Planes, Trains, and Monorails | Ontario East

Planes, Trains, and Monorails

The Bombardier Transportation facility in Millhaven is creating 20 new jobs in Ontario East as part of an upgrade that is being funded by $750,000 from the provincial government.

“Today’s announcement of 20 new jobs will also open up new opportunities for Bombardier in the global mass transit market and is already generating new business for local companies,” Gerretsen says.

Bombardier has invested more than $10 million in a monorail test track that will expand its role as the corporation’s centre of competence for Mass Transit. The facility already has two onsite rail test tracks, which it will also use to develop its global monorail development program, which includes contracts in Saudi Arabia and Brazil.

The company is also developing technology to capture and reuse energy generated when a transit vehicle activates its brakes. The project includes building a monorail test track, which is already providing new business for local companies, including Kingston-based Anchor Concrete.

Can’t wait for a test drive!