FRENCH METRO EXPORTS: ROLLING STOCK DEVELOPMENTS

The article reviews developments in R.A.T.P. rolling-stock design since 1950, with particular reference to rubber-tyred vehicles, aluminum construction, chopper control and automation. The author then discusses the export market for this technology, quating as examples the metro systems in Montreal, Mexico City, Santiago, Cairo and Caracas, which have been developed with technical assistance from the R.A.T.P. project-management subsidiary, SOFRETU.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This article appeared in French as item no. 40697 in the September issue of this Review.
• Corporate Authors:

  North Oxford Academic Publishing Limited

  242 Banbury Road
  Oxford OX2 7DR,   England 
• Authors:
  • Freixe, G
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 327-334
• Serial:
  • French Railway Review
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: North Oxford Academic Publishing Limited

Subject/Index Terms

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

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00392910
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: British Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 29 1985 12:00AM