FRANCE: Paris transport operator RATP has awarded Alstom a contract to supply its I-CBTC onboard equipment for 44 steel-wheeled MF19 trainsets it is building for use on metro lines 10, 7bis, and 3bis. There are options for a further 47 trains for Line 3, 15 years of maintenance and future enhancements.
The rollout of I-CBTC is part of the OCTYS programme to modernise the automatic train operating system on the metro. Lines 10, 7bis and 3bis will initially operate with reduced lineside infrastructure and no radio communication. On Line 3 the new MF19 trains fitted with I-CBTC equipment will be able to use the existing lineside infrastructure.
Almost 130 MF-01 metro cars on lines 5 and 9 are now equipped with I-CBTC, and the MP14 and MP89 trains due to operate on lines 11 and 6 will also be fitted.
‘Our I-CBTC solution is already in operation across 34 km on lines 5 and 9, and over 80 million km have already been covered since it entered into service’, said Jean-Baptiste Eyméoud, President of Alstom France, on May 6. ‘It is also being rolled out on lines 6 and 11. This new contract is a mark of RATP’s trust in our French expertise in urban signalling and of our commitment to close co-operation over the next 30 years.’
