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MOVE AROUND SMOOTHLY WITHIN AGGLOMERATIONS
Urban Transit is at the heart of SYSTRA’s DNA. Our Group has a thorough understanding of all the mobility solutions for cities, from the hyper centre to the outskirts. We are ready to meet any type of requirement, be it demographic or topographic: metro, tramway, tram-train, bus rapid transit, trolleybus, cable car, funicular or even automatic light metro, monorail and airport shuttle. SYSTRA draws on 65 years of experience in urban transport modes across all terrains to carry out its urban mobility projects.
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HALF THE METROS IN SERVICE IN THE WORLD
From Montreal to Sydney via Santiago, London, Paris or even Cairo and Mumbai, SYSTRA has been involved in almost 1 metro line in 2 in the world. Whether it concerns networks created from scratch or new lines, extensions or optimisations going all the way to full automation of an existing infrastructure, our urban mobility experts cover all the specificities of metro projects.
We are the world leader in automatic metros, with 60% of lines in service, under construction or being automated to our credit. SYSTRA’s engineers also deployed from the 1970s the very first automatic driving systems, with integrated automatic driving mechanisms of the VAL type in Lille then the CBTC type in Paris with Line 14.
Among our references, a number of world firsts: the longest automatic line in Dubai, the busiest in the world in Mecca, lines on the densest networks in Shanghai, or even a large part of the project management and project management assistance of the most ambitious metro project in the world, the Grand Paris Express (Paris region).
To lead these projects well, we are also experts in the technical design, from the preliminary studies right up to the commissioning, in project management or assistance in running operations, audit and independent checks, whether in the field of civil engineering, systems and signalling, control and command systems or even information concerning the passenger experience.
The future of the metro as seen by SYSTRA and Usbek & Rica
In 2020, in a context marked by the sanitary crisis and a proliferation of technological inventions, SYSTRA and Usbek & Rica considered the possible future of the metro.
Can it still be considered an area for innovation? What will it look like in 15 years? And beyond?
An exclusive 30-page booklet can be downloaded below.
GET CITIES MOVING
Transform urban life all while ensuring the mobility experience, such is the challenge for average capacity transport modes like the tramway, bus rapid transit (BRT) and tram-trains. For almost 50 years, SYSTRA has been a significant actor in the rebirth of light rail, designing more than 700km of new networks across all continents. In France, we have contributed to almost 90% of the networks in service, and developed with industrial partners customised solutions such as ground-level power supply so as not to disfigure the historical landscape, controlled irrigation to limit water use for areas of grass, platform screen doors or even the automatic train protection and operation systems for maximum safety.
Our urban experts sign customised solutions to serve cities’ thoroughfares and reduce the distances between residential areas and places of work. Each city has its preferred mode, tram-trains being mainly European, French tramways which are exported to the Middle East, the Maghreb and North America, or even BRT which remains the principal mobility solution for the big cities of Brazil.
LIGHT SYSTEMS FOR ALL SITUATIONS
Big drops in level, a weak hold on the ground or even short distance travel, these questions find their answers with SYSTRA and its expertise in other urban modes such as cable cars, funiculars, monorails or even people movers. These systems are adapted to environmental requirements and benefits via effective urban integration to fight congestion and reducce atmospheric and noise pollution, endemic in urban zones.
Disruptive transport
Disruptive transport could mean major changes in mobility systems for operators, public players and users, through the development and deployment of innovative transport solutions. SYSTRA offers comprehensive and specific support to help innovators bring their projects to fruition, investors to direct their investments and mobility players to deploy disruptive mobility services in their areas.
PRIZES
At the end of 2019, the white paper ‘Automated and autonomous public transport’ signed by SYSTRA was awarded at the annual Global Light Rail Awards in London. SYSTRA received the Highly Commended prize in the ‘Vision of the Year’ category for this white paper, presented as ‘an important piece of work for anyone looking at the possibilities for further automation of urban public transport in the urban environment’.
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