‘We are in the process of giving the metro a huge facelift,’ says the president of the Île-de-France region, Valérie Pécresse, as she sees the new MF19 trainsets for the first time, ordered from the French manufacturer Alsom a year ago. They will be deployed on line 10 from the end of 2025, then on lines 7bis, 3bis, 13, 12, 8, 3 and 7 of the Paris metro. ‘Our challenge is regularity, comfort and precision in transport,’ said Jean Castex, Chairman and CEO of RATP, who was present during the visit. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES