Bombardier, Inc - signs memorandum of understanding with Renong Berhad to implement rail transit system in Malaysia - Brief Article

Railway Age, Feb, 1996

BOMBARDIER, INC. has signed a memorandum of understanding with Renong Berhad, a Malaysia-based investment and infrastructure group, calling for "continued cooperation in the implementation of rail transit systems in Malaysia as well as future cooperation in the identification of markets and the promotion of the LRT 2 System project technology in the Asia Pacific Region." Currently, Bombardier's Transportation Equipment Group-North America is under contract from a Renong Berhad company to supply 70 Advanced Rapid Transit Mark II vehicles and related systems for Phase 1 of the LRT 2 System that will serve the western and eastern suburbs of Kuala Lumpur.

The order for the LRT 2 System turnkey project, valued at $939 million (C) was awarded in 1994 to a Canadian consortium headed by Bombardier in partnership with SNC-Lavalin.