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Completed: £1m train contract win for Gateshead-based Petards

Gateshead-based Petards, a developer of advanced security and surveillance systems, has been awarded a £1m plus contract to supply Bombardier Transportation with Petards’ eyeTrain systems.

The new contract is for the supply of eyeTrain saloon and Driver Only Operation (DOO) systems, which will be fitted to new four-car ELECTROSTAR Electrical Multiple Unit (EMU) trains to be built by Bombardier.

Petards’ deliveries are anticipated to commence during 2016 and to be substantially completed by the end of that year.

Raschid Abdullah, Petards Chairman, said: “We are delighted that Petards’ eyeTrain systems continue to be the system of choice for fitment to Bombardier’s ELECTROSTAR trains.

“This order adds to the hundreds of ELECTROSTAR vehicles for whicheyeTrain systems have previously been specified and further bolsters the Group’s present order book for delivery in 2016.”

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