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Renewal of the RER B trains: the delay following Alstom's appeals deemed "unacceptable" by Valérie Pécresse

2021-01-28T11:13:50.955Z


Valérie Pécresse, president of Ile-de-France Mobilités, judged " unacceptable " on Thursday the delay in the renewal of the trains intended for line B of the Ile-de-France RER, because of the appeals filed by the manufacturer Alstom concerning the call for 'deals he lost. Read also: Alstom crosses swords with SNCF and RATP " Today, there is a huge expectation from RER B travelers for these new e


Valérie Pécresse, president of Ile-de-France Mobilités, judged "

unacceptable

" on Thursday the delay in the renewal of the trains intended for line B of the

Ile-de-France

RER, because of the appeals filed by the manufacturer Alstom concerning the call for 'deals he lost.

Read also: Alstom crosses swords with SNCF and RATP

"

Today, there is a huge expectation from RER B travelers for these new equipment

", highlighted Valérie Pécresse, also president of the Ile-de-France region, during the inauguration of the Porte de station. Clichy on the extension of line 14 of the Paris metro.

On Monday, the RATP and SNCF Voyageurs had reported a new appeal filed by the railway manufacturer Alstom, which prevented the signing of the order contract (scheduled for January 25) for 146 new trains intended for line B of the Paris RER at a consortium bringing together the Canadian manufacturers Bombardier Transport and the Spanish CAF.

The 2.56 billion euro contract aims to replace the rolling stock of the RER B, a major north-south axis of Ile-de-France which transports around one million people per day (excluding pandemic).

Bombardier and CAF were chosen on January 13 against Alstom, after the rejection of an appeal before the Administrative Court of Paris initiated by the French group, which had already delayed the procedure in December because it considers that "

the denial of rejection is incomplete

”.

"

All these remedies are dilatory

"

"

The call for tenders was conducted in strict compliance with all the rules,

" said Valérie Pécresse on Thursday.

All these appeals are delaying, and my fear, and it is a fear shared by RATP, SNCF and Ile-de-France Mobilités, is that these appeals are really causing us to take a lot, a lot of delay on the order. , it would be to the detriment of travelers and it is not acceptable,

”she lamented.

"

It is unacceptable especially vis-à-vis a manufacturer who is honored by the confidence of RATP, SNCF and IDF Mobilités to the tune of several billion euros

" via orders placed with Alstom, esteemed Valérie Pécresse.

"

We would expect a more concerned behavior of travelers and the general interest

", she again denounced.

Read also: Bombardier wins RER B contract

Alstom - which is due to become the owner of Bombardier Transportation on Friday - has previously specified that it wished to have "

details on the reasons for the rejection of its offer

" and that it "has

expressed for several months

(...)

its concerns about irregularities in the procedure

”.

Source: lefigaro

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