Railway signalling
The principle of signals used to control railway traffic
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| 2024 | Bombardier is constructing two monorail lines in Egypt: from October City to suburban Giza and from Nasr City to New Cairo. |
| 2022 | Bombardier Transportation's business was planned to be transferred to Hitachi Rail, marking a significant change in the company's corporate structure and ownership. |
| 2022 | Bombardier Transportation announced the transfer of the Talent 3 EMU regional train business to CAF (Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles). |
| 2020 | Bombardier began introducing new C30 stock cars for the Stockholm metro. |
| December 1 2020 | Bombardier Inc. announced the planned closure of the transaction with Alstom. |
| October 2020 | Alstom shareholders held a meeting to approve the acquisition of Bombardier Transportation. |
| July 2020 | European Commission approved the sale of Bombardier Transportation to Alstom. |
| February 2020 | Bombardier Transportation had 36,000 employees and 63 manufacturing and engineering locations worldwide at this time. |
| February 2020 | Alstom agreed to buy Bombardier Transportation division for between €5.8 billion and €6.2 billion, signing a memorandum of understanding. |
| 2019 | Bombardier introduced British Rail Class 710 for London Overground. |
| 2018 | Bombardier slipped to become the 3rd largest rail-equipment manufacturer in the Western World and fourth globally, surpassed by CRRC, Siemens, and Alstom. |
| June 2018 | Bombardier began selling off commercial aviation assets, starting with the sale of the CSeries to Airbus. |
| May 2015 | Bombardier Inc. announced plans to split or spin-off Bombardier Transportation as a separate publicly traded company, while retaining majority ownership. |
| January 2015 | The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reported on a South Korean Special Investigation Unit report accusing Bombardier Transportation of corruption in obtaining the 2004 Everline contract. |
| 2014 | Bombardier implemented the Line 15 (Silver) INNOVIA Monorail 300 in São Paulo, Brazil. |
| 2013 | Bombardier delivered Movia C951 trains for the Downtown MRT line in Singapore. |
| 2013 | Everline service began after being dormant since construction. |
| 2012 | Bombardier began a period of plant closures, including the closure of the former Waggonfabrik Talbot plant in Germany and a factory in Australia. |
| 2010 | Construction of the Everline was completed. |
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