Bombardier denies facing payout for Swiss trains
TRAIN-MAKER Bombardier has denied a newspaper report claiming that it is facing large penalties for the late delivery of carriages to a Swiss operator.
In a report carried by Swiss newspaper Der Sonntag, unnamed sources claimed that Bombardier, which has its UK manufacturing site in Litchurch Lane, Derby, would have to pay at least £324 million to Swiss railway group SBB for late delivery of 59 double-deck trains.
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Bombardier has denied it is facing a fine over the late delivery of trains to SBB
SBB ordered the trains, which are being made at Bombardier factories in Switzerland and Germany, for a total of 1.9 billion Swiss francs in May, 2010.
The trains were scheduled to be delivered in December this year, but SBB announced last year they would be up to two years later due to modifications that came out of a court challenge SBB faced over the configuration of toilets and other issues for disabled passengers.
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Bombardier said it would not be facing any financial penalties as the firm was not involved in the court case.
Speaking about the report in Der Sonntag, spokesman Marc Laforge said: “It’s total speculation and it’s unwarranted.”
Bombardier also restated that the train deliveries would begin in 2015 and be completed by 2019.
Comments
by PETEZDON
Tuesday, March 19 2013, 2:38PM
“If what i am reading is true. and the £300 million plus fine is warranted this sounds rather sad.
as a fine of the magnitude would be able to employ a workforce of 1800 people at £20,000 a year for 15yrs.
this is sad as derby has had a on going battle in the pass regarding a contract that was kinda given away to the Germans.
and we have the dinosaur program in the near future for this 32billion rail program.
lets say by the time the program actually is started. i reckon the equivalent of the proposed fine the the rail firm faces will be spent.”