In 2015, Alstom was awarded a framework contract for the delivery of up to 217 MP14 trains over 15 years and worth a total of over 2 billion euros by the RATP, mandated by the STIF and the SGP for the trains of Line 14. The first settled part of the contract, for 35 trainsets, is worth 520 million euros and is 100% financed by the STIF. The trains will equip Line 14 of the metro, operated by the RATP, in the context of its northern extension and to enable an increase in the capacity of the line (the new 8-car trainsets will replace the existing trainsets which consist of 6 cars each). The new metros will then enter service on lines 4, 11 and 14 when the latter is extended south of the Grand Paris Express to Orly.
The rubber-tyred metro MP14 is scheduled to enter circulation in Ile-de-France from 2019.
MP14 keeps costs under control throughout the entire lifecycle of the train. The metro’s 100% electrical braking system recuperates energy and re-injects it into the network as electricity, while limiting the emission of fine particles caused by mechanical braking systems. This system reduces the energy consumption of the trains and air pollution by up to 20% compared to the previous rubber-tyred metro (MP05) commissioned on the network.
“We are proud to unveil this state-of-the-art metro, a reference in sustainable mobility, which will be appreciated by the Parisians for its comfort and reliability. The entire French rail industry has joined forces to create a competitive, innovative product with high standard of performance that will provide complete satisfaction to the inhabitants of Ile-de-France and, we hope, will be further confirmed in other orders,” says Henri Poupart-Lafarge, Alstom Chairman and CEO.
The majority of Alstom’s twelve sites in France will participate in the project: Valenciennes for the studies, integration, validation and tests, le Creusot for the bogies, Ornans for the motors, Villeurbanne for the onboard electronics, Tarbes for the traction, Reichshoffen for the collision studies and Saint-Ouen for the design.
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