Bombardier Officially Presents the AGC Regional Express Train to the SNCF and Representatives of the French Regions.

Advanced Materials & Composites News, October, 2003

October 9, 2003 -Today the President and Chief Operating Officer of Bombardier Transportation, Pierre Lortie, welcomed Daniel Percheron, President of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais Region, Louis Gallois, President of the French National Railways (SNCF), as well as representatives of the French Regions, to Bombardier's Crespin production site in France for the introduction of the Autorail Grande Capacite (AGC) high-capacity Regional Express Train (TER).

Messrs. Percheron and Gallois personally drove the trainset on the track at the Centre d'Essai Ferroviaire at Valenciennes and were very pleased with its dynamic qualities. The delivery of 279 AGC trainsets to 18 French administrative regions will take place as planned, starting in early 2004 and continuing through...