Grand Paris Express Tender

Under the contract awarded earlier this month Systra will be responsible for supporting SGP in developing the definition of the programme managing the tenders and overseeing construction of the two lines. Grand Paris Express will enable residents of the Greater Paris area to travel more swiftly between areas that have little current access to public mass transit as well as create new opportunities for economic growth in the Greater Paris area.Lines 15 East and 15 West will together serve 27 communes covering 43km and are forecast to carry 1 million passengers per day. Line 15 will eventually be 15km. The technical project management contract started this month and will continue until the commissioning of the two lines which is scheduled for 2030.Line 15 will be a high-capacity underground rail line providing a new ring line around Paris in the departments of Hauts-de-Seine Val-de-Marne and Seine-Saint-Denis. It will enable direct journeys between the suburbs bypassing Paris. The configuration of the line is very similar to that of the Arc Express proposed by the RATP in 2006. It was later included in the red line project of the Grand Paris public transportation network. In March 2013 the New Grand Paris project was announced by the Prime Minister at the time. At this time the line acquired its current line 15 naming. Line 15 is planned to open in phases from 2020 through 2030 though the official RATP website does not show any portion open as of December 27 2020. It will create a loop connecting NoisyChamps to Champigny passing through Champigny-sur-Marne Crteil Villejuif La Dfense Saint-Denis and Rosny-sous-Bois. Proposed timelineIn 2013 the government led by Ayrault proposed this timeline for the line 15 project 2014 Public inquiry on the eastern section from Saint-Denis Pleyel to Champigny Centre.Early-2015 Groundbreaking for the southern section between Pont-de-Svres and NoisyChamps.2020 Groundbreaking of the section from Pont-de-Svres to Nanterre and from Saint-Denis Pleyel to Rosny-Bois-Perrier on the northern section.2022 Southern section from Pont-de-Svres to NoisyChamps opens.Early 2025 Segments from Pont-de-Svres to Nanterre and from Saint-Denis Pleyel to Rosny-Bois-Perrier of the northern section put into service.2025 Groundbreaking of the segment from Nanterre to Saint-Denis Pleyel via La Dfense-Grande-Arche of the northern section.Early 2030 Segment from Nanterre to Saint-Denis Pleyel via La Dfense-Grande-Arche of the northern section put into service.End of 2030 Northern section from Rosny to Champigny completed.Rolling stockThe proposed rolling stock for line 15 is a new automated design using conventional steel wheel on steel rail technology and overhead electrification with a width of 2.80 metres 9 ft 2 in. The specifications of the trains travelling line 15 and their operation are as follows Train width 2.80 metres 9 ft 2 in minimumTrain leng