PARIS METRO CARS SET DESIGN STANDARDS FOR SERIES ALUMINIUM PRODUCTION

An aluminum transit car design which its builder finds costs less to construct than an equivalent steel design is being produced for Paris and Atlanta. Societe Franco-Belge will build 1,700 such cars in three slightly varying body configurations. The concept is based on long extrusions incorporating a large number of supports for fittings as well as for actual assembly and with longitudinal joints designed for simultaneous automatic welding. Details of the structural sections and of assembly processes are given.

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• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Transport Press, Limited

  Dorset House, Stamford Street
  London SE1 9LU,   England 
• Publication Date: 1977-12

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 469-475
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 133
  • Issue Number: 12
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aluminum alloys; Fabrication; Light vehicles; Passenger cars; Rapid transit cars; Subways; Technology; Vehicle design; Welding
• Identifier Terms: Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority; Paris Metro
• Geographic Terms: France; Paris (France)
• Old TRIS Terms: Passenger car design
• Subject Areas: Design; Public Transportation; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00169981
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 30 1981 12:00AM