Vienna Austria - Bombardier signed a deal to deliver up to 300 Talent 3 trains to the Austrian Federal Railways for about €1.8 billion at list prices.
 
Bombardier said the first 21 of the electric trains would be delivered in 2019.
 
The Talent 3 is a multiple-unit rail car that allows for up to 50 percent more seating capacity than its predecessor generation, the Montreal-based company said.
 
Austrian Federal Railways already operates 187 Talent-family trains.
 
About 1,400 Talent series trains are already in service in Europe and Canada.
 
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OKthePK Joint Bar Editor:  Bombardier built Talent multiple unit rail cars were developed by Waggonfabrik Talbot of Aachen, Germany, shortly before the company was acquired by Bombardier in 1995. The name TALENT is the German acronym for TAlbot LEichter Nahverkehrs Triebwagen (Talbot light suburban motor-coach).