Egis has been awarded the Engineering, Procurement and Construction Management contract (EPCM) for system equipment for Line 18 of the Grand Paris Express metro.
The Grand Paris metro’s 200km of new track and 68 new stations will greatly expand the regional public transport network in the French capital. The future Line 18 will take passengers from Orly Airport to Versailles Chantiers station in just 32 minutes and ten new stations will serve some of south west Paris’ most strategic hubs. It will have underground and elevated sections of 21 km and 14 km.
Construction will take place in two main phases: the section between Orly Airport and CEA Saint-Aubin is scheduled for completion in 2024, and the section from CEA Saint-Aubin to Versailles-Chantiers is to be completed around 2030.
Société du Grand Paris, the project owner, has decided to use automatic trains along the new line. Each train will be able to carry 350 people at an average commercial speed of 65 km/h.
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