RATP and ALSTOM sign a contract worth 474 million euros for the supply of metro trainsets
04 November 2005 11:37
RATP, Paris' transport authority, and ALSTOM signed a contract on 20 October 2005 for the delivery of 49 rubber-tyred automatic metro trainsets with an option for 10 additional metro trainsets, and the relevant spare parts and tooling, worth 474 million euros.
The order was concluded in the context of RATP's automatisation programme for line 1 connecting the east of Paris with the west (Château de Vincennes - La Défense).
These new metro trains called "MP05" will have the same technical characteristics as the "MP 89" metro trains which are currently in service on lines 1 and 14 of the Parisian network (an uninterrupted gangway throughout all six cars in each train, a smooth ride...).
They will allow compliance with the required performance and reliability specifications and provide passengers with a high level of comfort and completely new interior design and fittings.
Five ALSTOM sites, all of which are located in France, will be involved in this contract, manufacture and integration will be carried out at Valenciennes by the ALSTOM Transport's Centre of Excellence for metros, which will receive the bogies delivered by the Le Creusot site, traction equipment from Tarbes and the on-board information system supplied by the Villeurbanne site.
The first metros will be delivered mid-June 2008; the last trains being scheduled for the end of 2010.
For more information on this company:
ALSTOM - Metropolis™ Metros and Citadis™ Light Rail Vehicles
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