SNCF, on behalf of the Hauts-de-France region, ordered from Bombardier 33 Omneo Regio 2N trains with a total value of EUR 565 million. This is part of a framework agreement signed in 2010 with SNCF to provide a maximum of 860 Omneo Regio 2N trains to the French regions. The trains are to be designed and manufactured at Bombardier’s Crespin site in the Hauts-de-France region. They have received the Origine France Garantie certification.
The Hauts-de-France region intends to deploy the new more spacious and comfortable trains on the busiest lines of its network, in particular those connecting Picardy and the Paris area. The new trainsets, equipped with European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS), the European system aimed to enhance safety, increase efficiency and scheduling of trains, will also provide new rail services as part of the Picardie-Roissy project, which is planned to enter service in 2025.
The new double-deck trains have been designed to allow passengers more comfort while travelling. They will have air conditioning and a heated floor ensuring a high level of thermal comfort, dynamic line plans in all passenger spaces, therefore improving user information, as well as adapted accessibility for people with reduced mobility.
A new seat will be developed with high and optimised tilt, density foam and backrest tilt optimising postural comfort as well as armrests for all seating positions. The layout of these new Omneo Regio 2N trainsets has been adapted to allow 620 fixed seats and 12 bicycle spaces per 135-metre train. As the trainsets can be operated in double units, the new trains will offer up to 1,240 seats, which is more than the current trains.
The train design will offer a layout of five seats in a row in two-level coaches, while offering a large corridor. Flow management has also been improved with a 2 + 1 layout near the access doors.
The region will have a fleet of 77 Bombardier trainsets of this generation. 18 trainsets made up of seven cars, delivered between 2014 and 2017 to the former Nord-Pas-de-Calais region; 7 extra-long type trainsets comprising ten cars, delivered in 2017 to the former Picardy region; 19 intercity type trainsets ordered in 2018 as part of the transfer to the Hauts-de-France region of the Intercity Paris – Amiens and Paris – Saint-Quentin – Maubeuge/Cambrai lines, which will be delivered in 2022 and 2023; and 33 Omneo Regio 2N trains to SNCF for the Hauts-de-France region.
To date, the French regions have ordered 491 trainsets from the Omneo platform.
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