Francorail

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, as well as Creusot-Loire and Jeumont-Schneider.^[1]

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.^[2]

In 1976 Francorail-MTE with Alstom were contracted to manufacture the first series production TGV trains.^[3]

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.^[4][5]

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