Alstom delivers 200th double-decker TER trainset

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On hand were Jean-Jack Queyranne, President of the
Rhône-Alpes Regional Council; Bernard Soulage, First
Vice-President of the Rhône-Alpes Regional Council and
Delegate for Transport, Travel and Infrastructure; Josiane
Beaud, Regional Director of the SNCF Rhône-Alpes; and
Michel Serra, President of Alstom Transport France.

The delivery is a part of an investment programme signed
between Alstom and the SNCF in September 2000 and financed by
the French regions. The programme’s aim is to renew the
TER fleet. 233 Coradia Duplex TER 2NNG trainsets have been
ordered at a cost of over €1.8 billion for certain
regions of France (Centre, Haute-Normandie, Lorraine, Nord-Pas
de Calais, Pays de la Loire, Picardie,
Provence-Alpes-Côte-d’Azur and Rhône-Alpes) and
for Luxembourg operator CFL.

The trainset presented at the Lyon Perrache train station is a
part of Alstom’s Coradia Duplex range, which is notable
for its reliability and performance (160 km/h), on-board
comfort, “service spaces” (bicycle holders),
modularity and accessibility. The Coradia Duplex also meets
environmental protection requirements, in particular with its
95% recyclable body.

Nearly 280 Coradia Duplex trainsets have been ordered to date
worldwide: in addition to 233 trainsets for France and
Luxembourg, Alstom has delivered 43 “X40” trainsets
to Swedish operator SJ.

Alstom Transport designs and assembles the Coradia Duplex at
its Valenciennes manufacturing site, which is specialized in
bi-level trains and metros. Alstom’s sites in Tarbes,
Villeurbanne, Le Creusot, Ornans (France), Charleroi (Belgium)
and Katowice (Poland) are also involved in the execution of
this contract. In cooperation with Alstom, Bombardier
participates in the manufacture of certain cars for these
trains.

Press contact
Pauline Rey

Tel. +33 (0)4 72 81 58 65

pauline.rey@transport.alstom.com