SYSTRA Celebrates the Opening of the T10 Tramway in the Paris Region

SYSTRA Celebrates the Opening of the T10 Tramway in the Paris Region

A brand-new tramway line is now available to passengers in the Paris region. Located between Antony and Clamart on the edge of the Verrières national forest, the line links rapidly urbanising areas with numerous business and employment centres, notably Plessis-Clamart and Châtenay-Malabry.

From La-Croix-de-Berny to the Jardin-Parisien terminus, this tramway replaces several saturated bus lines and provides a link to the RER B, the T6 tramway and the TVM (Trans-Val-de-Marne) bus rapid transit service. It also serves hospitals, sports facilities and administrative offices.

An extension of line T10 to Clamart town centre is currently under consideration, offering a connection with the future Line 15 of the Grand Paris Express.

SYSTRA France at the forefront of tramway projects in the Paris region

Since the resurgence of tramways in the early 1990s, SYSTRA has been involved in almost all tramway projects in the Paris region. We are still involved in project management for three line extensions: T3b to Porte-Dauphine; T1 to Colombes; and T13 to Achères-Ville RER. We are also reconfiguring the terminus of the T2 line at Porte-de-Versailles, in preparation for the 2024 Olympic Games.

These projects provide us with the opportunity to offer our clients innovative technical solutions, from the sprinkler system on the T3, which won a Global Light Rail Award in 2021, to the re-use of existing railway rights-of-way or lines with the T4, T11 and T13 tram-trains, or the insertion and construction of lines in complex environments, such as the T7, which runs between Rungis market, Orly airport and the A6 motorway.

Photo credits: IDFM

SYSTRA Canada Included in the Fonds écoleader Directory

How can SYSTRA Canada help you?

Low-carbon mobility is a response to the challenges of the energy transition and is becoming more and more a part of our daily lives. The mission of SYSTRA Canada, a member of the SYSTRA Group – a signature team in mobility worldwide, is to support you in developing solutions built with your entire ecosystem and to facilitate their implementation. Since 2018, we offer expertise and a suite of tools that we have developed to assist our partners in their fleet electrification projects, thus enabling them to successfully transition while minimizing risks. We will help you reduce the environmental footprint of your fleet throughout its life cycle. We will adapt infrastructure and fleet choices without compromising service continuity. The cost of ownership of vehicles and infrastructure will be optimized and the investment and risk of electrifying your fleet will be minimized.

Visit the Fonds écoleader web site to learn more (available in French only).

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SYSTRA Wins Contract for Airport Metro Line in Hyderabad, India

Enhancing Mobility in a major metropolis

Hyderabad is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana in the northern part of southern India and is the fourth-most populous city in the country. The Airport Express Metro Line will connect to the existing Hyderabad metro line and will help commuters travel from the city to the airport. Hyderabad has long been known for its diamond mines.

A broad scope of work

Part of Phase II of the Hyderabad Metro project, our teams in India will be involved in a very wide range of tasks for this project including a Review of the detailed project report (DPR), Preliminary Design, Tender Preparation & Procurement, Proof checking of design, Construction/ Erection/ Supervision of Civil & Systems Works, Project Scheduling, Monitoring & Reporting, System Integration, and Testing & Commissioning. 

SYSTRA serves the City of Diamonds since 2012

Hyderabad has already called on SYSTRA for its metro projects. After an initial feasibility study at the end of the 1980s for RITES, where we studied routes and traffic forecasts, SYSTRA was selected by the manufacturer Larsen & Toubro from 2012 to 2016 to carry out the design studies for the city’s first three metro lines.

This network, which will be in service between 2017 and 2020, is known for being entirely viaduct-based with all its stations above ground. However, this particularity will disappear by 2026 when the airport link is inaugurated: it will include the first underground station in the network.

Spanish Tunnel Engineering Company Subterra Joins SYSTRA

The acquisition of Subterra is also an opportunity to pursue our development in Europe, particularly in Spain and Portugal, where the transport and construction markets are being boosted by the European recovery plan. SYSTRA has been present on the Iberian market for over twenty years, notably in support of the modernisation of the Bilbao metro, but also on high-speed line projects. The Group’s ambitions in this region are reflected in the creation of a new subsidiary, SYSTRA Ibérica, which will cover the Spanish and Portuguese markets.

This will be SYSTRA’s third acquisition in this field, following the acquisition of the Italian company SWS in 2021 and the Australian company Bamser in 2023, both of which specialise in the design of tunnels and underground structures.

I am delighted that SYSTRA will be integrating the talented teams of Subterra, which will strengthen our position as a reference in specialised and complex underground works. There are many synergies, both technical and commercial, between our two companies, and I would like to pay tribute to the level of expertise that José Miguel Galera, its CEO, has brought to Subterra since its creation in 2008.

Jean-Charles Vollery, SYSTRA’s Chief Operating Officer

New Award for the Samuel De Champlain Bridge

The reward for a bridge designed to last

Built to last 125 years, the Samuel-De Champlain Bridge was designed for multimodality with four road lanes, two dedicated to buses and bicycles, but also a dedicated rail track and pedestrian pathways.

This longevity is guaranteed thanks to the technical solutions employed to withstand all weather conditions:

• High performance concrete was used to resist salt, abrasions, and temperature variations
• Stainless steel frame
• The asphalt is 90mm thick, 30mm thicker than the usual

This new award is in addition to the previous ones obtained for this bridge:

• The Honor Award presented by the California branch of ACEC, the American Council of Engineering Companies.
• The Honor Award from IABSE, the International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering.
• The International Transportation Structure Award from the American Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI).
• The Schreyer Award, presented at the Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards.

Samuel-De Champlain: a record-breaking project

Designed, built and completed in just 48 months, thanks to the massive use of high-performance steel and concrete elements, the Samuel-De Champlain Bridge welcomes some 50 million cars, buses and trucks every year, making it one of the busiest bridges in North America, almost three years after its inauguration.

It is one of the widest bridges in the world, with a total deck length of 50 metres, linking Montreal to Brossard, crossing the St. Lawrence River over a length of 3.4km. The latest news is the arrival of the metro on its central deck arrivée du métro sur son tablier central: the automatic REM du Sud line links will link Brossard to Montreal’s Central Station by crossing the bridge in spring 2023.

La Grande Alliance: Feasibility Study for Phase 1

Montreal, QC (April 20, 2021) – The Vision Eeyou Istchee Consortium (the “Consortium”), which consists of Stantec, SYSTRA and Desfor, with assistance from KPMG, has been selected by the Cree Development Corporation (CDC) to complete the feasibility study for Phase 1 of the La Grande Alliance’s infrastructure projects in northern Quebec. The study is part of the Memorandum of Understanding on the Cree-Quebec Sustainable Infrastructure Development Program in the Eeyou Istchee James Bay Region.

The Consortium will conduct a study to evaluate the feasibility of the following infrastructure, in close collaboration with local communities and in harmony with sustainable development objectives:

• Upgrades to the access roads linking the Cree communities of Waskaganish, Eastmain and Wemindji to the Billy-Diamond Highway;
• Upgrade to the access road between the Cree community of Nemaska and the Route du Nord;
• A railway line following, as much as possible, the Billy-Diamond Highway between the town of Matagami and KM257 of the Highway;
• The recommissioning of the railway line between Grevet (Lebel-sur-Quévillon) and Chapais;
• Trans-shipment areas along the Billy-Diamond Highway and the Grevet-Chapais railway corridors, specifically one located at KM257.

We are embarking on a journey that will mark the beginning of a new relationship between First Nations and how infrastructure and any development is planned on the lands on which they depend. The upcoming Feasibility Study is innovative in that Cree communities and land users will be the primary voice in contemplating and planning infrastructure with a view to promoting true balance between traditional activity and development. The Vision Eeyou Istchee Team understood the importance of ensuring that the vision must come from community members and land users and so we are excited to take the first step in imagining a brighter future for Eeyou Istchee with them.

Davey Bobbish, President, Cree Development Corporation

We are very proud and honoured to partner with the Cree Development Corporation (CDC) for their Grande Alliance vision, which will contribute to the development of Cree communities, increase interconnectivity and protect the Northern Quebec region. This study aims to improve the communities’ quality of life through the expansion of the transportation network. It will be carried out with the utmost respect for the land and Cree heritage, and will integrate sustainable development practices.

Alessandro Cirella, Director at Stantec and the Consortium’s Project Director

The Consortium will make use of a wide variety of experts in the social sciences, heritage preservation, environment, railways, road engineering, bridges, transportation economics and infrastructure financing. The team will produce a socio-environmental study, market research, a technical feasibility study and an analysis of financing options and risks. A major onsite information gathering campaign and stakeholder consultation meetings are planned to identify sites of cultural and heritage significance and environmental constraints.

About SYSTRA

SYSTRA Canada is an engineering and consulting firm whose primary focus is to offer transportation solutions for passengers or goods. SYSTRA Canada is part of the SYSTRA Group.

With its main office in Montreal (Quebec) since 1990, SYSTRA Canada delivers innovative consulting, engineering and project management services in all fields of transportation, including track and infrastructure, rolling stock, railway operations, signalling and telecommunications, economic and financial studies, marketing, institutional and management consulting, as well as support services.

Our service offer is grouped into three markets:

• Freight & Mining: Providing freight and mining clients with specific rail heavy haul solutions.
• Transit: Focusing on the Canadian passenger mobility market.
• Rolling Stock: Offering turnkey solutions for passenger cars, wagons and locomotives.

SYSTRA Canada has successfully carried out over 900 projects all over the world. SYSTRA Canada is recognized worldwide for its comprehensive railway expertise, whether in the freight and mining sector, promoting its knowledge of North American standards and rules, or in passenger mobility, offering a full set of expertise and know-how.

Grand Paris Express: SYSTRA Wins an Exceptionally Big Contract

This assignment, one of the biggest engineering contracts signed by the Group to date in France, confirms SYSTRA’s positioning as the signature team for transportation solutions.

Lines 15 East and 15 West are destined to play a key role in the Grand Paris Express. Together, they will serve 27 communes, covering a distance of 43 km, and should transport 1 million passengers per day. The technical project management assistance assignment will start in September 2019 and will continue until the commissioning of the two lines, scheduled for 2030.

The SYSTRA Group is proud and honoured to have been selected by SGP to contribute to this project of such importance to the inhabitants of the Greater Paris region. This new assignment, exceptionally large for an engineering contract, confirms our commitment to SGP, with whom we have been in a partnership since 2011. We will carry out this assignment with passion, relying on our excellent knowledge of metro projects in the Greater Paris region and on our breadth of experience at the international level. This combined experience is a valuable asset which will enable us to respect the objectives set by SGP. We will mobilize a very large range of areas of expertise developed within the Group, including the management of large projects, civil engineering and rail equipment engineering, as well as architecture, environmental management, land management issues, and tendering processes…

Didier Traube, SYSTRA’s Managing Director France