Grand Paris Metro Will Not Be Completed by 2030
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- 23/12/2022 10:00
The Grand Paris metro will not be completed by 2030. The full opening of the circular line will be at least a few months behind schedule.
The Grand Paris metro will not be completed as planned by 2030. The full opening of the circular line is “probably a delay of a few months“, said the president of the Grand Paris Society, Jean-François Monteils, to AFP. SGP is responsible for constructing 200 km of driverless metro. This includes the construction of four new lines ranging from 15 to 18, and extensions of line 14.
Line 15 of the Grand Paris delayed by several months
Among the new lines, line 15 is the longest. According to the project, it will connect Saint-Denis Pleyel to Champigny-sur-Marne in the east, and Pont-de-Sèvres through La Défense in the west. Once completed, it will form a major 75 km circular route around the capital. However, the schedule for line 15 cannot be maintained, according to SGP. “We will reschedule the commissioning of the last two sections of line 15, from Pont de Sèvres to Saint-Denis Pleyel and then to Champigny,” explained Jean-François Monteils.
A large part of the construction of line 15 will need to be awarded in whole lots to construction groups. However, the bids received for the section from Pont de Sèvres to Courbevoie do not allow for the Grand Paris metro to open before 2030. “This is a particularly sensitive section, passing notably under the La Défense business district“, he adds. Currently, no opening date has been announced for these sections.
Line 14 will be ready for the Olympic Games
As for line 14, it will be fully built in time for the Olympic Games. “We are perfectly on schedule” for the extensions of line 14 expected for the Paris Olympics, heading north to Saint-Denis Pleyel and south to Orly Airport,” announced Jean-François Monteils. The first section of the circular line, “line 15 south“, which is the first part of the ring, is set to open at the end of 2025 between Pont de Sèvres, Champigny, and Noisy-Champs.
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