500 COACHES FOR INTERNATIONAL SERVICES ORDERED BY EUROFIMA FROM A GROUP OF EUROPEAN MANUFACTURERS FOLLOWING AN INTERNATIONAL INVITATION TO TENDER
500 VOITURES POUR LE SERVICE INTERNATIONAL
The authors, who are respectively Ingenieur General at SNCF Headquarters and Ingenieur en chef at the Rolling Stock Department, explain in this article that the wish to unify and improve operating conditions led the UIC to design a standard type of passenger coach, after dealing with the wider and more varied sphere of freight rolling stock. The article refers more specifically to a procedure used for the first time in this area which consisted of a project followed by an invitation to tender, both being European and international in scope. The authors deal in turn with the part played by the UIC organization working in cooperation with industry, the drafting of the specification and the invitation to tender, and the contribution made by EUROFIMA which is a non-committed organization. Following the tenders submitted in 1971, an order was placed on 18 May 1973 for 500 coaches, including 10 prototypes, with a group of European manufacturers, after technical, commercial and financial details had been settled. The technical characteristics of the European standard coach are then given, and it is stated that improvements may be incorporated after the prototypes have been tested.
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Corporate Authors:
Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Francais
92 rue Bonaparte
75 Paris 6e, France -
Authors:
- de Lespinois, P B
- Marcotorchino, J
- Publication Date: 1973-12
Language
- French
Media Info
- Pagination: 6 p.
- Serial:
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Passenger cars; Passenger service; Technology
- Geographic Terms: France
- Subject Areas: Passenger Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00053834
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: Revue Generale des Chemins de Fer
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jun 3 1974 12:00AM