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Article: Paris awards CBTC contracts.(Transit News)
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- International Railway Journal
- Article date:
- March 1, 2004
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PARIS Transport Authority (RATP) has awarded contracts to Siemens, CSEE, France, and Technicatome, France, for its so-called Project Hurricane. This is a 95 million [euro] scheme to modernise the train control system on metro lines 3, 5, 9, 10, and 12 initially. RATP says fills contract is part of its strategy to standardise its products but diversify its suppliers. Alcatel was awarded a similar contract for metro Line 13 in 2002.
The objective of Project Hurricane is to install a global train control system throughout the metro during the next 15 years, modernise the control centres, renew automatic equipment, and modernise the signalling. This should result in ...