It addresses several mobility challenges: encourage the use of public transport locally, further improve connections between Essonne and Val-de-Marne, and improve traffic flows between Paris and the southern suburbs.

Useful informations :

1. Départements 91 and 94
2. Connections with RER C and D
3. Future connections with M14 extension / M15, M18 / Bus 393

Trams will run every 4 minutes during peak hours, and every 8 minutes during off-peak hours.

• The tramway extension will facilitate connections with the RER C (Rungis la Fraternelle and the Juvisy-sur-Orge transport hub), RER D (Juvisy-sur- Orge transport hub), metro line M7 (Villejuif- Louis Aragon transfer hub), TVM (Trans Val-de-Marne) and numerous bus lines. It will also serve the Orly Airport.
• Ultimately, tramway T7 will connect with the Grand Paris Express network via three metro lines: the M14 extension at Rungis International Market (MIN) and Orly; the M18 at the Orly Airport station, and the future M15, at the Villejuif-Louis Aragon terminus.

Trams will circulate between 5 a.m. and 12:30 a.m.

• A population basin of 49,000 residents.
• Connection with the Juvisy intermodal transport hub; facilitates access to the Orly-Rungis economic zone. Traffic forecasts suggest that numerous Essonne residents will opt for public transport.

• February 2010: approval of the prior consultation report by the Île-de-France Mobilités board of directors
• July-October 2012: approval of the project’s functional diagram and public hearings support documents by the Île-de-France Mobilités board of directors
• May-June 2013: public hearings
• November 2013: declaration of public utility
• 2014-2015: pre-project draft design studies
• 2016: detailed design studies
• 2017-2018: construction work begins