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#PressRelease 📜 Work on the #CDGExpress is going well for Colas Rail! 🚉 We are continuing work on the tracks for the CDG Express, the direct rail link connecting Paris-Est station to Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport in 20 minutes. ⌚ As part of this project, we are responsible for designing and building the tracks and catenaries in zones G and H, the final sections of the line between Mitry-Mory and Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport. 🛬 On behalf of SNCF Réseau, the consortium led by Spie batignolles Valerian is building 5.8km of new rail infrastructure including designing and building earthworks, drainage works, engineering structures, track laying, the installation of catenary wires and civil engineering for signalling. To read the press release 👉 https://lnkd.in/ejqJ2Z_j #RailwayProject #France #UrbanMobility #Construction

#Innotrans2024 📍Berlin, Germany We are pleased to announce that we will be present at InnoTrans fair from 24 to 27 September! Where to find us?🚩 ➡️Hall 5.2 - Stand 250 Come to see us to speak about large worldwide projects, new businesses and digital transformation! 🛤️ Let's create together sustainable mobility solutions for today & tomorrow. Save the date! 🗓️ #ColasRail #SaveTheDate #Berlin #Fair #Railway #Germany #OnTrackForASustainableFuture

#Commissioning 🚉   Since Sunday lunchtime, passengers have been able to board the Luxembourg tram at Luxexpo to reach the national stadium at la cloche d'or. 🇱🇺   This new 3.7km section went into service on Sunday 7 July with 5 new stations to provide a better, more direct transport offer with other means of transport in Luxembourg City. 📍   As a reminder, on this project our Colas Rail France teams, had won 2 contracts on the D1 section on behalf of our client LUXTRAM SA linking the Lycée Bouneweg station to the Y Bridge.   As lead contractor, we were in charge of the platform and track section, in a consortium with TRALUX Construction & KARP-KNEIP. The works programme included: 🛤️ ✅The earthworks and railway platform ✅ Laying 1.7km of track ✅2 passenger stations ✅Laying of the multi-tubular track, surfacing of the platform as a green track ✅58 OCL beds ✅Civil engineering ✅Creation of an underground substation   As well as the power & OCL, which included: 🔌 ✅The design, supply, works, inspections and tests required to build the fixed and mobile installations ✅Low & high voltage energy works  ✅Traction  ✅Ventilation of the electrical substation    Well done to all the teams from our three entities working together on this project for their excellent work 👏   📸 RTL Infos #ColasRail #UrbanMobility #Luxembourg #Tramway #Railway

#PortraitOfTheMonth 📸 This month, let's meet Souha GUISSOUMA, tender officer at RAMFER. With a strong interest in railways, she joined the ESTACA - Ecole Supérieure des Techniques Aéronautiques et de Construction Automobile on a three-year engineering course specialising in operations and maintenance. ⚙️ She began her career at Alstom as a design and logistics methods engineer in Alsace region. Then, after 5e years on the job, she moved closer to her family in Ile-de-France where she became a consultant and carried out assignments for RATPgroup & Edeis in tender and project management in the execution phase for 3 years. 🤝 She then joined Colas Rail, at our Les Mureaux site (Paris area), as a locomotive project officer for RAMFER. She held this position for 2 years before moving on to become a private/public tender officer. ✅ What does she do? When a prospect contacts her or a call for tenders is published, she is responsible for preparing the technical and commercial offer that best meets their needs. She is also involved in managing the project with a team of 4 technical experts. Ramfer is focusing more on passenger maintenance, a fast-growing segment. 🚅 What motivates her? To draw on the experience and know-how of her colleagues to provide the best possible response to call for tenders! 📜 RAMFER in 1 word? Balance! ⚖️ When she joined Colas Rail, she wanted to find a better work-life balance. She loves her team, who are caring, good listeners and in a good frame of mind! During her 1st year, she was able to benefit from support to increase her skills in different areas, which gave her confidence. 💪 Choose a sustainable future with Colas Rail ➡️https://lnkd.in/eQnte2Bm #ColasRail #Recruitment #Career #Path #Railways

#NewContract ✅   On behalf of Euro-Cargo Rail France, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn, our RAMFER brand will be carrying out heritage maintenance on five G1000 locomotives VOSSLOH. The 5 locomotives will be immobilised at our workshops in Les Mureaux (Paris area) and Grenay (Lyon area). 🚂   The programme includes: ➡️5 IT8A maintenances (maintenance every eight years) ➡️3 engine overhauls ➡️3 axle overhauls   These locomotives will be serviced by 3 technicians per machine. After 8 years in service, mid-life maintenance is necessary to guarantee the safety and reliability of the locomotives. 👨🔧👩🔧   RAMFER is the leading network of private workshops specialising in the maintenance of rolling stock. Spread over 5 sites, our network offers heritage maintenance as well as major overhauls with the help of our 110 specialists throughout France. 🏢 #ColasRail #Maintenance #Railway #Locomotives #Workshop

#Mobility 🌍 Are you #OnTrackForYourFuture? At Colas Rail, mobility is not just a concept. It’s our daily reality! 🚄 In this 2nd episode, let’s embark with Corrado Di Francesco who is traveling with us since 2 years now.   Currently based in Abidjan, he is in charge of internal interfaces. 📌 According to him, mobility is source of opportunities, perspectives and bring open mindedness where adaptation is key. Are you interested of taking up the next flight with us? Discover his experience abroad in video below 👇 Take a look at our job opportunities over here ➡️https://lnkd.in/eJan3ySh #ColasRail #InternationalMobility #Recruitment #Career

#WorksiteNews Let's head to the UK on the Thames Haven worksite🌹 At the beginning of June the teams of the South Rail Systems Alliance (SRSA)’s completed Stage 1 of the Thames Haven junction project alongside our teams. 🤝 Working across all 4 lines, we completed: 🛤️ ✅Track renewals ✅Installing 3 S&C units with associated plainline ✅11 overhead line Equipment adjustments. ✅504m of additional track re-alignment ✅Worksite safety The stage 2 is planned during the August Bank Holiday 🗓️ Colas Rail UK #ColasRail #RailwayInfrastructure #Renewal #TrackWorks

#Commissioning 🚇   A 40-minute journey from Orly airport ➡️ Saint-Denis is now possible thanks to #line14 of Paris metro! 🚦   Following the design of the 6km northern extension between St Lazare and Mairie de Clichy, Colas Rail France, in a consortium with ETF (lead contractor), has completed the southern extension of line 14 of the Paris metro. This 13.4 km concrete extension now provides a link between Maison Blanche station and Orly airport in just 40 minutes! ⌚   The consortium, on behalf of its client RATPgroup, was responsible for: ✅The design ✅The installation & commissioning of the track and linear equipment package   In a contract linked to the work on line 14 South, Colas Rail also laid the 4.4 km of track and 19 switches at the line 14 maintenance and storage site, based in Morangis. ⚙️   We are proud to have contributed to transforming mobility for 1 million passengers a day by creating sustainable mobility solutions for today & tomorrow. ♻️   Société des grands projets   #Line14 #UrbanMobility #PublicTransport #GrandParisExpress #ParisMetro

#Metroline18 🚇   After track work and powering up the Orly airport station, traction work begins on line 18 of the Grand Paris Express metro! ⚡ From Orly Airport ➡️ Versailles - Chantiers, 10 stations and 35km of line separate these two terminal stations, which include 14km of overhead lines.  The future automatic metro line 18 will power the rolling stock via a 3rd rail. It is the only line in the Grand Paris network to be powered by this method. In this market, our teams, working alongside Eiffage Énergie Systèmes, are responsible for : ✅Building the traction system to power the rolling stock ✅Installing 1500 V train power sockets at the Palaiseau Operations Centre ✅15 rectifier substations (10 under the firm part and 5 under the optional part) ✅7 sub-section stations  ✅2 traction logic cabinets at the CTC and back-up CTC ✅75 km of traction cable Divided into 2 phases, this project comprises :  1. A firm part from Christ de Saclay to Massy - Palaiseau, then Christ de Saclay ➡️ Orly Airport 2. An optional part from Versailles-Chantier station ➡️ Orly airport. As far as the schedule is concerned, we look forward to seeing you in 2026 when work on the firm part is due to be completed! 🗓️ Société des grands projets   #ColasRail #IleDeFrance #PublicTransport #UrbanMobility #GrandParis 

#Diversity Opening up the railway industry to diversity is one of our priorities. ⬆️ The rail sector, engineering and technical professions in general are unfortunately environments where stereotypes and workforce diversity can be complex to tackle. 👷♂️👷♀️ Let's meet with Holly Bradley, driver and operator, & Rebecca Hughes, driver, fitter and operator at Colas Rail. Their job is to maintain the shifts, check the machines, repair them and replace them in the event of a problem, to ensure that the machines are operational. ⚙️🔧 Join a welcoming company that takes #care of its employees, encourages them to learn more and creates a working environment where trust is paramount. 🤗 Here, we #dare to break stereotypes! See our job positions available here 👉https://lnkd.in/eJan3ySh #ColasRail #Career #Diversity #OneTeam #OnTrackForYourFuture