LEVALLOIS-PERRET (dpa-AFX) - French engineering giant Alstom SA (AOMFF.PK, ALS.L) said that STIF has ordered a further ten MI09 double-deck trains from the Alstom-Bombardier consortium. The total amount of the contract is EUR150 million, including EUR95 million for Alstom.
The company said that this order relates to a purchase option on a contract awarded to the Alstom-Bombardier consortium in 2009. The new trains which will be delivered during 2017, will operate on the RER line A, which carries 1.2 million passengers per day, making it the busiest regional line in Europe.
According to the company, the new order aims at strengthening the line's performance by increasing trains capacity and frequencies. It goes along operations that are related to a performance master plan being conducted on the line.
The MI09 trains are designed and built in France at Alstom's industrial site in Valenciennes and each train can carry up to 1,725 people at a maximum speed of 120 km/h.
The MI09 trains previously ordered and currently in service on the RER line A have already covered more than 19 million kilometres.
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