David Haydock and March Caremantrant report on a 3.75 billion euro deal for new commuter trains in Paris. These represent a significant change to the usual trains in the French capital and form part of a plan to modernise, eventually, 700 trains.
Meanwhile, on the same page, Haydock reports on a 46 billion euro plan for track renewals in France and how this is being achieved through budgeting and changes to legislation; something that sounds all too familiar to the UK rail industry.
We've read it in: Today’s Railways Europe, March 2017, Issue 255, Page 6
