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Hauts-de-France Region to Get 19 Bombardier OMNEO Premium Trains

Bombardier contracted to deliver 19 OMNEO Premium trains to serve the intercity lines of the Hauts-de-France region. The client is SNCF. The…

Direct High-Speed Rail Service Between London and Bordeaux One Step Closer

Getlink, formerly Groupe Eurotunnel, the company responsible for managing and operating the Channel Tunnel that connects Great Britain to ma…

DB Makes International Train Travel Easier in Europe

Online ticket services: Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) has announced it is expanding its cross-border and foreign booking options further. The servic…

Bombardier to Supply 36 Additional Francilien Trains for Greater Paris

French national railway company SNCF has ordered 36 Francilien (SNCF Z 50000) train sets from Bombardier Transportation on behalf of Île-de-…

France: SNCF Orders 100 Avelia Horizon Very-High-Speed Trainsets from Alstom

SNCF Mobilités has ordered 100 next-generation Avelia Horizon very-high-speed TGV trains from Alstom Transport. The cost of the fleet is 20%…

SNCF Orders Additional Double-Deck Trains for Ile-de-France

Bombardier Transportation has received an order for nine Regio 2N double-deck trains from the French National Railway Corporation, SNCF, on …

SNCF Mobilités Orders New Double-Deck Trains for Northern France

Bombardier Transportation announced that it received a repeat order for 32 OMNEO Premium double-deck trains from the French National Railway…

Alstom and SNCF Réseau Collaborate on Traffic Management Tool

Following a call to tender launched in 2016, SNCF Réseau has selected Alstom to design a new operational traffic management tool.

France: Citadis Dualis Tram-Train Enters Service on Le Bourget Line

Alstom's Citadis Dualis tram-train entered commercial service on 01 July 2017 on the section of the T11 Express line that runs between Epina…

Bombardier to Supply Double-Deck Trains for Ile-de-France Region

Bombardier Transportation has received an order for 83 Regio 2N double-deck trains from the French National Railway Corporation, SNCF...

France: Macron Appoints New Transport Minister

Macron appoints Elisabeth Borne his new transport minister to serve in Edouard Philippe's cabinet. Marcon won the presidency earlier this mo…

Virgin and Stagecoach Join Forces with SNCF for West Coast Partnership Bid

The Government announced that the West Coast Partnership franchise will run from 2019, that it will include the first few years of operation…

SNCF Mobility Orders Additional Trains for Intercity Services

Alstom is to supply SNCF Mobility with 30 trains from its Coradia platform, for an amount worth approximately €250 million. The order was pl…

Additional Euroduplex Océane Trains for Paris-Bordeaux Line

Alstom will supply 15 Euroduplex Océane trains to SNCF Mobilités, for a total of more than €400 million. This is in addition to the previous…

SNCF's First Coradia Liner Enters Service

The first Coradia Liner V160 trains entered commercial service today, welcoming the first passengers on the Paris-Troyes-Belfort Intercity l…

SNCF Order New Generation Trains for Île-de-France Network

At its board meeting, SNCF selected the Alstom-Bombardier consortium to renew the trains on lines D and E of the Île-de-France network. This…

Alstom Inaugurates the First Regiolis for the Auvergne Region

Alstom, the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region and SNCF inaugurated the first Regiolis trainset destined for the outskirts of Clermont-Ferrand in t…

Bombardier to Supply 52 Additional Commuter Trains to STIF and SNCF

SNCF Orders 40 Premium Double Deck EMUs for Normandy Region

Bombardier Transportation today announced it has received an option order for 40 OMNEO Premium double deck EMUs from SNCF on behalf of the N…

SNCF Presents Stylish New TGV Oceane

SNCF CEO, Guillaume Pepy, recently presented the new interior design for the TGV Oceane. The unveiling took place at Paris' Montparnasse-Vau…

IEEE International Conference Comes to Birmingham

The 2016 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Rail Transportation will take place at the University of Birmingham in the UK from 23–…

New French Mass Transit Academy

Keolis and Transilien announced at the European Mobility Exhibition that they will be creating a French Mass Transit Academy.

Alstom Regiolis Trainset Reaches End of Waranty

Two years after the first deliveries, Alstom is celebrating the first end of the general warranty of an Alstom Regiolis (Coradia Polyvalent)…

UPDATE: SNCF Test Train Crash Kills 11, Injures 37