FRENCH METRO SYSTEMS FOR EXPORT: TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT OF ROLLING STOCK

Those responsible for the Paris metro, on which very extensive modernisation and development schemes have been carried out, are often requested, through the intermediary of SOFRETU, the RATP (Paris Transport Authority) engineering consultancy subsidiary, to advise and provide assistance to large towns which plan to build a metro railway system. It was in this way that the metro system with trains running on rubber tires, which had been researched and developed by the RATP, has also been built abroad in Montreal, Mexico City and Santiago. Likewise the rolling stock operated on the RATP Regional Express Railway (RER) served as the basis for the design of the rolling stock adopted for the metro in Cairo. More recently modern techniques for electric traction chopper equipment, the construction of aluminium coachwork and automatice driving systems, developed on the most recent Paris metro rolling stock, have been chosen for Caracas metro. The experience gained by the RATP thus backs up SOFRETU's engineering consultancy activities.

• Corporate Authors:

  Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Francais

  92 rue Bonaparte
  75 Paris 6e,   France 
• Authors:
  • Freixe, G
• Publication Date: 1984-6

Language

• French

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 281-288
• Serial:
  • REVUE GENERALE DES CHEMINS DE FER
  • Volume: 103

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic train operation; Chopper circuits; Consultants; Lightweight materials; Rapid transit cars; Subways; Technology; Technology transfer; Tires
• Identifier Terms: Paris Metro
• Geographic Terms: France; Paris (France)
• Old TRIS Terms: Choppers
• Subject Areas: Education and Training; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00389850
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 30 1984 12:00AM