Topic: Keolis

Ricardo delivers energy usage calculations on forthcoming Paris Metro routes

The internationally operating engineering consultancy company Ricardo Rail has produced the energy usage estimates for rail operations on three forthcoming lines on the Paris Metro. This allows Public…
RATP Dev to manage Lyon’s public transportation network

SYTRAL Mobilités, the governing body overseeing transportation in the Lyon metropolitan area, has awarded RATP Group the contract to operate the city’s metro, funicular, and tramway network for…
Brussels does not accept the main rail network concession for NS

The European Commission does not accept the awarding of the main domestic train traffic for the coming years to NS. The Netherlands must provide explanations again. The case…

- 4 reacties
RATP to manage metro and trams in Lyon from 2025

Sytral is to divide the TCL network into two lots, to be managed under a public service delegation contract. Keolis will continue to operate the buses and trolleybuses,…
Saint-Denis – Pleyel station in final construction phase

Saint-Denis – Pleyel station, set to become a flagship station of the Grand Paris Express, is gearing up for its grand opening in the coming months. This station is…
Keolis and SNCF Voyageurs to operate new Paris-region lines

Île-de-France Mobilités selected a consortium of Keolis and SNCF Voyageurs named ‘Stretto’ to operate the tram-train lines T4, T11, and the Esbly-Crécy branch of Line P in the…
Dutch province can’t make the (business) case for battery trains

The Dutch province of Overijssel has pulled the plug on the use of battery-electric trains from 2027 onwards. The province had planned to use the trains on sections…
COMSA wraps up construction of Odense tramway system

COMSA Corporación last week delivered and handed over the Odense tramway project to Odense Letbane P/S, the Spanish contractor announced on Tuesday. With the handover, a four-year-construction the Danish…
Keolis starts operating Dubai metro and tram

In the United Arab Emirates, Keolis started operations on the Dubai fully automated metro and tramway networks on 8 September. 
Dutch mobility companies go to court to fight against NS monopoly

Regional transporters want to prevent Dutch Railways NS from holding the exclusive right to run trains on the Dutch main railway lines for ten years from 2025. The…
Railway operators examine autonomous shuttles for last mile

Automatic Train Operation, more commonly known as ATO, is becoming more and more familiar to the railway companies across Europe. Just in the Netherlands, two railway operators have…
Keolis loses contract for Rhine-Ruhr S-Bahn service

German transport authority VRR covering the Rhine-Ruhr conurbation has prematurely broken off a contract with Eurobahn, a subsidiary of Keolis. It was expected that the railway operator will…
French community replaces guided buses with tram network

French urban community of Caen La Mer has launched a 16.2-kilometre tram network. It replaced the guided bus service that was being functioned in the city for 15…
‘Battery trains – a good alternative to diesel trains or electrification of railway lines’

There is absolutely no reason to wait with battery trains in the Netherlands. It is a misconception that the technique would not be mature enough yet, believes Martien…
Fugro inspects railway network of Wales

Dutch technology company Fugro has started inspecting the railway network in Wales and the border counties of England. The contractor will survey around 1,368 kilometres of tracks and…