorail , which it had purchased in 1990. The company also owned the North-American rights to the French TGV through an agreement with GEC Alsthom . In 1992, the company acquired Mexico's largest railway rolling-stock manufacturer, Concarril , from
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#17328729553724368-497: The final sale price for Adtranz just $ 516 million. The transportation division's financial woes continued into the 2010s, reflecting a broader trend within the company. Bombardier's aviation division racked up billions of dollars in debt developing the CSeries airliner and the Global 7000 business jet. Between 2012 and 2015, the company announced the closure of several plants including
4452-658: The former Waggonfabrik Talbot plant in Germany, and a factory in Australia, and a facility in Hungary was nationalized . In the same period, Bombardier agreed to several potentally lucrative, but risky contracts to build R179 cars for the New York City Subway , the Fleet of the Future for San Francisco's Bay Area Rapid Transit , Flexity streetcars for Toronto , Aventra EMUs for
4536-407: The inner section of the Ringwood line due to regrading works. The original electrification scheme was completed in 1923, but over the next three years, several short extensions were carried out. The Ashburton line was electrified in 1924, and final works on the Lilydale line were completed in 1925, as was electrification on the line to Upper Ferntree Gully . Electrification on the outer ends of
4620-434: The line had been sold. Bombardier Transportation Bombardier Transportation was a Canadian-German rolling stock and rail transport manufacturer, with headquarters in Berlin , Germany. It was one of the world's largest companies in the rail vehicle and equipment manufacturing and servicing industry. Bombardier Transportation had many regional offices, production and development facilities worldwide. It produced
4704-432: The line to Seymour and Albury - Wodonga . In 1879, the Gippsland line was opened from South Yarra to Caulfield , Pakenham and Bairnsdale . The 1870s and 1880s were a time of great growth and prosperity in Melbourne. Land speculation companies were formed, to buy up outer suburban land cheaply, and to agitate for suburban railways to be built or extended to serve those land holdings and increase land values. By 1880,
4788-426: The line was planned in the 1870s to serve a sugar beet mill near Caulfield. Construction commenced in 1883, followed by rebuilding in 1888. Ross's debts grew, and he attempted to sell the line many times without success. It never opened to traffic and was later dismantled. The stock market crash of early 1890s led to an extended period of economic depression in Victoria and put an end to most railway construction until
4872-435: The main line from Spencer Street to Wodonga. Land developers opened a private railway from Newport to Altona in 1888, but it was closed in 1890, due to lack of demand. The line from Hawthorn was extended, to Camberwell in 1882, Lilydale in 1883, and Healesville in 1889. In addition, a branch line (now known as the Belgrave line ) was opened from Ringwood to Upper Ferntree Gully in 1889. A short branch two station
4956-519: The major issues was the sprawling footprint of the two companies in Europe. Even after closing some locations, in the early days after the merger Bombardier planned to operate 27 manufacturing sites across 14 countries. The number of sites meant that some would see the scope of their work decreased. In 2004, amid overcapacity in the European passenger train industry, Bombardier announced eight sites would close. Later that year in September, DaimlerChrysler agreed to refund Bombardier US$ 209 million, making
5040-399: The metropolitan rail network having grown over the last two centuries to cover much of the city and greater Melbourne area. The metropolitan network is a suburban rail system designed to transport passengers from Melbourne's suburbs into the Melbourne central business district (CBD) and associated city loop stations, with the main hub at Flinders Street station . Southern Cross station
5124-402: The next day. The Burnley–Darling line , the Fawkner line , the reopened branch to Altona, and the Williamstown line followed in 1920. The line to Broadmeadows, the Whittlesea line to Reservoir , the Bendigo line to St Albans , and the inner sections of the Hurstbridge line was electrified in 1921. The Gippsland line to Dandenong and Frankston line were electrified in 1922, as was
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#17328729553725208-434: The next decade. By the 1900s, the driving force for new railway lines was agriculturalists in what are now Melbourne's outer suburbs. In the Dandenong Ranges a narrow gauge 762 mm line was opened from Upper Ferntree Gully to Belgrave and Gembrook in 1900 to serve the local farming and timber community. In the Yarra Valley , a branch was opened from Lilydale to Yarra Junction and Warburton in 1901. Part of this line
5292-438: The next few years, Bombardier worked to correct issues with the cars it agreed to build in the earlier half of the decade, and simplify production though more selective bidding, greater standardization and centralized procurement. It also planned to layoff thousands of workers in Germany. However, the penalties the company was hit with for late deliveries wiped out many of the divisions profits. By 2018, Bombardier slipped to become
5376-460: The primary commuter and freight railway networks, Melbourne also features heritage railways such as Puffing Billy and has the world's largest urban tram network . On 7 September 1851, a public meeting called for the construction of Australia's first railway to link Melbourne and Sandridge (now known as Port Melbourne ), which led to the establishment of the privately owned Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company in 1853. On 8 February 1853,
5460-462: The railway's timetable and bylaws . The trip took 10 minutes, none of the later stations along the line having been built. On arriving at Station Pier (onto which the tracks extended), it was hailed with gun salutes by the warships HMS Electra and HMS Fantome . By March 1855, the four engines ordered from the UK were all in service, with trains running every half-hour. They were named Melbourne , Sandridge , Victoria , and Yarra (after
5544-435: The rebuilding stretched into the 1970s, with track amplification carried out to Footscray , and Box Hill , and the first deliveries of the stainless steel Hitachi trains. Detailed planning for the Doncaster line also commenced in that period and, by 1972, the route was finalised. Despite rising costs, state governments of the period continued to give assurances that the line would be built but, by 1984, land reserved for
5628-422: The same time as the Outer Circle, a railway was opened from Burnley to Darling and a junction with the Outer Circle at Waverley Road (near the current East Malvern station). A stub of the future Glen Waverley line, it was cut back to Darling in 1895. Railway building during the land boom hit a peak with the construction of the Rosstown Railway between Elsternwick and Oakleigh. Built by William Murry Ross ,
5712-423: The signal box for the City Loop, and to control the ventilation and other systems for the tunnels. It was later expanded in function to control points and signals for other stations in the inner Melbourne area. The current area of point and signal control extends to Clifton Hill , Jolimont , East Richmond , Flinders Street , Southern Cross , North Melbourne Junction and South Kensington . The outer section of
5796-435: The southern side of Flinders Street, connecting with Spencer Street station , although the track was only used at night, for freight traffic. It was not until 1889 that the two-track Flinders Street Viaduct was built between the two city terminus stations. The outward expansion also continued, with major trunk lines being opened in rural Victoria. The Victorian Railways extended its line to Broadmeadows in 1872, as part of
5880-497: The transaction would be closed on 29 January 2021 for €4.4 billion. Bombardier's standard metro vehicles were the mid-sized fully automated and driverless Innovia Metro with the option for linear induction motor propulsion or a conventional rotary motor, and the high-capacity customizable Movia platform, which is powered by conventional motors and can also be fully automated. In addition, Bombardier produced many custom models not based on either model. The company's main product
5964-438: The turn of the century when it purchased Adtranz from DaimlerChrysler . Adtranz was a sprawling multi-national company twice the size of Bombardier at the time, which had only become profitable in the months before the merger. The combination would make Bombardier the largest rail-equipment manufacturer. DaimlerChrysler agreed in August 2000 to sell Adtranz for US$ 711 million (equivalent to US$ 1.258 billion in 2023),
6048-590: Was able to acquire the Urban Transportation Development Corporation (UTDC) from the Government of Ontario after its parent company Lavalin went bankrupt. In addition to the core UTDC assets, Bombardier also received the rail manufacturing division of Hawker Siddeley Canada which had been purchased by Lavalin and merged into UTDC. The Hawker Siddeley assets included a manufacturing plant in Thunder Bay , Ontario. That same year in Europe,
6132-692: Was also opened from Hawthorn to Kew in 1887. The Brighton Beach line was also extended to Sandringham in 1887. In 1888, railways came to the northeastern suburbs with the opening of the Inner Circle line from Spencer Street station via Royal Park station to what is now Victoria Park station, and then on to Heidelberg . A branch was also opened off the Inner Circle in Fitzroy North , to Epping and Whittlesea in 1888 and 1889. Trains between Spencer Street and Heidelberg reversed at Victoria Park until
6216-588: Was announced in May 2006, as part of the State Government's "Meeting Our Transport Challenges" policy, and was costed at $ 88 million. The first stage was a $ 27 million contract, awarded to Westinghouse Rail Systems in March 2007, for the design and installation of the new Train Control and Monitoring System. A customised version of the SystematICS control system was to be provided, with completion expected in November 2010. At
6300-711: Was based on revenue expected from an inflated estimate of 180,000 passengers per day using the service. It also alleges that Bombardier created a $ 2-million slush fund for the Canadian citizen Kim Hak-Pil, a high-ranking Bombardier executive in South Korea. Bombardier has consistently denied the corruption allegations, stating that "They were not pleasure trips. There is a need to convince the people that our technology works well.... If it had been corruption, they would have charged us." The statute of limitations has now expired, due to lack of evidence according to Bombardier. Everline operation has been financially troubled since construction
6384-406: Was completed in 2010. The system remained dormant until service began in 2013 while the line owner successfully negotiated with the city of Yongin a minimum revenue guarantee of 29.5 billion KRW per year regardless of passenger load. This is said to be a serious burden for the city because ridership is reported to have risen to only about 20,000 passengers per day on the 30 carriages, or about
6468-525: Was considered by the Government and the Railway Commissioners, and Merz was engaged to deliver a second report based on their feedback. Delivered in 1912, this second report recommended an expanded system of electrification to 240 route km. of existing lines (463 track km), and almost 800 suburban carriages (approximately 130 trains). The works were approved by the State Government in December 1912. It
6552-410: Was envisaged that the first electric trains would be running by 1915, and the project would be completed by 1917. However, progress fell behind because World War I restrictions prevented electrical equipment from being imported from the United Kingdom . Rolling stock construction continued, with several older suburban carriages converted for electric use as the Swing Door trains, while the first of
6636-524: Was formed in 1921 but did not take over Newport A power station until 1951. The first trials did not occur until October 1918 on the Flemington Racecourse line . Driver training continued on this line until 18 May 1919, when the first electric train ran between Sandringham and Essendon , simulating revenue services. Electric services started on 28 May 1919 with the first train running to Essendon, then on to Sandringham, with full services starting
6720-586: Was in Bruges , Belgium) in 1986. This was followed by the acquisition of the second-largest French railway manufacturer ANF Industrie with its main plant in Crespin in 1989. Bombardier Transportation had become by that time the leading North American producer of rail equipment which had sold 825 subway cars to New York City in the 1970s and 1980s. Back home in Canada, 1991 brought a big expansion for Bombardier. The company
6804-476: Was in addition to the €160 million it was asking for from Bombardier because of problems with more than 200 regional trains operating in southern Germany and problems with the brakes in regional and local trains in Munich. The matter was settled out of court in March 2015. Lutz Bertling, head of Bombardier's transportation division at the time, confirmed the two firms had come to an agreement, saying: "The settlement
6888-551: Was more interested in its Rotax business, which built engines for its Ski-Doo snowmobiles. But Bombardier held onto the rolling stock business, and in 1974 secured an order from Société de transport de Montréal (STM) to build metro trains for the Montreal Metro . The core of the transportation group was formed when Bombardier purchased the Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) in 1975. The purchase of MLW gave Bombardier
6972-506: Was redesigned with a lower profile, which meant that completion was delayed until early 1980. That, in turn, delayed of the opening of the City Loop past August 1980. Control of suburban trains by Metrol commenced on 13 September 1980. As part of the removal of Jolimont Yard, the Metrol building was demolished in 1999, and Metrol operations were moved to Transport House (589 Collins Street, Melbourne ). The functions of Electrol were relocated to
7056-782: Was the Innovia Monorail . Note: Bombardier Transportation acquired Universal Mobility Incorporated's UM III technologies in 1989. UMI produced nine monorail systems from 1969 to 1984, which are included in the list above. Bombardier's locomotives were mostly linked to their acquisition of Adtranz and Montreal Locomotive Works , as well as joint venture with Alstom . Other than the LRC, all other locomotives were based on European designs. V/Line VLocity at Southern Cross Station in Melbourne, Australia Bombardier also supplied propulsion units, train-control systems, bogies, and other parts, and maintained train fleets. In addition to manufacturing
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