A dramatic change in the order of 146 trains for the RER B in Paris.
Declared the winner of this mega call for tenders on January 13, the consortium made up of the Canadian Bombardier and the Spanish CAF was to sign on Monday with the principals, RATP and SNCF, this contract worth 2.6 billion euros.
The conclusion of the case has been postponed: indeed, Alstom, an unsuccessful competitor, filed Friday a judicial appeal in summary before the administrative court, contesting an additional element in this order.
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The notification of rejection of the RATP to Alstom is incomplete
", estimates one at the French industrialist.
This contract, which was to be awarded before the end of December, is already a month late.
For the moment, this does not postpone the planned date - end of 2025 - for the commissioning of the first trains ordered.
However, this legal procedure annoys the RATP and the SNCF at the highest point: “
This decision hinders the will of the operators and Île-de-FranceMobilités, which voted in
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