The Dandenong rolling stock factory in the Melbourne suburb of Dandenong South was opened in 1954 by Commonwealth Engineering. It has since been operated in succession by ABB, Adtranz, Bombardier and Alstom.
History The Dandenong rolling stock factory was built by Commonwealth Engineering opening in 1954.New Industry for Dandenong The Herald 18 June 1954 page 6 In 1990, the plant was sold to ABB.Here & There, Australian Railway Historical Society Bulletin, issue 633, July 1990, page 176ASEA Brown Boveri Continental Railway Journal issue 84 December 1990 page 451 It was included in the 1996 merger of ABB and the Daimler-Benz rail division, as Adtranz,Merger approved Railway Gazette International December 1995 page 818 the 2000 takeover of Adtranz by Bombardier,Bombardier agrees to buy Adtranz Railway Gazette International September 2000 page 601 and the 2021 takeover of Bombardier by Alstom.A transformational step for Alstom: completion of the acquisition of Bombardier Transportation Alstom 29 January 2021
Output The lists below are each in order of when each train type was first produced.
Trains 180 Melbourne Comeng EMU sets 20 Adelaide 3000 class railcarsNew Railcars for STA Catch Point issue 48 July 1985 page 13 4 New South Wales XPT power cars and 13 trailersContracts Sealed for Trains Freight Rail & Countrylink Xpress issue 18 July 1991 page 1 21 New South Wales Xplorer railcarsNew Explorer to be built in Victoria Australian Transport & Distribution Management February 1991 page 2 30 New South Wales Endeavour railcarsCityRail to have Explorers too Railway Digest May 1992 33 Indian Railway WAP-5 electric locomotivesIt need be, Adtranz Trains grow wings Australian Financial Review 21 October 1996 222 Market–Frankford Line M-4 subway cars 141 V/Line VLocity setsVictorian Department of Transport orders and additional 12 VLocity DMU sets Railway Digest October 2022 page 13 31 Adelaide Metro 4000 class setsBombardier completes Adelaide EMU project Track & Signal February 2016 page 82
Trams 230 Z class Melbourne trams 70 A-class Melbourne trams 132 B-class Melbourne trams 70 Phase 1 LRV trams for the Hong Kong Light RailDateline Hong Kong 8-8-88 Transit Australia January 1989 page 10 7 Variotrams for the Sydney Light Rail 100 E-class Melbourne tramsAlstom delivers 100th Flexity light rail vehicle to world's largest tram network in Melbourne Alstom 1 October 2021 100 G-class Melbourne trams, (number ordered); class currently in production
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