SNCF prepares new TGV M maintenance centres

TGV M by Alstom
The various stakeholders will be testing until the summer of 2023 2022, Alstom

SNCF Voyageurs is embarking on a vast programme to modernise its maintenance centres to accommodate the future TGV INOUI, the fifth generation of French high-speed trains. The aim of this work is to adapt the maintenance facilities to make them compatible with the future train, in particular by incorporating automated benches capable of checking several hundred parts in a few seconds. The Introduction of the first TGV M trains is scheduled for 2025.

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