In January 2014, the Queensland Government announced the award of the NGR contract to the Bombardier NGR Consortium for the delivery of the New Generation Rollingstock project.
The NGR Project
The Department of Transport and Main Roads (TMR) is the lead Queensland Government agency for the delivery of the project.
Qtectic is responsible for the delivery of the NGR train fleet and for maintenance of the fleet for 30 years.
Bombardier Transportation and its joint venture partner ITOCHU are the principal contractor to Qtectic for the design, construction, delivery and maintenance of the NGR fleet and the maintenance. Bombardier will be actively involved in the delivery of all core Project Activities.
Queensland Rail are the nominated operator of the NGR fleet
Laing O’Rourke have been appointed as the principal contractor for the design and construction of the maintenance centre at Wulkuraka