RATP Ile-de-France Mobilités indicates that new trains will be put into service from 2027
On line 13 of the Paris metro. — POUZET
This is a project that could last until “2035”. The board of directors of Ile-de-France Mobilités (IDFM) gave Wednesday its green light to the automation of line 13 of the Paris metro.
The automation of a line takes about ten years, with work mainly carried out at night. But “avenues for optimization/acceleration have been identified. identified and will be studied in the project phase,” regional transport authority.
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An investment of 837 million euros, excluding rolling stock
The opening of the extension to the north of line 14, at the end of 2020, made it possible to reduce the load on the two branches of line 13, overloaded, by 20% and 25%, but “anticipate the increase in passenger numbers which should accompany the development and job creation projects on the outskirts of Paris, Ile-de-France Mobilités has chosen to continue the modernization of line 13 and start its full automation,” explains the institution.
The investment, funded by the authority regional transport, amounts to; 837 million euros, excluding rolling stock. In the meantime, new trains will be put into service at from 2027, according to IDFM.
Exploited; by the RATP, the Paris metro already has two automatic lines, the 14 (opened in 1998) and the 1 (the oldest in the network, automated in 2011-2012), as well as the 4 whose automation should be completed at the end of 2023.