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Fearing that the Agence métropolitaine de transport could choose a Chinese competitor over 24 homemade trains, Bombardier Inc. isn’t ready to give up.

A few days after being headed off by the China Railway Rolling Stock Corp., the Montreal-based manufacturer of planes and trains announced Wednesday that it is carefully studying its options.

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“There are various mechanisms that exist and we will analyze them one by one,” Bombardier spokesperson Marc-André Lefebvre said in a telephone interview. He did not disclose which mechanisms they were considering.

Bombardier was one of only two bidders for the coveted contract, which would see cars manufactured for the Candiac, Vaudreuil-Dorion and Saint-Jérôme lines. The Chinese company was selected because it was the lowest bidder.

Accordin to Caixin media, CCRC said it would build the cars for about $69 million, while the AMT had budgeted $103 million.