French railroads even asked for payment for supplying trains to carry Jews to Germany after France had been liberated.
AnsaldoBreda will supply trains, likely to be the same type as the current AnsaldoBreda Driverless Metro trains.
This is the company that supplies Swiss trains with glassware and china.
It is bidding to supply high-speed trains in the United States.
Siemens was the other company, and both were limited to supplying trains that were the same as those already supplied to Melbourne.
The company beat three other bidders - Siemens, Hitachi and the rolling stock operating company Porterbrook, which would have supplied pre-owned trains.
The company supplied trains and tanks and uniforms and guns.
Parliamentary Tickets appear to have been used to the end, although the need to supply a Parliamentary Train or trains had long passed.
This year, Bombardier signed a long-range agreement to supply trains to China with cruising speeds of 120 miles per hour.
The contract was to supply new trains featuring Automatic Train Operation and signalling for the Victoria and sub-surface lines.