This new order amounts to approximately €565 million and is part of the framework agreement signed with
The Hauts-de-
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 trains of this new order will be delivered gradually between 2024 and 2025.
"Those who travel between Amiens, Saint-Quentin and
The region will then have a fleet of 77
- 18 trainsets made up of seven cars, delivered between 2014 and 2017 to the former Nord-Pas-de-Calais region
- Seven extra-long type trainsets comprising 10 cars, delivered in 2017 to the former Picardy region
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19 intercity type trainsets ordered in 2018 as part of the transfer to the Hauts-de-
France region of the Intercity Paris-Amiens andParis -Saint-Quentin-Maubeuge/Cambrai lines (which will be delivered in 2022 and 2023) -
33 OMNEO Regio 2N trains to
SNCF for the Hauts-de-France region.
The region’s choice to have a fleet from the same product family will make it possible to gain operating flexibility and optimise maintenance costs. These new trainsets will also improve the regularity of the service.
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