SNCF Réseau awards €1.8 Billion contract for French rail network regeneration
SNCF Réseau is awarding one of its biggest calls for tenders for work to regenerate the network over the next 7 years. It involves massive track renewal work on conventional lines and the renewal of...Read more
Île-de-France Mobility’s 2023 punctuality “satisfactory”
While punctuality and service quality had significantly deteriorated between September and December 2023, the situation is now improving at RATP on the Paris metro. However, some issues persist, many of which are external factors to...Read more
Île-de-France Mobilités makes 1.1 billion euro order from Alstom
Île-de-France Mobilités has ordered 103 new MF19 subway trains for the Paris metro lines 8, 12, and 13 from Alstom. The new trains are scheduled to be deployed between 2027 and 2029. This procurement is...Read more
Alstom to supply trams for Lille Metropolitan area
The Métropole Européenne de Lille (MEL) has selected Alstom to provide new trams for Line R and Line T of the Lille tramway network connecting Lille, Roubaix, and Tourcoing. The historic ‘Mongy’ line, after engineer...Read more
Largest design-build contract to date awarded for Grand Paris Express metro project
Grand Paris ExpressThe Société du Grand Paris (SGP) awarded the first design-build contract for metro line 15’s Eastern section to the COREA consortium, led by Eiffage Génie Civil. Awarded on Friday, 15 December 2023, it is the...Read more
France to freeze price of certain train tickets in 2024
Throughout this year, there has been an average rise of 5 per cent in train fares in France. INSEE data indicates that, on average, train ticket prices surged by more than 8 per cent from...Read more
New French night train connection relaunched after 20 years
In line with the government’s initiative to revitalise night trains, a new INTERCITÉS night train service between Paris and Aurillac in Southern France was inaugurated on December 10. The French government allocated 152 million euros...Read more
New tram line T12 now in service in the Paris region
Following tests, Alstom’s Citadis Dualis tram-trains were officially launched on the Île-de-France Mobilités network’s T12 line. They started their service on Sunday 10 December 2023 at 5.00 AM after an inauguration ceremony on 9 December....Read more
French senate warns against new rail infrastructure funding model
To fund the 300 million euros earmarked for investment in French railway infrastructure by 2027, a new financing contract has been established by the French government, placing the SNCF in a challenging position. The French...Read more
New Omneo trains for Transdev’s Marseille-Nice line
Alstom, Transdev, and the Sud Region in France unveiled the first Alstom-built Omneo train on November 23 in Crespin. These trains will operate the railway connection of the first regional line opened to competition between...Read more
Alstom cuts 1,500 jobs to stabilise finances
French manufacturer of trains, metros and rail systems Alstom is to cut some 1,500 jobs. While its sales are going up, the company’s shares dropped last month and the intervention is part of a larger...Read more
New Generation RER train launched in Paris
On Monday 13 November at Gare Saint-Lazare in Paris, Valérie Pécresse, President of Île-de-France Mobilités, Brice Rabaste, Vice-President of Île-de-France Mobilités, Christophe Fanichet, CEO of SNCF Voyageurs and Henri Poupart-Lafarge, CEO of Alstom, inaugurated the...Read more
France-Italy Frejus railway closure extended until end of 2024
The Frejus Railway, the main rail border crossing between Italy and France, has been closed since 27 August after a disastrous landslide. According to Olivier Thevenet, vice president of the departmental council responsible for infrastructure,...Read more