Bombardier Transportation has received a repeat order for 32 OMNEO Premium double-deck trainsets (256 cars) from the French National Railway Company, SNCF Mobilités, on behalf of the Centre-Val de Loire Region. The order is the result of an agreement reached between the State and the Region on 19 January 2017 to take over the management of three intercity lines or Trains d'Equibilibre du Territoire (TET). This repeat order is part of the contract signed in 2010 with SNCF to provide up to 860 double deck trains to French regions and is valued at approximately 375 million euro ($444 million US). The Centre-Val de Loire Region plans to roll out these new spacious, highly comfortable trains on the following very frequently used lines: Paris-Orléans-Tours, Paris-Bourges et Paris-Montargis-Nevers. The first trains will be delivered in 2020 and gradually until 2022.

"This order of OMNEO Premium trains from the Centre-Val de Loire Region confirms the demand for spacious, modern, comfortable trains for intercity journeys," said Laurent Bouyer, President of Bombardier Transport France. "Regular passengers will discover a new style of rail travel as well as tourists who come from all over the world to visit the attractions in Berry and the World heritage listed Loire Valley. These trains from the OMNEO double-deck platform are designed and produced by Bombardier teams on our Crespin site in the Hauts-de-France Region. Such a high-tech project highly contributes to the French Rail industry at large."

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