Ferrovial, through its Construction division, in consortium with French companies Spie batignolles génie civil and Spie batignolles Valérian, has been awarded a contract to build a section of Paris Metro line 18, in France. The contract is worth €438 million. The work is part of the Grand Paris Express program, Europe’s largest infrastructure project, which includes adding 68 new stations and 200 kilometers of track to the Paris underground railway.


The work includes boring a...

FRANCE: Power cars from the first of the TGM M trainsets ordered under SNCF’s TGV of the Future programme, branded Avelia Horizon by the manufacturer, have been transported from Alstom’s Belfort factory to La Rochelle.

The power cars are 4 m shorter than TGV Duplex power cars, saving 8 m per trainset and enabling the incorporation of an additional intermediate car to increase capacity.

The double-deck trainsets are expected to be 20% more energy efficient than their...

FRENCH transport minister, Mr Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, has announced further details of a planned Call for Expressions of Interest (CEI) to operate new international overnight services from France, after a study carried out by the government identified more than a dozen possible new routes.

The plans were announced on February 23 at the start of a conference on the Renewal of Night Trains in Europe, organised by France as part of its presidency of the EU.

Mr Marc...

SNCF to end cross-border high-speed cooperation with Renfe


Feb 21, 2022
Written byDavid Haydock

The cooperation was launched in 2013 following the withdrawal of cross-border night train services.

FRENCH National Railways (SNCF) will end a joint operation with Spanish national operator Renfe to operate high-speed services between France and Spain from December, according to French business daily Les Echos.

The two operators launched...