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January 28, 2021 | Main line

Work restarts on CDG Express

FRENCH transport minister, Mr Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, has announced that work will restart on the CDG Express project to build a dedicated rail link from Paris to Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport.

January 26, 2021 | Fleet

Bombardier to begin conversion of ACG EMUs to battery operation

BOMBARDIER has announced it will install batteries on the first five of 700 AGC regional EMUs built at its Crespin plant in northern France for the French regions between 2005 and 2011, ahead of trials before the battery trains enter passenger service in 2023.

January 21, 2021 | Financial

Getlink reports 24% fall in turnover in 2020

CHANNEL Tunnel operator Getlink has reported a 24% fall in turnover to €815.9m for 2020 compared with 2019, due to restrictions on movement caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

January 21, 2021 | Light Rail

First tram-train delivered for Paris T13

PARIS transport operator Île-de-France Mobility (IdFM) has received the first of a fleet of 11 Alstom Citadis Dualis tram-trains for the T13 light rail line.

January 18, 2021 | Freight

VFLI becomes Captrain France

FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) rail freight subsidiary VFLI has been rebranded as Captrain France in line with other SNCF freight subsidiaries, which operate in 11 countries, as the railway seeks to develop a pan-European operator.

January 15, 2021 | Passenger

21 rail projects to watch in 2021

Oliver Cuenca profiles 21 rail projects to watch out for in the next 12 months.

January 15, 2021 | Infrastructure

Breaking down the barriers to Mobility as a Service

France has introduced a new mobility law aimed at improving access to climate friendly transport options. Laurent Mezzini, director of the Systems business unit at Systra, explains to David Burroughs how MaaS is facilitating this change.

January 14, 2021 | Fleet

€2.56bn Paris RER Line B fleet contract award confirmed following court order

PARIS Transport Authority (RATP) and SNCF Passenger have confirmed a Bombardier-CAF consortium as the preferred bidder for a €2.56bn contract to supply 146 trains for the Paris RER B suburban line, after the Administrative Court of Paris rejected an appeal filed by Alstom.

January 7, 2021 | Fleet

CAF agrees to remedial work on Besançon LRVs

FOLLOWING protracted negotiations, CAF has agreed to conduct remedial work at its own cost on 19 23.6m-long three-section Urbos LRVs operated in the French city of Besançon, after cracks were discovered in the bodies of the low-floor vehicles in December 2017.

December 31, 2020 | Infrastructure

France to upgrade Paris - Limoges - Toulouse main line

THE French government confirmed its commitment to modernise the 713km Paris Austerlitz - Orléans - Limoges - Toulouse line on December 18.

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