India and France agree to increase rail cooperation

India and France concluded two agreements for cooperation in the railways sector.
The Indian Ministry of Railways and French company SNCF Mobilities have signed a memorandum of understanding on technical cooperation. The purpose of this MoU is to build upon and deepen the mutual cooperation and focus on priority areas of high speed and semi-high speed rail development; station renovation; modernisation of current operations and infrastructure; and suburban trains. The cooperation agreement includes training of drivers of semi-high speed trains and safety and security of train networks.
The two countries also signed a letter of intent for the creation of a permanent Indo-French Railways Forum, whose purpose is to enhance the already existing cooperation so that representatives of the two countries can share information.


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