Cracks in at least 56 metro cars to cost Prague millions

Prague public transport firm, German engineering giant Siemens say bad welding job at Bombardier’s Hungarian plant is to blame

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Tom Jones | 03.02.2012

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The M-1 model metro cars

Engineers from Siemens and the Prague Transport Company have found cracks in 56 metro cars built by a consortium including Siemens and Bombardier. The cracks have appeared in the bogies on M-1 type cars which are in operation on the C Line of the Prague metro.

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