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On 6 July 2020 Bombardier Transportation announced that it has received a Letter of Award (LoA) from India’s Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) to build and deliver 201 metro cars and a signalling solution for the Agra-Kanpur Metro projects.

On 2 July 2020, one of those two TRAXX MS3 locomotives from the ČD Cargo order, which recently started test operation, took its very first freight train. So far the machines only run light on the public network.

Bombardier Transportation today announced that it continues with deliveries of its MOVIA C30 metro trains to Storstockholms Lokaltrafik.

On 24 June 2020 388.201, the first TRAXX MS3 of a batch of 15 ordered by RegioJet, completed its first test run on the DB network near the Bombardier Kassel works.

On 12 June 2020, both first ČD Cargo TRAXX MS3 locomotives, which are present in the Czech Republic, moved from the VUZ Velim test centre to the Ústí nad Labem depot. Following all necessary paperwork being sorted out, the first run in the test regime took place on 23 June.

Following the first OMNEO deliveries and the restart of industrial activities at Crespin, the Normandy Region orders more trainsets to renew its passenger train fleet.

On 18 June 2020 representatives from Bombardier, Krungthep Thanakom and Bangkok Mass Transit System (BTSC) celebrated the arrival of the first INNOVIA automated people mover vehicles in Thailand.

Since early 2020 most of the railway and other media were employed by the plans to merge the transport divisions of Alstom and Bombardier. However, what can be the real benefits of this acquisition?

At night 19/20 May 2020 Bombardier Transportation delivered the 200th FLEXITY Berlin low-floor tram to Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe.

On 27 May 2020 Bombardier Transportation announced that it has signed contracts for 28 BiLevel commuter carriages with two US West Coast transportation authorities in a procurement led by the Central Puget Sound Regional Transit Authority (Sound Transit) in Seattle, Washington. The total combined value of the contracts is approximately 108 million USD.

On 17 May 2020 Bombardier unveiled the interior design of the new FLEXITY trams for WLB. The new tram offers more comfort, the highest safety standard, innovative design and flexible seating arrangements.

Bombardier Transportation announced today that it has received authorisation for its Type HF6 FLEXITY trams to begin operation on the Düsseldorf and Duisburg networks. This means that Rheinbahn can now start using the trams for passenger service within the Düsseldorf metropolitan area.

On 4 May, it was again possible to see the locomotives 388.001 and 002 at the VUZ test centre Velim.

On 30 April 2020 it was announced that Bombardier Transportation and Trenitalia have signed a new contract for integrated logistics services to support the fleet of the Class ETR 500 high-speed trains.

Within the process to award the approval of the test service on the public network, locomotives 388.001 and 002 for ČD Cargo underwent another round of EMC measurements at the VUZ Velim test centre n 21 April 2020.