Bombardier Receives $60 Million Commuter Rail Car Order From Montreal's Agence Metropolitaine de Transport.

Business Editors

MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 2003

Bombardier Transportation announced today that it received a $60 million Cdn ($44 million US) order from Montreal's Agence Metropolitaine de Transport (AMT) to design and manufacture 22 Bombardier(i) BiLevel(i) commuter rail cars for the region's Montreal / Dorion-Rigaud line. Delivery of the cars is expected to take place in the last half of 2004.

"The BiLevel car is the design of choice for transportation authorities in Canada and the United States, with more than 700 cars in successful operation in 10 cities around the continent," said William Spurr, president, Bombardier Transportation, North America. "Bombardier Transportation is proud that citizens from the greater Montreal area will benefit from our service-proven BiLevel technology, which represents a safe, cost-effective and comfortable commuter rail solution."

Bombardier's BiLevel car is in service with transit authorities serving commuters in Los Angeles, Seattle, Toronto, Miami, Vancouver, Dallas/Fort Worth, San Diego, San Francisco-San Jose, Virginia-Washington, D.C. and Stockton, California. The car is a multi-deck commuter rail vehicle that offers:

-- a demonstrated track record of successful service

-- superior passenger capacity