Paris: weekend mass transit surges as pandemic effects wane
A recent report published by L’Institut Paris Region, titled “Leisure and Tourism Mobility: Current Practices in Mass Transit and New Challenges,” (Mobilité loisirs et tourisme : pratiques actuelles en mass transit et nouveaux défis) highlights...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
Mass transit expert makes 14 recommendations to better the Paris ‘RER B’
With 983,000 daily users, the RER B, connecting Paris to its suburbs and the Charles de Gaulle airport, is the second busiest RER commuter line in the Paris region. Despite this, the commuter line has...Read more
Start of the test run for tram-train T12 in Paris region
Following the dynamic tests conducted in June, tram-train T12 began its test run on September 11th. The T12 trams are now operating under real conditions on the operational route but without passengers. This is the...Read more
SNCF Réseau successfully completed nearly 300 rail projects this summer
SNCF Réseau successfully completed nearly 300 rail projects across France in July and August 2023. The rail infrastructure manager invested 2.9 billion euros to modernise the French network this year.Read more
SNCF concludes summer of unprecedented works in Paris region
France’s capital region of Île-de-France saw an unprecedented volume of worksites this summer, in the run-up to the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. SNCF Réseau stated in a press release that they are aiming “to...Read more
RATP: sales up but results down
The Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP), one of the main public transport operator in the Greater Paris region, has shared its half-year results, which it reports as being very heavily impacted by “inflationary pressures”....Read more
SNCF and RATP use massive crane for operation ‘Chagall’
SNCF Reseau and RATP are renewing two bridges in Essonne, in the Île-de-France region. The aim of this 116 million euro project, nicknamed operation ‘Chagall’, which started in 2020, is to improve the performance of...Read more
Damages from Paris riots to public transport infrastructure estimated 20 million euros
The shooting of a 17-year-old boy, Nahel Mezrouk, by a police officer, during a traffic stop on 27 June 2023, in Nanterre, led to widespread looting and rioting across the country. A week after the...Read more
Summer works on the Île-de-France network in full swing
Starting this month works in the Île-de-France region of France will begin, as part of a 4.2-billion euro infrastructure modernisation campaign for the infrastructure network, including Réseau Express Régional (RER) commuter rail, regional trains, metros,...Read more
May works in Ile-de-France continue on the Eastern and Atlantic axes
After a wave of projects in the Hauts-de-France region, SNCF Réseau is announcing the work planned for May in the Île-De-France region. In 2023, around 2 billion euro worth of work will be carried out...Read more