VINCI Construction Awarded €700 Million Contract for French Railway Network Renovation

VINCI Construction Awarded €700 Million Contract for French Railway Network Renovation

(IN BRIEF) SNCF Réseau has entrusted VINCI Construction’s subsidiary, ETF, with work package 4 of an industrial regeneration contract valued at €700 million. Over a period of seven years, with the option for two additional years, ETF will upgrade over 800 km of track and ballast across France by 2030, aiming to enhance train movement regularity and frequency. Utilizing mobile factory trains and fast-sequencing methods, the project emphasizes industrial-scale regeneration. Additionally, ETF plans to allocate 150,000 hours to professional integration and training programs throughout the duration of the project, drawing on its extensive experience in railway track renovation.

(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 12-Mar-2024 — /EuropaWire/ — As part of the programme to transform and upgrade its French railway network, SNCF Réseau has awarded to VINCI Construction – through its subsidiary ETF – work package 4 of the industrial regeneration contract.

The contract, which is worth €700 million – based on economic conditions in July 2023 – covers upgrading over 800 km of track and ballast throughout France by the end of 2030. This infrastructure regeneration project will help improve the regularity and increase the frequency of train movements.

The works will be carried out using several mobile factory trains to regenerate tracks at an industrial pace using the fast-sequencing method. Some 150,000 hours of work will be devoted to professional integration and training programmes during the seven years of the programme.

ETF will be able to draw on its long-standing experience in this type of specialist work, having already upgraded 1,750 km of railway track.

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