(IN BRIEF) Alstom, SNCF Voyageurs and five French regions have begun commercial operation of France’s first two battery-powered regional trains as part of a national programme worth more than €41 million. Occitanie’s first battery train entered service on the Nîmes–Vauvert … Read the full press release
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Tagged 1 September 2026, 20% energy savings, 28 July 2026, 31 August 2026, 80 kilometre range, AGC railcars, Alstom, Alstom Marks Commercial Launch of France’s First Two Battery-Powered Regional Trains, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Avignon, battery-powered regional trains, battery-powered TER, Carole Delga, Carpentras, commercial rail service, Delphine Couzi, direct CO₂ emissions, energy recovery, France, France Introduces First Battery-Powered TER Trains in Occitanie and Sud Regions, France Tests Battery Rail Technology on Non-Electrified Regional Lines, Frédéric Wiscart, Gaël Barbier, Hauts-de-France, hybrid train, hydrogen train, Jean-Luc Gibelin, liO train, lithium-ion batteries, Luchon, Montréjeau, Nîmes, non-electrified railway lines, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitanie Region, Olivier Delecroix, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, rail decarbonisation, rail innovation, regenerative braking, Régiolis, regional rail, Renaud Muselier, SNCF Voyageurs, SNCF Voyageurs TER Occitanie, SNCF Voyageurs TER Sud, Sorgues, Sud Region, sustainable mobility, Toulouse, Vauvert, €30 million regional funding, €41 million programme, €5.5 million Alstom, €6 million SNCF Voyageurs
(IN BRIEF) CAF has been awarded a contract worth more than EUR 150 million by Île-de-France Mobilités to supply 15 tram-train units for the T13 line in the Paris region, with options for spare parts and additional trains. The new … Read the full press release
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Tagged 10-minute peak frequency, 15 tram-trains, 170 standing passengers, 2.65 metres, 42 metres, 86 seated passengers, Achères, additional trains, Air Conditioning, Bagnères de Bigorre, Bailly, CAF, CAF to Manufacture T13 Tram-Trains at Bagnères-de-Bigorre Facility, CAF URBOS Platform Selected for T13 Line Extension to Achères, commuter trains, dynamic passenger information displays, EUR 150 million contract, five bogies, French mobility market, GCO, Grand Contournement Ouest, Hautes-Pyrénées, Île-de-France, Île-de-France Mobilités, Intercités, intermodal connectivity, local bus routes, low-floor design, L’Étang-la-Ville, Mareil-Marly, metro systems, New CAF Tram-Trains to Support Improved Connectivity in Île-de-France, Noisy-le-Roi, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Paris region, passengers with reduced mobility, PRM, public transport, railway interoperability, RATP, RATP Cap Île-de-France, Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens, regional transport network, RER A, RER E, rolling stock, Saint-Cyr-l’École, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, seven articulated modules, SNCF Voyageurs, Spare parts, T13 line, TER, tram-train units, tram-trains, trams, Transilien Line L, transport accessibility, URBOS tram platform, Versailles, Yvelines, Zero-Emission Buses
(IN BRIEF) Alstom has received an additional order from SNCF Voyageurs for 15 Avelia Horizon very high-speed trains valued at approximately €600 million, as part of the existing framework agreement between the two companies. The quad-voltage trains, designed for European … Read the full press release
Posted in France, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Alstom, Alstom Strengthens European High-Speed Rail Portfolio with New SNCF Voyageurs Order, Avelia Horizon, energy-efficient trains, European rail network, Eurostar, Frédéric Wiscart, French rail industry, High-Speed Rail, low-carbon transport, predictive maintenance, quad-voltage trains, rail innovation partnership, SNCF Voyageurs, sustainable mobility, TGV
(IN BRIEF) SNCF Voyageurs has approved a €1.4 billion order for 30 new Avelia Horizon very high-speed trains from Alstom, marking the first time a double-deck train will operate through the Channel Tunnel under Eurostar service. Designed for cross-border travel … Read the full press release
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Tagged 2031 delivery, Alstom, Alstom Expands Partnership with SNCF Voyageurs to Drive the Future of Sustainable European High-Speed Rail, Alstom France, Alstom Secures €1.4 Billion Order from SNCF Voyageurs for 30 Avelia Horizon Trains to Operate Through the Channel Tunnel, Alstom to Deliver 30 Avelia Horizon High-Speed Trains for Eurostar Operations Through the Channel Tunnel, Alstom Wins €1.4 Billion Order from SNCF Voyageurs for Eurostar’s Next-Generation Avelia Horizon Trains, Avelia, Avelia Horizon, Belfort, Channel Tunnel, cross-border mobility, cross-border travel, double-deck train, energy efficiency, European high-speed network, European transport, Eurostar, Eurostar to Introduce Double-Deck Avelia Horizon Trains Through Channel Tunnel in Landmark SNCF-Alstom Deal, Frédéric Wiscart, French rail industry, Henri Poupart-Lafarge, High-Speed Rail, international rail, international travel, La Rochelle, Le Creusot, Ornans, predictive maintenance, rail innovation, SNCF Voyageurs, SNCF Voyageurs Expands Avelia Horizon Fleet with €1.4 Billion Order to Power Future European High-Speed Travel, SNCF Voyageurs Orders 30 New Alstom Avelia Horizon Trains for Eurostar Operations Through the Channel Tunnel, sustainable mobility, train manufacturing, Villeurbanne
(IN BRIEF) SNCF Voyageurs has placed a €520 million order with Alstom for 35 additional RER NG trains, fully funded by Île-de-France Mobilités. This brings the total fleet to 166 trains, designed to modernize the RER E and RER D … Read the full press release
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Tagged advanced rolling stock, air-conditioning, Alstom, Frédéric Wiscart, French production sites, French railways, Île-de-France Mobilités, Île-de-France region, modernization, passenger capacity, public transportation, RER D line, RER E line, RER NG, smart mobility, SNCF Voyageurs, sustainable transportation, trains, USB ports, wheelchair accessibility
(IN BRIEF) Alstom, a global leader in sustainable mobility, has secured a significant contract valued at nearly 300 million euros to implement the NExTEO signalling system on the RER¹ B and RER D lines in the Île-de-France region. This contract … Read the full press release
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Tagged Aix-en-Provence, Alstom, Alstom France, automation, CBTC, Cybersecurity, Île-de-France, Jean-Baptiste Eyméoud, NExTEO, railway signalling, RATP, RER B line, RER D lines, Saint-Ouen, signalling, signalling system, smart mobility, SNCF Réseau, SNCF Voyageurs, sustainable mobility, trains, Urbalis, Villeurbanne
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