With 7 new stations and a maintenance center, the 14 km underground extension of Line 14 runs from Olympiades to Orly Airport. It is part of the Grand Paris Express, managed by the Société du Grand Paris (SGP). On February 24, 2015, SGP temporarily transferred the contracting authority for the Line 14 extension to RATP, excluding the Villejuif - Gustave Roussy and Orly Airport stations, whose contracting authorities are SGP and Aéroports de Paris, respectively. The Line 14 extension conserves the current characteristics of the automated line, providing a rapid, high-performance metro service with a commercial speed of 40 km per hour, compared to 25 km per hour for a conventional metro line.
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- Départements 75, 91 and 94
- Connections with the RER C - M1, M3, M4, M6, M7, M8, M9, M11, M12, and M13 - T7 - numerous bus lines - T3a
- Future connections with M15 - Orlyval - T3a
Advantages
The Line 14 southern extension links the center of Paris with Orly Airport.
It serves the Bièvre Scientific Valley, home to hospitals, research labs, and pharmaceutical groups, as well as the Orly-Rungis business district, which includes France’s second busiest airport and the world’s largest fresh produce market (MIN).
Service quality
- Metro trains used on the M14 extension are compatible with the characteristics of the line’s existing automated metro trains.
- The M14 is intended to operate at full capacity, i.e. with very short intervals between trains: just 85 seconds during the morning rush hour.
- Travel time between Orly Airport and Gare de Lyon is reduce to 23 minutes, from 42 minutes before the extension.
Urban integration
The M14 extension serves 11 local administrations located in Paris (75), Val-de-Marne (94) and Essonne (91), where the public transport grid is not as dense.
Coinciding with the arrival of the M14, several urban development projects are underway, including the City of Gastronomy, located next to the Rungis International Market (MIN), and the Health Campus joint development zone in Villejuif.
Key figures
Calendar
- 2010-2011: public debate on the Grand Paris project
- 3 June-1 July 2014: consultation on the M14 southern extension
- 1 June-9 July 2015: public hearings
- 2016: declaration of public utility; preparatory work begins
- 2017: rerouting of utility networks
- 2018: start-up of civil engineering and construction work
- 2022: installation of equipment in stations and tunnel
- Towards 2024: start-up of service
Project players
Project costs and financing
Regular news bulletins
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