Francorail was a grouping of French railway rolling stock manufacturers, formed in the early 1970s and defunct by the late 1980s.
History
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
The history of the de Dietrich family has been linked to that of France and of Europe for over three centuries.
To this day, the company that bears the family name continues to play a major role in the economic life of Alsace.
De Dietrich is a h ...
'', as well as
Creusot-Loire
Creusot-Loire was a French engineering conglomerate, formed from factories in Le Creusot and Châteauneuf, Loire. The Creusot-Loire subsidiary of ArcelorMittal also includes an Innovation, Research and Development centre for the group.
History
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and
Jeumont-Schneider.
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.
In 1976 Francorail-MTE with
Alsthom
Alstom SA is a French multinational rolling stock manufacturer operating worldwide in rail transport markets, active in the fields of passenger transportation, signalling, and locomotives, with products including the AGV, TGV, Eurostar, Avelia ...
were contracted to manufacture the first series production
TGV
The TGV (french: Train à Grande Vitesse, "high-speed train"; previously french: TurboTrain à Grande Vitesse, label=none) is France's intercity high-speed rail service, operated by SNCF. SNCF worked on a high-speed rail network from 1966 to 19 ...
trains.
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.
References
External links
History of rail transport in France
Manufacturing companies of France
Rolling stock of France
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