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Interview with Patrick Deyo, Director of Equipment for Major Railway Projects, on the maintenance of high-speed trains.

7 days to renew 7 switches and crossings For a week, ETF Luxembourg teams worked round the clock in 3×8…

Around fifteen operational staff worked day and night to renew 60 metres of track in Nice.

As part of the modernisation of the Paris-Rouen-Le Havre line, ETF teams worked to replace seven sets of points and 650 metres of track/ballast between Sartrouville and Maisons-Laffitte stations (78).

Renovation of the Creil rear base, 1,000 ml of drainage on 4 cross-passages and creation of 7 underpasses to meet the 2-month deadline set by the client.

After five months of maintenance, our Suite Rapide Nationale (P95) train will resume service in July 2022. This period provided an opportunity for its operators to receive tailored training.

Work on the Vitry-sur-Seine SMI began in May 2022 with a technical and logistical challenge: laying the first few metres of track on posts. It is the first of the six Grand Paris Express lines to be equipped with such tracks.

ETF wins an RRI (Industrialized Rail Renewal) contract from SNCF Réseau Renewal by industrial method of 135 km/year of rails…

During the Ascension and Pentecost weekends, the ETF teams from the Atlantic agency mobilised to waterproof the Petit Allier railway bridge (86). Located on the historic 570,000 line connecting Paris-Austerlitz to Bordeaux Saint-Jean, the project enabled our client, SNCF Réseau, to maintain this ageing structure and ensure the safety of passengers who use it.

As part of the Grand Paris project, ETF is carrying out railway works on the T10 tram line for Île-de-France Mobilités and the Hauts-de-Seine department. It will connect the towns of Clamart and Antony and contribute to the development of the Île-de-France transport network. 

During the industrial revolution of the 1900s, Luxembourg’s history was marked by the development of the mining industry. Now closed, the mines are part of Luxembourg’s heritage and can be visited. From outdoor factories to underground mines, visitors travel back in time aboard vintage trains to immerse themselves in the often difficult daily life of miners.

Like Fred and Jamy’s famous lorry in the French television programme ‘C’est pas sorcier’, ETF has its own training lorry dedicated to the overhead line profession.