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On 17 November 2021, Alstom’s Avelia Horizon very high-speed train received the prestigious German Design Award.
Eurostar had already in 2019 announced a plan to merge with Thalys, but just before the planned finalisation date, this was thwarted by the onset of the coronavirus pandemic; the parties are now revisiting this plan.
The contract for 146 new double-deck EMUs for RATP’s RER B line, has reached the next stage.
ITL Eisenbahngesellschaft (a Captrain Deutschland subsidiary and therefore part of SNCF) is another user of a Type Vectron Dual Mode. On 18 May 2021 it took over 248 008, the first of the two on order.
On 12 May 2021, the first pre-production Coradia Polyvalent France-Germany cross-border train left Alstom Reichshoffen for DB Systemtechnik Minden.
On 7 May 2021, OUIGO ran its first passenger-carrying train between Madrid-Atocha and Barcelona-Sants.
On 8 April 2021, acting on behalf of the four regions, SNCF Voyageurs has placed an order worth almost 190 million EUR with Alstom for the 12 Coradia Polyvalent/Régiolis dual mode electric-hydrogen (EHMU) trains plus two optional ones.
From 10 May 2021 it is planned that OUIGO España will start its open access high speed passenger services between Madrid and Barcelona.
The 80 km, 47-station Line B faces problems with the punctuality of trains, and the new Class MI20 trains are not the only step to improve its performance.
In early this year, we witnessed extensive disputes over the contract for new trains to be ordered for the Line RER B in Paris.
On 13 January 2021, Bombardier Transportation has received an order for three additional OMNEO Regio 2N EMUs from SNCF on behalf of Île-de-France Mobilités.
On 22 December 2020, Bombardier Transportation announced that it has received an order for 33 ten-car OMNEO Regio 2N EMUs from SNCF, on behalf of the Hauts-de-France region.
SNCF is preparing to enter the liberalised high-speed transport in Spain.
Following the first OMNEO deliveries and the restart of industrial activities at Crespin, the Normandy Region orders more trainsets to renew its passenger train fleet.
On 19 May 2020 Alstom announced that on the 7th of the month it delivered the 300th Reichshoffen-built Coradia Polyvalent (Régiolis), this particular train being destined for the Occitanie region.