The national rail infrastructure managers of France and Switzerland, SNCF and SBB, have signed an agreement supporting the creation of the cross-border Léman Express network. Services are due to begin in December 2019 on the new Cornavin-Eaux-Vives-Annemasse (CEVA) line. The future Léman Express will be a great boost for mobility, whether it’s used for work, study or tourism.
Léman Express will serve 45 stations on a 230km network in the Swiss cantons of Vaud and Geneva and the French region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes which is home to around 1 million people. Léman Express will start operating in December 2019 when the Ceva project linking Geneva, Eaux-Vives and Annemasse, which includes the construction of a new 16km link between Lancy-Pont Rouge and Eaux Vives, is completed. Léman Express is expected to carry 50,000 passengers per day.
The fleet of 23 Flirt France multiple units from Swiss manufacturer Stadler will be rounded off with 17 Régiolis EMUs from French rolling stock producer Alstom. Thus, SBB and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes are investing CHF 500 million (EUR 465 million) in a fleet of 40 EMUs comprising 17 multi-system Régiolis EMUs, which Alstom is supplying according to a EUR 160 million contract, supplemented by 23 Stadler Flirt EMUs. SBB says that approximately CHF billion (EUR 1.8 billion) is being invested in the infrastructure for this cross-border rail network.
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