Rail technology specialist Bombardier Transportation (www.bombardier.com) has received an order for 83 Regio 2N trains from the French National Railway Corporation (SNCF) on behalf of the Paris public transport authority (STIF).

This order is valued at about 867 million euros and includes price escalations based on “best-faith assessment of assumptions”.

These new trains, entirely financed by STIF, are planned to enter service at the end of 2019 on Line N (leaving from Paris Montparnasse station), as well as on portions of the RER D line.

Laurent Bouyer, president of Bombardier Transport France, said: “Based on our successful Bombardier Omneo double-deck platform, each Regio 2N offers space for 1,000 passengers, translating into more comfort and seating capacity for the busy commuter lines in the Île-de-France region.”

To date, 10 French regions have ordered a total of 341 Omeno/Regio 2N trains, under a contract signed in 2010 with SNCF for a maximum of 860 trains.