France, June 17 -- On Tuesday 17 June 2025, the Societe des grands projets, Ile-de-France Mobilites and Alstom unveiled the first metro train for line 18, recently delivered to the Palaiseau operating centre. The delivery of this first trainset in May, in line with the agreed timetable, marks the entry of line 18 into its test phase, the last stage of the works before the first section of the line between Massy - Palaiseau and Christ de Saclay stations is brought into service, scheduled for the last quarter of 2026. By the end of 2026, the 15 trainsets for line 18, ordered and financed by Ile-de-France Mobilites to the tune of €199m, will have been delivered to the Palaiseau operations centre. 10 trainsets will be needed to operate th...