As part of its Grand Network Modernisation Plan, SNCF Réseau awarded works package No. 1 of the new “high output renewal train” contract to the joint venture made up of Eurovia (VINCI)’s subsidiary ETF, Meccoli (lead company), VFLI and Sferis.
The new project comprises the renewal of nearly 200 km of railway tracks per year. The contract, awarded to ETF, covers the renewal of track components (rails, sleepers, ballast and rail fastenings) in various French regions. The contract duration is five years firm (2018 to 2022) with an option for two years.
A “high output renewal train” will be used to carry out these refurbishment projects. The train is a rolling factory made up of a large number of machine-wagons that is able to renovate the line as a whole within a very short period of time in order to disrupt train traffic as little as possible. The process makes it possible to increase the track renewal rate from 150 metres per day using conventional methods to nearly one kilometre per day.
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