SNCF has exercised an option for four additional eight-car Regio 2N double deck electric multiple units to be manufactured by Bombardier Transportation. The order will be financed by the Brittany region and is valued at approximately 34 million euros.
This new order will increase the Brittany region’s fleet to 21 Regio 2N trains: 14 eight-car trains offering 491 seats each and seven six-car sets with 350 seats each. Delivery of the four new trains is scheduled for 2019.
Six trains are already in service on the lines Rennes-Saint Malo, Rennes – Saint Brieuc-Brest and Rennes – Quimper and recently started operation on the Rennes-Vitré link as well.
The contract signed in 2010 with SNCF covers the supply of up to 860 trains for various French regions. Altogether, ten French regions have ordered a total of 213 Regio 2N trains.
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