TRANSPORT for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has awarded a joint venture of Keolis and Amey a 10-year contract to operate and maintain the city’s 92km Metrolink light rail network.
FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) and Paris Transport Authority (RATP) have signed an agreement to support Senegal’s efforts to develop the 57km standard-gauge regional express train service from Dakar to Blaise Diagne International Airport near Ndiass during a state visit to Senegal by the president of France Mr François Hollande this week.
ALSTOM announced on December 7 that it will supply 20 extra six-car MP14 trains to Il-de-France Transport Authority (Stif) and Paris Transport Authority (RATP) for €163m, as part of the modernisation of Line 4 of the Paris metro.
PARIS Transport Authority (RATP) and Nokia have successfully completed the first trial of 4G LTE telecommunications technology on a portion of the Paris Metro Line 14, demonstrating that a single network can be used for all operational communications for a train.
THE mayor of Rio de Janeiro Mr Eduardo Paes inaugurated the first phase of the 28km Porto Maravilha light rail network on June 5.
THE design and internal layout for the fleet of MP14 rubber-tyred metro trains which Alstom is building for Paris Transport Authority (RATP) was unveiled at Alstom's Paris headquarters by the company's chairman and CEO Mr Henri Poupart-Lafarge.
THE board of Ile-de-France transport authority Stif has adopted a strategy to accelerate the modernisation of suburban trains in the Paris area, allocating €8.5bn towards the renewal and refurbishment of rolling stock over the next five years.
EGIS, France, is to undertake engineering, procurement and construction management for system equipment on Paris metro Line 18 – part of the Grand Paris Express project.
PARIS Transport Authority (RATP) has awarded a five-year 24/7 contract to Ansaldo STS to maintain the signalling on 17 metro and light rail lines in the French capital.
THE first major contract for the €3.7bn western extension of Paris RER Line E was awarded on February 10, when French National Railways (SNCF) president Mr Guillaume Pepy and Siemens president Mr Joe Kaeser signed a €186m contract for the rollout of CBTC on the core section of the east-west line.
