La Brugeoise et Nivelles
| La Brugeoise et Nivelles
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|---|---|
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| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1956 |
| resolution | 1991 |
| Reason for dissolution | Takeover by Bombardier Transportation |
| Seat |
Bruges , Belgium
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| Branch | vehicle construction |
La Brugeoise et Nivelles , from 1977 BN Constructions Ferroviaires et Métalliques ( BN for short ), was a metal construction company and a manufacturer of rail vehicles from Belgium , which today belongs to Bombardier Transportation .
history
La Brugeoise et Nivelles was created in 1956 through a merger of La Brugeoise from Bruges , whose history dates back to 1855, and the Ateliers Métallurgiques de Nivelles . In 1977 there was another merger with Constructions Ferroviaires du Center , whereupon the name of the company was changed to BN Constructions Ferroviaires et Métalliques .
In 1986 Bombardier Transportation took over 45% of the shares in BN, and in 1988 the stake was increased to over 50%. From then on, BN was integrated into the Bombardier Group and initially referred to as BN Bombardier Eurorail and today as Bombardier Transportation Belgium . The factory in Nivelles closed in 1989 and demolished the following year to make way for a real estate project. In 2000 the plant in Manage was closed with 400 employees at last; a decision that caused a sensation because the safeguarding of jobs in the economically underdeveloped region in the decision to contract over 210 recently double-deck coaches of type M6 had given to Bombardier. The factory in Manage has been converted into a steel mill . Bombardier Transportation Belgium only manufactures rail vehicles in Bruges today .
Products
Locomotives
- NMBS / SNCB series 23 (1955–1957)
- NMBS / SNCB series 55 (1961–1962)
- NMBS / SNCB series 26 (1964–1971)
- NMBS / SNCB series 20 (1975-1977)
- NMBS / SNCB series 27 (1980)
- NMBS / SNCB Series 21 (1984–1988)
dare
- M2 car (1958–1960)
- Eurofima wagon (1973)
Multiple units
- NMBS / SNCB series 602/603 (1954) (1954–1955)
- NMBS / SNCB series AM 75 (1975–1979)
- NMBS / SNCB series AM 80 (1981–1985)
- NMBS / SNCB series AM 86-89 (1986-1991)
Underground and trams
- PCC trolleys for various operators
- various series of trams in The Hague
- various series of the Brussels Metro
- Kusttram vehicles (1980–1983)
Web links
- Description of the site Bruges on the website of Bombardier (English)
- List of vehicles manufactured on abvv-bombardier.be
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Bombardier site fact sheet: Bruges, Belgium. Bombardier website , accessed December 13, 2014.
- ↑ Au cœur de la Brugeoise on lavevir.net (French), February 12, 2009, accessed on December 13, 2014.
- ↑ Jean Vandendries: LE DEMANTELEMENT DU SITE DE LA BN PREPARE LE NIVELLES DE L'AN 2000. Le Soir , October 5, 1989, digitized version in the archive (French) accessed on December 13, 2014.
- ↑ Bombardier announces intention to close Manage Plant on eurofound.europa.eu (English), April 28, 2000, accessed on December 13, 2014.
- ^ Exit Bombardier, voici Manage Steel Center on lalibre.be (French), February 15, 2001, accessed on December 13, 2014.