RATP awarded Alstom a EUR 75 million contract to renovate the MI84 trains of the RER B. The contract includes a binding section covering the studies, the industrialisation and the execution of the renovation operations of 31 trains, with an option covering up to 10 additional trains.
Delivery of the first two renovated trains is scheduled for 2019. The studies and renovation will be carried out on Alstom’s site in Reichshoffen. The renovation will include interior design, comfort and passenger safety. Modification of the interior fittings will increase seating capacity from 216 to 312 seats per car, identical to that of the MI79.
Technical operations will also be carried out to extend the original lifetime of the equipment. Alstom will do the technical restoration of the high voltage transformers and door mechanisms as well as repairs to the frame and related parts. A new external livery will reinforce homogeneity with the rest of the fleet.
The four-car MI84 trainsets were assembled on the Alstom site of Valenciennes in the early 1980s and entered commercial service in 1985. The renovation aims to align the comfort levels of the MI84 trains with those of the MI79 trains renovated between 2010 and 2015, also in circulation on line B.
Photo: Alstom/ TOMA – C.Sasso
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