FRANCE: Alstom is to supply its I-CBTC onboard communication-based train control equipment for Paris metro Line 8.
The contract awarded by operator RATP on behalf of transport authority Ile-de-France Mobilités is part of the Octys 2030 automation programme which aims to improve performance and reliability, reduce headways and support the commissioning of the MF19 rolling stock, which will be deployed on Line 8 by 2029.
The contract comprises two lots, covering the control system for GoA2 automated operation with a driver onboard, and the radio system for data transmission between the train and the ground. Alstom will also be responsible for overall co-ordination of the project.
Alstom’s Aix-en-Provence site will be responsible for project management, development, supply and overall system engineering; Saint-Ouen for radio deployment studies, on-site installation, testing and commissioning; and Villeurbanne for the supply of electronic equipment, reliability and maintainability activities.
Lines 5, 6, 9, 10 and 11 have already been equipped with onboard equipment developed by Alstom as part of the Octys programme, and more than 200 Paris metro trains operate with Alstom’s I-CBTC onboard technology.
‘With I-CBTC, we are providing a reliable, state-of-the-art automatic control solution designed and integrated by our teams in France’, said Frédéric Wiscart, President of Alstom France, Belgium & Luxembourg, on March 12.
