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BERLIN, GERMANY--(Marketwire - September 27, 2011) - Bombardier is extending its
leading position in global mobility by launching a series of new centres of
excellence during 2011 and enhancing its existing centres for technological
innovation. The opening of Bombardier's new Centre of Excellence (CoE) for its
next generation electric mobility solution BOMBARDIER PrimoveCity is the latest
step in this process.

Located at the company's engineering and manufacturing site in Mannheim,
Germany, the CoE is finetuning Bombardier's inductive e-mobility solutions to
provide easy urban transportation with all modes of electric vehicles, from
trams and buses to commercial vehicles and cars. With a state-of-the-art testing
and development facility due to open in the autumn of 2011, the CoE will support
future partnerships, projects and opportunities in the fast moving electric
mobility sector. BOMBARDIER PRIMOVE technology has already been demonstrated
successfully with a Bombardier low floor tram in Augsburg, Germany, and with a
bus on a 125 m stretch of road in Lommel, Belgium, where tests are also due to
begin with a passenger car.

The opening of the Mannheim CoE follows the successful launch of Bombardier's
new CoE for Rail Signalling Engineering, in July 2011. Located in Madrid, Spain,
the new centre will house more than 200 engineers working on signalling projects
for Europe and Latin America. Bombardier's signalling CoE is already working on
major projects to improve safety, drive higher capacity and reliability, shorter
headways between trains and reduced maintenance costs. These projects include
the installation of the advanced train protection and control solution
BOMBARDIER CITYFLO 650 communication-based train control (CBTC) for four lines
of the London Underground (UK) and lines 1 and 6 of Metro Madrid (Spain). Metro
Madrid is part of one of the busiest networks in Europe, where the customer has
already noted a 30% increase in passenger carrying capacity.

In Canada, Bombardier is building a new Product Design and Development Centre to
consolidate its expertise for designing and protoyping passenger rail vehicles
for the North American market. This new CoE at Bombardier in St-Bruno, Quebec,
is set to open in Spring 2012. Its location in the Greater Montreal area
positions Bombardier for concluding research and development partnerships with
recognised institutions in the region. The passenger rail vehicles designed at
the centre will be built at Bombardier's various manufacturing facilities across
North America.

"Bombardier Transportation is at the cutting edge of mobility innovation, not
just in terms of our proven rail products and technologies but also in terms of
the latest e-mobility solutions requiring expert research and development to
shape our cities of the future," said Josef Doppelbauer, Vice President Project
Management and Chief Technical Officer, Bombardier Transportation. "In order for
us to best harness the potential of our product development expertise around the
world, we are committed to strengthening our network of Centres of Excellence
across the company. These latest investments in our new centres will complement
the expertise concentrated in our existing centres of competence, and
demonstrate our dedication to continually innovate and drive changes in public
transportation for the 21st century."

A global network of excellence

Bombardier Transportation draws on an extensive infrastructure of Centres of
Excellence with a proven track record. The Bombardier bogies centre in Siegen,
Germany, was enhanced this year with a new wheel set centre to optimise the
chain of logistics. Production is set to rise from 1,700 wheel sets in the first
year of operation to 10,000 per year by 2013, an increase of 83%. Bombardier's
factories in Siegen and in Crespin, France, are CoEs for bogies, delivering the
industry's most comprehensive selection of technically sophisticated bogie
solutions in the form of BOMBARDIER FLEXX bogies, which cover the entire range
of rail vehicles. These products are based on more than 160 years of experience
and the technical expertise of the specialist engineers who contribute to the
continual strenthening of the FLEXX portfolio thanks to their innovative
developments.

The manufacturing site in Crespin hosts Bombardier's CoE for On Board
Electronics to develop new information and communication technologies in use by
Bombardier products such as the BOMBARDIER MOVIA metro cars for Delhi Metro in
India, and the new "Toronto Rocket" metro in Canada. Bombardier's Reliabilty CoE
is also located in Crespin, where a full scale electronics test laboratory was
established to conduct the homologation process for the Regio 2N trains for the
French Regions. Bombardier's CoEs for light rail vehicles are located in Vienna,
Austria, and Bautzen, Germany, and its CoE for double-deck trains in Gorlitz,
Germany.

The development of Bombardier locomotives is centred in three manufacturing
sites: Kassel, Germany, home of the BOMBARDIER TRAXX locomotive platform; Vado
Ligure, Italy, for 3 kv DC markets across Europe; and an electrical locomotives
development centre in Zurich, Switzerland. Bombardier propulsion and controls
centres develop the systems that comprise the highly reliable BOMBARDIER MITRAC
portfolio covering traction and auxiliary converters, drives and electronics.
These centres are located in Vasteras, Sweden (Medium Power Propulsion system
and qualification, TCMS products units); Mannheim, Germany (Low Power
Propulsion, battery, TCMS, e-mobility); Zurich (High Power Propulsion,TCMS); and
Hennigsdorf, Germany (drive competence).

In addition, Bombardier Transportation has a wide network of specialist
engineering centres of competence providing a company-wide engineering expert
resource for the following technical areas: acoustics and vibration (Vasteras),
aerodynamics and thermodynamics (Hennigsdorf), crash safety (Derby, UK), design
for environment (Vasteras), electrical systems compatibility (Vasteras), product
safety (Kingston, Canada), reliability availability maintainability (RAM) and
lifecycle cost (Vasteras), software engineering (St. Bruno, Canada), structural
mechanics (Hennigsdorf), and vehicle dynamics (Vasteras).

About Bombardier Transportation

Bombardier Transportation, a global leader in rail technology, offers the
broadest portfolio in the rail industry and delivers innovative products and
services that set new standards in sustainable mobility. BOMBARDIER ECO4
technologies - built on the four cornerstones of energy, efficiency, economy and
ecology - conserve energy, protect the environment and help to improve total
train performance. Bombardier Transportation is headquartered in Berlin, Germany
and has a presence in over 60 countries. It has an installed base of over
100,000 vehicles worldwide.

About Bombardier

A world-leading manufacturer of innovative transportation solutions, from
commercial aircraft and business jets to rail transportation equipment, systems
and services, Bombardier Inc. is a global corporation headquartered in Canada.
Its revenues for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2011, were $17.7 billion, and
its shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (BBD). Bombardier is listed
as an index component to the Dow Jones Sustainability World and North America
indexes. News and information are available at www.bombardier.com or follow us
on Twitter @Bombardier.

Notes to Editors

- Interviews with Bombardier Transportation's experts on products and Centres of
Excellence are available on request.

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Contact Information

Contacts:
Benelux, Middle East and North Africa: +49 30 98607 1141
Janet Olthof,janet.olthof@de.transport.bombardier.com

Canada: +1 450 441 3007
Marc Laforge,marc.laforge@ca.transport.bombardier.com

Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Central
and Eastern Europe: +49 30 98607 1134
Immo von Fallois,
immo.von_fallois@de.transport.bombardier.com

France: +33 6 07 78 95 38
Anne Froger,anne.froger@fr.transport.bombardier.com

India: +91 7 838 660 093
Harsh Mehta,harsh.mehta@in.transport.bombardier.com

Mexico: +52 55 5093 7714
Barbara Corral,barbara.corral@mx.transport.bombardier.com

Nordic Countries: +46 10 852 5062
Jonny Hedberg,jonny.hedberg@se.transport.bombardier.com

Southern Europe and South America: +35 1 919 693 728
Luis Ramos,luis.ramos@pt.transport.bombardier.com

UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand,
other countries: +44 1332 266470
Neil Harvey,neil.harvey@uk.transport.bombardier.com

USA: +1 450 441 3007
Maryanne Roberts,
maryanne.roberts@us.transport.bombardier.com
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