Pafawag
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Pafawag (Państwowa Fabryka Wagonów) (English: National Rail Carriage Factory) is a Polish locomotive manufacturer based in Wrocław. The company became part of Adtranz in 1997 as Adtranz Pafawag, and in 2001 part of Bombardier Transportation.
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- Instance of
- business
- Country
- Poland
- Headquarters
- Wrocław
- Industry
- rail transport
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- EN57-1537, Польша, Подляское воеводство, перегон Турчин - Лапы, о. п. Ухово (Trainpix 125566).jpg
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- Pafawag
- inception
- 1945-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2001-00-00
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Pafawag (Państwowa Fabryka Wagonów) (English: National Rail Carriage Factory) is a Polish locomotive manufacturer based in Wrocław. The company became part of Adtranz in 1997 as Adtranz Pafawag, and in 2001 part of Bombardier Transportation.
==History== The factory opened in 1833 as Linke-Hofmann-Werke, Breslau, and became one of the major production centres for rolling stock in Europe.
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