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• Rail Privatisation Creates New Opportunities: The key to rail industry growth is continual investment in infrastructure. Investment in vehicles is also set to increase significantly in the next few years - Global Market Trends

  - 2001-03-15

  ANNUAL investment in railways worldwide amounts to $US 70 billion-$US 45 billion in infrastructure and $US 25 billion in rail vehicles. The figures have been calculated by DVB Group, a Frankfurt-based bank specialising in transport finance. They appear in a report published earlier this year that suggests that total...

  Tags: Alstom, Bombardier Inc., Europe, FINANCE, Investment, Transportation, World Bank

• What's holding up Acela? - Brief Article

  - 2000-07-01

  Delays and technical problems continue to dog Amtrak's Acela Express high speed trainset, pushing revenue service introduction of the 150-mph Boston-New York-Washington premium service train back to September or possibly later. Amtrak and its supplier, the consortium of Bombardier and Alstom, appeared to be headed toward a court confrontation as...

  Tags: Alstom, Amtrak, Bombardier Inc., FINANCE, MARKETING

• Acela Express: Teething Pains Have Become A Root Canal - Brief Article

  - 1999-10-01

  To promote its new Acela Express Northeast Corridor high speed service, Amtrak has embarked upon a slick and provocative advertising campaign. Posters displayed throughout NEC rail stations and on commuter trains use such slogans as "ARECHARGEB," "AFINDTIMEB," ABRAINSTORMB," and "ASMILEB." These Madison Avenue concoctions are meant to convey how Acela...

  Tags: Alstom, Amtrak, Bombardier Inc., FINANCE, revenue, Transportation