This is the first order that Stadler has received from RATP (the third-largest urban transport operator in the world, carrying 11 million passengers every day). The agreement includes an option for two further vehicles. RATP will use the locomotives to carry out service, maintenance and repair work on the infrastructure of the Paris Metro network, which is approximately 245 kilometres long.
"We are very proud to have won RATP as a customer and to have impressed them with our technology," says Christian König, Deputy Head of Sales & Marketing at Stadler. "With our innovative, customised locomotives, efficient and sustainable maintenance can be realised and the infrastructure of the Paris metro can be made fit for the future," he added.
From 2027, new locomotives will complement the existing generation of vehicles. The four-axle locomotives are 15 metres long, equipped with fully automatic couplings and capable of double traction. They run on the standard gauge and are designed to accommodate the tight curves that characterise this network. These locomotives can be used on all 14 lines of the Paris Metro. This includes the routes which trains with conventional steel wheels run and on those used by vehicles with rubber tyres, so-called Pneu Metro.
The RATP locomotives haul heavy work trains to construction sites on the metro's rail network. They are authorised to operate in parallel with normal metro services, as well as on the routes operated without drivers. They pull around 120 tonnes in single traction and around 240 tonnes in double traction.
