KL builds metro system

Mon, 03 Oct 1994 | Source: AFP

MONTREAL (AFP): Canadian engineering firms Bombardier and SNC- Lavalin have won a contract to build a metro system in Kuala Lumpur with the first stations scheduled to open in 1998.

Montreal-based Bombardier was to build 70 wagons that were to have automatic pilot systems, company officials said in a statement.

The contract was reported worth $961 million (US$711 million).

SNC-Lavalin was to design the 30-kilometer (18-mile) transport system based on Vancouver's lightweight "Skytrain."

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