The SNCF orders 70 double-deck regional train cars worth
135 million

This 135 million contract brings the number of cars
ordered since 2000 to 487 out of the 629 required in the
programme to be completed in 2009. Orders now total 727
million.



The trainsets will serve 4 regions. The Centre region will
receive 5 trainsets, Picardie 2, and Lorraine 4. The Pays de
Loire region, to be supplied for the first time, will receive
10. Deliveries will begin in September 2007.



The ALSTOM sites in Valenciennes, Tarbes, Villeurbanne, Le
Creusot and Ornans, in France, and the Charleroi site in
Belgium, all contribute to the execution of this contract. In
cooperation with ALSTOM, Bombardier will participate in the
manufacture of 28 vehicles on its Crespin site in France.



The CORADIA DUPLEX range is characterised by a
considerable modularity, making it possible to respond to
operators actual capacity requirements by allowing
configurations of trainsets composed of between 2 and 5
railcars for capacities ranging from 220 to 576 seated
passengers. Currently, there are 90 trainsets in service in the
French regions (Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Rhône-Alpes,
Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur, Picardie, Centre, and
Lorraine), and 12 on the Luxembourg national railway network.
Furthermore, with the TGV DUPLEX, it confirms the
success of the double-deck railcar concept developed by ALSTOM.



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