Antin Infrastructure Partners’ Post

Antin Infrastructure Partners is excited to announce the launch of Proxima, the first independent high-speed train operator in France. - Proxima is a French project led by its two co-founders, Rachel Picard and Timothy Jackson, and has the full financial backing of Antin Infrastructure Partners.  - Proxima’s high-speed trains will connect Bordeaux, Rennes, Nantes and Angers to Paris.  - Proxima has signed a memorandum of understanding with Alstom for the purchase of 12 Avelia Horizon latest generation high-speed trains.  - Proxima has concluded an agreement with Lisea for the use of its new purpose-built maintenance depot, located in Marcheprime, near Bordeaux. Rachel Picard, General Director and co-founder of Proxima: “Societal, climatic and territorial issues are the foundation of our project. We want to help the French take the train more, by offering them an alternative solution, easy and quick, integrated into their new lifestyles. Thanks to Antin, we are receiving all the necessary resources to carry out this exciting project to better serve travelers.” Tim Jackson, co-founder of Proxima: “We are happy to embark on this entrepreneurial adventure with first-rate French industrial partners, to build a robust and quality offer, and further accelerate the development of green mobility in France.” Alain Rauscher, Chairman and CEO of Antin Infrastructure Partners: “We are delighted to provide our support to Proxima. The great knowledge of the French market brought by Rachel Picard and Tim Jackson, the partnerships concluded with Alstom and Lisea and Antin's expertise in financing infrastructure projects are a winning combination to make Proxima a success.” Find out more at: https://lnkd.in/damtZMaT #HighSpeedRail #SustainableTransportation #Innovation #GreenTransport #growth #infrastructureinvesting #privateequity 

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Amazing strides, well done. ✅ Next step routes, operations, open access deal, station slots, operator, ticketing.. and management of price-dump state competition.

Wishing all stakeholders huge success

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Maximilian Heilgemair

Energy transition - develop, build, own, finance and operate

4mo

congrats Timothy Jackson, that is exciting

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All the best! Looks like a promising project.

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Srikanth Seshadri

Vice-President Treasury & Financing at Alstom

4mo

Looking forward to working with Rachel, Tim, Antin and partners!

Jenny COLAS

Head of Sales at Company Webcast, a Euronext Company - Creating powerful opportunities for communication through professional webinars and webcasts.

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What a fantastic step and investment !

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Christophe Vanhove

Energy, transport, infrastructure, project finance, public private, expert, CEO

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Huge investment for Antin!

Rolf Althen

General Counsel I Commercial Lawyer I Risk Manager I Team Builder I Leader, Mentor

4mo

Congratulations Tim and best wishes for the project

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