Bombardier wins Mumbai rail deal

Bombardier Inc. BBD.B-T says its rail division has won a $214-million order from Mumbai Railway Vikas Corp., a joint venture between India’s national government and the state of Maharashtra.

The order, announced Monday from Berlin by the Montreal-based company’s Transportation division, is for Bombardier Mitrac propulsion and control equipment to be produced in India.

Production will take place at a Bombardier plant in Maneja, India. Deliveries will begin in the last quarter of 2012 and be completed in the third quarter of 2014.

“It is a prestigious project and the largest for Bombardier’s propulsion and controls business in India,” said Benoît Cattin Martel, president and managing director of Bombardier Transportation India.

Bombardier said the order relates to a total of 72 commuter trains of 12 cars each.

MRVC is a joint venture between India’s railway ministry and the Maharashtra government.