On Monday the 24th of June 2024, at the Saint-Denis Pleyel metro station, in the presence of the President of the French Republic, line 14 officially opened for service over its entire line, meaning:
– Northbound extension servicing the new Saint-Denis-Pleyel station;
– Southward extension to Orly airport: an additional 14 km, more than doubling the length of the existing line 14.
This extension to the South is a major project for setec, appointed project management company as part of the “ELIOS” consortium with SYSTRA and 5 architectural firms, and has been so since the early stages of the project, that started more than 10 years ago right up to this day.
With the exception of Orly Airport station, built by AEROPORTS DE PARIS, 5 stations designed by our consortium will function as of today:
– Thiais-Orly, linking the RER C (architect: Valode & Pistre);
– Chevilly-Larue, running alongside the National French Market in Rungis (architect: Brunet Saunier);
– L’Haÿ-Les-Roses (architect: Franklin Azzi);
– Hôpital Bicêtre (architect: Jean-Paul Viguier);
– Maison Blanche: the only Parisien metro station that is part of the Grand Paris Express, that connects with metro line 7 (architect: Groupe 6).
A large number of companies took part on this project :
-setec tpi is the project manager for the entire project, in association with Systra and 5 architectural firms (1 per station), as part of the “ELIOS” consortium;
-setec bâtiment has been involved in the project phase and the station development works phase for the past 3 years;
-setec opency has been involved in this project since 2021 as part of an SCMC (scheduling, planning and coordination) contract for the development phase, directly with the RATP (independently of our project management mission);
–setec hydratec was involved in hydrogeology and contaminated sites and soils;
–terrasol was involved during the project phase and civil engineering works (until 2021).
By the end of 2024, the Gustave Roussy Institute station (connecting with the future line 15, another setec project) will also be open to the public.
The station buildings were opened on Wednesday, the 19th and Thursday the 20th of June, in the presence of all those involved in this major project
(The Major Projects Company, RATP group, Île-de-France Mobilités, the Val de Marne Departmental Council, the town halls of the towns hosting the stations, etc.). It was a proud moment for our teams after 6 years of hard work!
However, it will be the presence of passengers on this metro line the afternoon of the 24th of June that will be the high point of our commitment: what could be more gratifying than simplifying the lives of thousands of public transport users!
The work of the teams does not stop there, as there will still be systems checking that is often carried out at night, i.e.”short nights”, when the line is shut down between 1am and 5am.
Well done to all the teams involved in this important project for mobility in the Paris region!
