Brissonneau and Lotz

Brissonneau and Lotz
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryRail transport
Founded1876; 148 years ago (1876)
Defunct1996
SuccessorOpel
HeadquartersNantes, France
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsLocomotives
High-speed trains
Intercity and commuter trains
Trams
People movers
Signalling systems
OwnerRenault

Brissonneau et Lotz was a French locomotive engineering company that specialized in the production of railway locomotives and wagons.[1] The company was also a supplier of rolling stock to the Paris Metro, constructing in 1951 the first metro trains in the world to be equipped with rubber tyres.[1]

In 1972 it was absorbed into Alstom, becoming Alsthom Groupe Brissonneau. The company was founded in Nantes where it had many of its principal facilities, but by the time it lost its independence it had acquired or established factories and workshops in many parts of France.

  1. ^ a b Bellu, René (2002). "Automobilia". Toutes les voitures françaises 1959 (salon Paris Oct 1959). 21. Paris: Histoire & collections: 14.