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RATP Group engineering
The RATP Group devises and carries out transport infrastructure development projects in France and abroad. Our expertise in engineering and consulting spans all modes of transport, from rail and metro to trams and buses. It covers all stages of a project, including studies and planning, general contracting and project management, quality certification, and technical, marketing and commercial audits. This know-how is fostered in dedicated departments and subsidiaries that are leaders in their fields, such as Systra, Xelis, Ixxi, Telcité and the economic interest group Eurailtest.
Systra
Together with the French railway operator SNCF, RATP is the joint majority shareholder in Systra. Systra is the leader in international urban and rail transport engineering, having completed projects in 150 countries and 350 cities since 1957.
Its know-how spans a very broad range of services:
- Project management
- Transport planning and optimisation
- Upstream study coordination
- Civil engineering and large structures
- Transport equipment and systems engineering
Systra is participating in the general project management of Crossrail, the upcoming regional train that will cross London from east to west over a distance of 103 km, 27 of which in tunnels.
On 28 October, 2010, Pierre Mongin, CEO of RATP, and Guillaume Pepy, SNCF president, agreed to preserve the unity of SYSTRA and enhance its prospects for international development.
>> Find out more about this agreement
On 1 July 2011, Systra’s Annual General Meeting met under the direction of chairman Pierre Mongin and vice-president Guillaume Pepy to approve the transfer to Systra of a 49% stake in the capital of Xelis and Inexia, subsidiaries of RATP and SNCF, respectively. These transfers will preserve the unity of the Systra group and significantly strengthen its international growth prospects.
The General Meeting also approved a new corporate governance system: Systra will now operate as a French registered company (société anonyme) with a Supervisory Board and an Executive Board.
At a time when public transport has become a vital part of successfully managed, sustainable development around the world, Pierre Mongin and Guillaume Pepy emphasise the rapidity with which they have fulfilled their pledge to combine the two engineering units within the new Systra. One year after the 2010 agreement, Systra is now up and running, ready to play an active role in major infrastructure projects around the globe and to serve as a fulcrum for French industry across the board.
Xelis
Xelis specialises in consulting and engineering in transport systems and infrastructure in France. A wholly-owned subsidiary of RATP, it delivers its skills in the fields of urban, suburban and rail transport, drawing on the experience and skills of its parent company's teams.
The know-how available to Xelis covers the full range of engineering activities:
- General transport studies.
- Project management, design engineering and the creation of transport and infrastructure systems.
- General contracting support.
In the Île-de-France region, Xelis has carried out transport system and track studies on behalf of STIF (the Paris region transport organising authority) for the driverless metro project Arc Express. Its teams conducted a signalling study on the north section of RER line B for RFF (Réseau ferré de France, owner of the French mainline railway network). Xelis has also been selected for project management assignments to extend the metro lines 4, 8, 12 and 13 and tram lines T1, T2 and T3.
In Rennes, Xelis supported general contracting for the B line systems of the Rennes metro. In addition, the company has been chosen by RFF Bretagne Pays de Loire for a general contracting assignment on the Quimper–Brest line
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Broadened skills
General contracting – General contracting support – Project
management
RATP's teams carry out project management and general contracting
support assignments on standard and driverless metro, tram and suburban
rail projects. They create new stations and multimodal transfer hubs.
RATP's teams adapt to local cultures and contexts. They have been asked
to design the first metro line in Algiers, Algeria, the first driverless metro
projects in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Rome, Italy, and a tram network in
Florence, Italy. They have provided technical assistance in the
deployment of the tram on tyres in Clermont-Ferrand.
In Ile-de-France, we have unveiled a number of ambitious projects,
including a new circular metro line around Paris, the extension of
driverless metro line 1, new tram lines on rail or tyres, and a bus
route with exclusive lanes. In Paris, RATP's teams are preparing another
world first by introducing a driverless service on the Paris metro's
busiest line without interrupting day-to-day services for its 750,000
daily passengers.
The assignments include "operation management" and "project conduct"
responsibilities:
- Scheduling, management and coordination, from design through to delivery.
- Business and financial coordination (management control/project procurement, etc.).
- Safety systems definition and coordination.
- Upstream and opportunity studies.
- General and detailed design.
- Completion/qualification.
- Implementation/deployment.
The eco-design and eco-specification policy applies to all infrastructure and space projects and all future rolling stock:
- Emission control (pollutants, noise, vibrations).
- Reducing the impact of projects and activities on the environment and health.
- Efficiency in resource consumption (energy, water, materials).
- Servicing and maintenance management.
- End-of-life management.
- Use of clean and recyclable materials.
- Just-requisite use of space.
- Limiting the impact of installations over time (reversibility, adaptability).
