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T3: extension project gets the go-ahead
Paris City Council, the Ile-de-France region and RATP have signed an agreement to extend the tramway.
The new 14.5 km section linking Porte d’Ivry to Porte de la Chapelle will enter into service in 2012.
The T3 skirts around the edge of Paris, mainly on the Boulevards des Maréchaux. The first section of the T3, from Pont du Garigliano (15th arrondissement) to Porte d’Ivry (13th arrondissement) has been in service since December 2006. With 110,000 passengers during the week and 70,000 at weekends, it has proved a great success. What is more, it has improved quality of life in the areas through which it passes, calming down traffic and reducing air and noise pollution.
The extension of T3 to Porte de la Chapelle (18th arrondissement) has the same aims. It will strengthen transport provision in Paris and the Ile-de-France. It will improve the quality of life of local residents through urban redevelopment. It will also stimulate the economy of developing areas.
Paris City Council, the Ile-de-France Region and the RATP all signed an agreement to build this extension to the line, which is scheduled to enter into service in 2012.
- 26 new stations created
- Connections with 11 RER and metro lines and 39 bus lines
- Around 60 Vélib’ stations within 300m of the tram stops
- Around 165,000 passengers expected in the new section
- 5 arrondissements of Paris (13th, 12th, 20th, 19th and 18th), 11 neighbouring towns and 3 departments (Seine, Val-de -Marne and Seine-Saint-Denis) directly concerned by the project.
- 170,000 inhabitants and 100,000 jobs in the areas served
Shared funding
Paris City Council will provide €433.6 million and the Ile-de-France region €218.3 million. The urban redevelopment work will be paid for by the municipality (€149 million). €75.68 million will be spent on the purchase of trams from Alstom.
Coming soon: T7 The T7 tram line will link Villejuif to Athis-Mons. This major project will make travel easier within the departments of Val-de-Marne and Essonne, as well as facilitating exchanges with Paris. T7 will serve the Orly-Rungis business hub, which is home to more than 70,000 jobs. Due to enter into service in 2013, the tramway will serve the towns of Villejuif, Vitry-sur-Seine, L’Haÿ-les-Roses, Chevilly-Larue, Thiais, Rungis, Orly, Villeneuve-le-Roi, Paray-Vieille Poste and Athis-Mons. Its 18 stations are expected to be used by 36,000 passengers each day, giving a total of 9.7 million passengers a year. |
