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Establishing a link between the present and the future
Grand Paris Express
On 26 May, 2011 the Supervisory Board of Société du Grand Paris unanimously adopted the public transport blueprint for the Greater Paris region.
The Grand Paris Express project encompasses the modernisation of existing transport networks, with the RER network the priority emphasis, and the construction of a new orbital automated metro network around Paris based on a combination of the Grand Paris and Arc Express projects that were the subject of a four-month public debate led by the CNDP (French national commission for public debates).
The new network will comprise:
- three automated metro lines representing a total of 57 stations on 175 km of track:
- From 2018, the blue line representing the extended line 14 will link Saint-Denis-Pleyel with Orly airport.
- The 95 km red line will serve five departments in the Ile de France region. From 2025, the orbital route will link Le Bourget with Chelles, Villejuif, La Défense and Roissy, thereby averting the need for changes and routes via Paris for cross-suburban journeys. The southern and eastern sections will be built first, with the work due to commence in 2017.
- The green line will link Orly with Nanterre via Versailles. This automated light rail line will reduce journey times from central Paris to the Plateau de Saclay to just 30 minutes.
- an additional line to the east of Paris (shown in orange on the map) based on the Arc Express project. This line, a project to be led by STIF, will link the Champigny-Centre branch and the Noisy-Champs branch with Saint-Denis-Pleyel via Rosny-sous-Bois and Bobigny-Pablo-Picasso. Subsequently, it will be extended to Nanterre-Préfecture.
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First stage: extension of line 14 to Mairie de Saint-Ouen
In the short term, the RATP teams are swinging into action to begin work rapidly on the extension of line 14 to Mairie de Saint-Ouen, which will actively help to ease congestion on line 13, as is eagerly awaited by passengers.
The project, to be overseen jointly by STIF and RATP, will be 30%-financed by the French government via SGP and 70%-financed by the local authorities. The public inquiry took place from 16 January to 17 February 2012, with an opening date scheduled for 2017.
On Tuesday, 26 April 2011 RATP held a forum entitled “Line 14, a project bringing us closer together”, attended by Jean-Paul Huchon, President of the Ile-de-France region. Numerous representatives from local authorities, the business world and the transport sector took up RATP’s invitation to debate the development challenges facing the Ile de France (Greater Paris) region. More than ever, RATP reaffirmed its support for the goals of the Grand Paris Express project and is making its expertise and know-how available to public decision-makers to facilitate its implementation. During his address, Pierre Mongin, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of RATP, also expressed his strong support for extending line 14 to Roissy. The highlights of this debate are available in an offprint published in the May edition of Transport Public magazine.
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