Francorail was a grouping of French railway rolling stock manufacturers, formed in the early 1970s and defunct by the late 1980s.

Francorail
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryRail transport
Founded1970; 54 years ago (1970)
Defunct1989
FateDefunct.
Acquired By Alstom
HeadquartersParis, France
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsLocomotives
High-speed trains
Intercity and commuter trains
Trams
People movers
Signalling systems

History

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The Francorail grouping was formed to combine the individual areas of expertise or production of a number of French rolling stock manufacturers. The grouping included Carel-Fouche-Languepin, and de Dietrich, as well as Creusot-Loire and Jeumont-Schneider.[1]

In 1973 the company and MTE (Materiel de Traction Electrique), a joint subsidiary of Creusot-Loire and Jeumont-Schneider formed a Groupement d'Intérêt Economique with Francorail, called MTE-Francorail.[2]

In 1976 Francorail-MTE with Alsthom were contracted to manufacture the first series production TGV trains.[3]

In 1987 the association became defunct with the transfer of the railway equipment activities of Schneider (rolling stock, and electrical equipment through MTE) to Alsthom.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ Le Systeme de Transport Urbain : Les Producteurs de Materiel Ferroviare (PDF) (in French), Société pour le Développement Urbain et la Recherche Economique, 1978, pp. 13, 13b, 14
  2. ^ Gray, Lionel Faraday; Love, Jonathan (1974), Jane's Major Companies of Europe, Jane's, D-33
  3. ^ Meunier, Jacob (2002), On the Fast Track: French Railway Modernization and the Origins of the TGV , 1944-1983, p. 6
  4. ^ d'Ambrières, René (2011), "Les Pelabon : entre industrie et patriotisme, ou des ANF aux Mureaux en passant par Londres", Bulletin de la Sabix (in French), 48, §30
  5. ^ Mass Transit, 14: 21, 1987 {{citation}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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