SNCF Voyageurs is launching an extensive program to upgrade its train maintenance centers to accommodate future TGV INOUI, the fifth generation of French high-speed trains, this is reported by the railway transport news portal, Railway Supply.

preparing new train maintenance centers

The goal of this work is to adapt the maintenance facilities to make them compatible with the future trains, including the incorporation of automated platforms capable of inspecting hundreds of components in a matter of seconds.

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The Technical Center Sud Est Européen (TSEE), which welcomed the first TGV trains in 1981, will be the first to receive the future TGV INOUI. With a team of 850 employees, it services approximately a quarter of SNCF Voyageurs’ TGV trains operating in France, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, and Germany.

The TSEE modernization project represents an investment of around 300 million euros, distributed over the period from 2023 to 2027.

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