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June 17, 2019 | Light Rail

Keolis to operate Paris light rail Line T9

ILE-DE-FRANCE Mobility has selected Keolis for a contract to operate Paris light rail Line T9, which is due to open at the end of this year.

June 12, 2019 | Commuter Rail

Unblocking Paris

With the start of tunnel boring on the eastern extension of RER Line E in Paris, momentum is building for the project which promises to ease congestion on the city’s saturated commuter network. Kevin Smith explores the intricacies of the undertaking and outlines the challenges facing contractors.

June 5, 2019 | High-speed

TGV Lyria: bringing frequent fliers back down to earth

Providing a comfortable service on high-speed trains as an alternative to air travel is the formula offered by TGV Lyria, which operates high-speed services between Switzerland’s main cities and Paris. Anitra Green talks to TGV Lyria’s director general Fabien Soulet, about the strategy.

May 30, 2019 | Commuter Rail

CDG Express delayed until 2025

FRANCE’s minister of transport, Ms Elisabeth Borne, has announced a delay to the commissioning of the CDG Express rail link between central Paris and Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport until the end of 2025.

March 29, 2019 | Metros

More Alstom trains ordered for Grand Paris Express

SOCIÉTÉ du Grand Paris (SGP) and Ile-de-France Mobility have exercised an option for 23 additional three-car Metropolis metro trains for Grand Paris Express lines 16 and 17.

March 13, 2019 | High-speed

SNCF bets on Ouigo to boost high-speed ridership

French National Railways (SNCF) is backing Ouigo, its low-cost no-frills high-speed service, to increase rail’s share of long-distance journeys in France. Kevin Smith met Stéphane Rapebach, Ouigo’s director general in Paris, to discuss Ouigo’s strategy and progress since it was launched in 2013.

February 14, 2019 | Metros

Alstom begins MP 14 tests on Paris Line 1

TESTING of new eight-car MP 14 rubber-tyred trains has begun on Paris Line 1 in preparation for the fleet’s introduction on Line 14 at the end of the year.

January 14, 2019 | Commuter Rail

CAF to refurbish Paris RER double-deck EMUs

PARIS Transport Authority (RATP) has awarded CAF a €121.3m contract to refurbish its fleet of 43 five-car MI2N Altéo (class Z 1500) double-deck EMUs.

November 28, 2018 | Commuter Rail

Europe’s largest TBM to dig Paris RER Line E extension

THE mayor of Paris, Mrs Valérie Pécresse, and French transport minister, Mrs Elisabeth Borne attended a ceremony in Courbevoie, Paris, on November 28 to officially name Europe’s largest tunnel boring machine (TBM), which will be used to excavate a tunnel for the €3.8bn western extension of RER Line E.

November 26, 2018 | Light Rail

Paris extends orbital light rail line

PARIS moved another step closer to the completion of its orbital light rail line on November 24 with the inauguration of the 4.3km extension of Line T3b from Porte de la Chapelle to Porte d’Asnières in the north of the city.

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