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NewsMay 24, 2021

Autonomous Train to Operate in France

The Regio 2N regional train will be used over the next two years as a prototype that will be tested on the track between Aulnoye and Busigny.

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Newsby StaffNovember 5, 2019

Keolis Group names new Executive Chairman

From 2005 to 2013, Patrick Jeantet worked at Keolis as Deputy CEO, International, then as CEO, France.

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Newsby StaffJuly 31, 2019

Alstom to supply Avelia Euroduplex trains to Paris' SNCF

The 12 trains will enter service in 2021 and 2022 and replace older trains, some of which are over 30 years old.

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Newsby StaffFebruary 21, 2018

Bombardier to provide 9 more double-deck French trains

The order is valued at approximately $120 million, including price escalations based on best faith assessment of assumptions, and is an option contained in a 2010 contract for a maximum of 860 trains signed with SNCF on behalf of the regions.

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Newsby StaffDecember 27, 2017

Bombardier to supply 32 double-deck French trainsets

The order is the result of an agreement reached between the State and the Region to take over the management of three intercity lines or Trains d'Equibilibre du Territoire.

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Newsby StaffJanuary 11, 2017

SNCF taps Alstom-Bombardier consortium for next-generation trains

Will design and supply the new generation of two-tier equipment for lines D and E of the Île-de-France network, which is operated by SNCF Transilien. The first firm part of the order comprises the delivery of 71 trains.

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Newsby Giles BaileyMay 6, 2016

EXCLUSIVE: Competition heats up in Europe's long-distance rail market

From motorcoaches, new rail supplier entrants and more, Europe's long-distance rail is experiencing an unprecedented amount of competition. 

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Newsby StaffDecember 31, 2014

Bombardier supplying 42 French trainsets

The trains are an additional order in the framework of an ongoing contract signed in 2010 and is valued at approximately $484 million. Delivery of the new trains will start from September 2017 and the trains will operate on Line R of the Parisian suburban network.

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Newsby StaffOctober 2, 2013

Alstom wins $473M French order

The Coradia Liner, a long-haul train, is classed between a regional train and a high-speed train.

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Newsby StaffJuly 16, 2013

French train crash caused by track tech fault

The piece of metal linking two train lines “broke away” when the accident took place, SNCF Chairman Guillaume Pepy said at a press conference.

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