As head of a consortium including, amongst others, MottMacDonald Prague (Czech Republic) and SAMAN (Korea), SYSTRA S.A. has won an international call for tenders launched by the Bakou Metro to draw up designs for the future metro network.

The study phase will include a survey about the urban mobility of public transport users and the development of a model for traffic forecasting. This will enable a plan to be drawn up for the development of the Bakou metro, which will involve extending the two existing lines and creating two new lines.

The consortium will then carry out the studies required for preparation of the planned construction projects, namely a study of the subsurface of the city, preliminary designs for the tunnels and stations, the choice of transport systems and of all the principles for operation and handling of passenger flows which are necessary to run a modern metro system.

The award of this contract is recognition of SYSTRA’s expertise in modernising and developing metro systems from the former Soviet era.

Once completed, the network could cover an additional 60 kilometres and include 50 new stations. This landmark project reflects the wishes of the President of Azerbaijan to launch a major urban development scheme in the country’s capital, Bakou.

SYSTRA is continuing to strengthen its presence in the country, following on from its involvement at the beginning of the year in the renovation of the railway network in Azerbaijan, through a programme financed by the Asian Development Bank.