Alstom has won a framework contract worth almost EUR 300 million to develop and deploy the NExTEO signalling system on the RER B and RER D lines in the Île-de-France region. The 12-year framework contract is one of the largest signalling contracts ever won in France.
Undert this new contract, Alstom will equip a total of 350 trains and 100 km of the two RER lines, which are among the busiest in the Île-de-France region.
“I am delighted with this new order, which demonstrates the confidence of our long-standing partners in the products developed by Alstom to improve the performance and throughput of RER lines B and D in response to the increase in passenger traffic,” Jean-Baptiste Eyméoud, the President of Alstom France, said.
For the development and deployment of the new Urbalis CBTC solution on the RER B and RER D lines in the Île-de-France region, Alstom will leverage, among others, the expertise of three of its French sites . Saint-Ouen and Aix-en-Provence wil be responsible for system specifications, development of the solution, integration of the signalling system and its deployment on the Ile-de-France network, as well as technical expertise support, while the Villeurbanne facility wil be responsible for on-board CBTC equipment and trackside signalling products, as well as network, cybersecurity and remote maintenance systems.
These three centres of expertise employ a total of more than 2,200 people with expertise in railway signalling.
The NExTEO signalling technology will help to ensure a high level of performance in the densely populated central Paris area, while also making it possible to adapt to and manage the less densely populated areas on the suburban branches of the RER B and RER D lines, in the Île-de-France region. It also provides simultaneous control of the operating and interoperability rules that apply on the SNCF National Railway Network and on the extensive RATP urban network, particularly on the RER B line to the south.
The new NExTEO solution is a CBTC signalling solution that forms part of an overall strategy to modernise and optimise the infrastructure of these two express railway lines, with one main objective to meet the ever-increasing ridership by ensuring greater reliability of train passages in the common tunnel between Gare du Nord and Châtelet-les-Halles stations.
This contract for NExTEO signalling system, a new train automation, control and supervision system confirms the confidence placed in Alstom by Île-de-France Mobilités, SNCF Réseau, SNCF Voyageurs and RATP.
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