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With the aim of developing and maintaining its level of performance, ETF invests in training. Whether theoretical or practical, training is a key element of our organisation. It enables all our employees, new and old, to be part of a dynamic of constant improvement.

The ETF (agent)/UNIFER consortium is carrying out the AT01 contract for SNCF Réseau for the project to transfer rail activities from Nantes-Etat to Nantes-Blottereau. This includes laying all the new track and connecting it to the existing network.

During the All Saints’ Day weekend, teams from ETF’s RATP sector mobilised to renew connection 617 located at Porte de Saint-Cloud.

ETF participated in the construction of the works base for a future SNCF Réseau project!

One week after the snowstorm that severely affected the Rhône-Alpes region, the Grenoble-Valence line is back in service.

Renovation work has been carried out at Houilles-Carrières station as part of the extension of RER line E to Mantes-la-Jolie. Passengers will eventually have new trains to La Défense, Paris and stations in eastern Paris. Houilles-Carrières station, which already serves RER line A and Transilien line L, will be completely renovated before 2024.

ETF teams worked in the Coudray tunnel for seven weeks between 15 July and the end of August 2019 to carry out renewal work.

On 7 October, the city of Nice celebrated the laying of the last section of track in the presence of the mayor, Christian Estrosi, and former minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin.

Our teams have just finished maintaining 10 km of track at the Kourou International Space Centre, which is currently launching Ariane 5!

Taking advantage of the August bank holiday and the many people going on holiday during this period, the ETF teams worked four consecutive days and five consecutive nights to renew communications on line 6 of the Paris Metro at Kléber station.

In partnership with the Bruay-la-Buissière secondary school in the Nord department, ETF Academy launched its first work-study training programme for railway site managers in September 2019.

As part of the project to transfer Nantes’ state-owned railway activities to the Blottereau site, SNCF Réseau has selected the ETF/UNIFER consortium for the AT01 contract.