Adtranz
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ADtranz (alternative spelling ADtranz, complete name ABB Daimler Benz Transportation) was a German-Swedish rail rolling stock equipment manufacturer which designed rail cars and engines. It was created in 1996 in the merger of ABB Henschel and AEG Transportation. Initially it was owned with equal shares by Daimler-Benz and ABB. In 1999 DaimlerChrysler bought ABB's shares and renamed Adtranz to "DaimlerChrysler Rail Systems".
Bombardier Transportation acquired the company in 2001, making Bombardier the largest rail equipment manufacturer in the world. At the time of its purchase, ADtranz was the world's second largest manufacturer of such equipment.
[edit] Products
A list of products past and present:
- E464 electric locomotive
- M4 subway cars for SEPTA Blue Line, in Philadelphia, PA USA
- R142 IRT Subway cars in New York City
- Adtranz-SLM Lok 2000 locomotives
- Indian Railways,Chittaranjan Locomotive Works WAP5, WAG9 locomotives
- London Underground 1992 Stock, also as British Rail Class 482
- German ICE high speed train
- Automatic Guideway Transit Systems
- Adtranz-CAF Series 6000 trains
- Variotram
- Incentro tram
- GT8-100C/2SY tram
- RegioSwinger tilting train
- IC3 Flexliner
- DE 2000 trains
- Lok 109-1 locomotive
- GT6N (GT6M-ZR) Low Floor LRV
- GT6-70 LRV
- GT8-70 Articulated LRV
- C20 metro stock, used in Stockholm, Sweden
- Flexity Swift tram, also used in Stockholm (A32) and in Cologne.
- Suburban Multiple Units and Interurban Multiple Units used in South East Queensland, Australia.
- Ankaray stock of Ankara Metro
- Ampang Line rapid transit EMUs
- SOREFAME(later ADtranz Portugual)- Siemens EMU 2300 and 2400 Series, suburban services at Sintra Line
- Turbostar and Electrostar
- Norges Statsbaner BM73 high-speed EMUs
- Norges Statsbaner El 18 locomotives
- Flytoget BM71 high-speed EMUs
[edit] Clients
- Amtrak
- Bay Area Rapid Transit
- FS Trenitalia
- SEPTA
- OC Transpo
- MTR
- KCR
- OSE
- QR
- Changi Airport Skytrain (former client)
- Indian Railways
- Rapid KL
