http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/08/us-canada-bombardier-amtrak-idUSKBN0JM20L20141208
Canada¥"s Bombardier bows out of Amtrak¥"s Acela procurement
TORONTO Mon Dec 8, 2014 12:52pm EST
(Reuters) - Canada¥"s Bombardier Inc said on Monday it is not bidding for the contract to replace Amtrak¥"s high-speed Acela, clearing the way for a rival to produce the next generation of the popular but sometimes troubled U.S. passenger trains.
A spokesperson for Hyundai Rotem said the Korean company had submitted a letter of intent to bid. Siemens AG declined to comment on whether it is bidding but a spokesman said it has great interest in the United States. It has a manufacturing facility in California.
State-backed China CNR Corp has teamed up with SunGroup USA to bid on a California high speed rail project. A SunGroup spokesman said the consortium is not bidding on Acela. CNR did not immediately respond to queries about whether it is bidding, and rival CSR Corp declined to comment.
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米東北部高速列車 Acela Express 代替列車入札はヒョンデロテム単独入札だと言う.
Bombardierと CNRは入札しない. Siemensの場合, 入札可否にノーコメントであるが, やっぱり入札放棄のようだ. これら企業等は Acela Express 代替列車入札をあきらめてカリフォルニア高速列車入札に集中するようだ.
現代だけ単独入札する理由は 2019年に規定されたサービス開始デッドラインのためだと言う. KTX-IIがアメリカの鉄道規格に一番近接したモデルだから最小の改造だけでもアメリカ Northeast Corridorに投入が可能だ. 他の業社の提案は 2019年サービス開始デッドラインを合わせることができない.