Topic: Île-de-France

Alstom secures order for 103 MF19 metros to upgrade Paris region network

Alstom secured a significant contract with Île-de-France Mobilités and RATP for the supply of 103 state-of-the-art MF19 trainsets, marking a milestone in modernising the Paris region’s metro network.…
Paris: weekend mass transit surges as pandemic effects wane

A recent report published by L’Institut Paris Region, titled “Leisure and Tourism Mobility: Current Practices in Mass Transit and New Challenges,” (Mobilité loisirs et tourisme : pratiques actuelles…
Île-de-France Mobilités makes 1.1 billion euro order from Alstom

Île-de-France Mobilités has ordered 103 new MF19 subway trains for the Paris metro lines 8, 12, and 13 from Alstom. The new trains are scheduled to be deployed…
Mass transit expert makes 14 recommendations to better the Paris ‘RER B’

With 983,000 daily users, the RER B, connecting Paris to its suburbs and the Charles de Gaulle airport, is the second busiest RER commuter line in the Paris…
Start of the test run for tram-train T12 in Paris region

Following the dynamic tests conducted in June, tram-train T12 began its test run on September 11th. The T12 trams are now operating under real conditions on the operational…
SNCF Réseau successfully completed nearly 300 rail projects this summer

SNCF Réseau successfully completed nearly 300 rail projects across France in July and August 2023. The rail infrastructure manager invested 2.9 billion euros to modernise the French network…
SNCF concludes summer of unprecedented works in Paris region

France’s capital region of Île-de-France saw an unprecedented volume of worksites this summer, in the run-up to the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. SNCF Réseau stated in a…
RATP: sales up but results down

The Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP), one of the main public transport operator in the Greater Paris region, has shared its half-year results, which it reports as…
SNCF and RATP use massive crane for operation ‘Chagall’

SNCF Reseau and RATP are renewing two bridges in Essonne, in the Île-de-France region. The aim of this 116 million euro project, nicknamed operation ‘Chagall’, which started in…
Damages from Paris riots to public transport infrastructure estimated 20 million euros

The shooting of a 17-year-old boy, Nahel Mezrouk, by a police officer, during a traffic stop on 27 June 2023, in Nanterre, led to widespread looting and rioting…
Summer works on the Île-de-France network in full swing

Starting this month works in the Île-de-France region of France will begin, as part of a 4.2-billion euro infrastructure modernisation campaign for the infrastructure network, including Réseau Express…
May works in Ile-de-France continue on the Eastern and Atlantic axes

After a wave of projects in the Hauts-de-France region, SNCF Réseau is announcing the work planned for May in the Île-De-France region. In 2023, around 2 billion euro…
Colas Rail and Alstom awarded lot of Grand Paris Express’s metro Line 17

Société du Grand Paris has awarded the consortium of Colas Rail and Alstom the contract for the track, overhead contact line and linear equipment for the second section…