They’re sleek, aerodynamic and incredibly dependable, key in the world of rapid transit. Bombardier Total Transit Systems, with headquarters in West Mifflin, is helping to transform travel one people-mover at a time, assembling highly innovative, whisper-fast cars. The company is growing, having added 250 professional, engineers and manufacturing people in the last two years.
Bombardier TTS, pronounced Bom-BARD-ee-A, was recently awarded a $71
million contract to build 14 people movers for an underground system in
the for Ghangzhou City in China. The dual-lane underground
automated people mover (APM) is the first driverless urban system in China; the same CX-100
technology is being installed by TTS at the Beijing Capital International
Airport and the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
In fact, land at one of many airports around the world—Heathrow, Madrid, Denver or Orlando—and chances are the shuttle you board was made by Bombardier TTS, including the one at the Pittsburgh International Airport. The cars, which operate solo or coupled, can carry more than 4,000 passengers per hour in each direction.
“Bombardier’s shuttles have maintained an unprecedented record of reliability,” explains Kathryn Nickerson of Total Transit. “Our expertise is fully automated systems, no drivers on board. We have a long established reputation on our Pittsburgh site, formerly the Westinghouse plant, for innovation and technology, and we are looking at significant opportunities world wide in the future.”
Writer: Debra Diamond Smit
Source: Kathryn Nickerson, Bombardier Total Transit Systems
Image courtesy of Bombardier Total Transit Systems