SYSTRA chosen for Extramobile project in Lille

The Extramobile programme is structured around 4 new public transport lines (2 tramways and 2 Bus Rapid Transit lines) plus 2 maintenance and storage facilities for the tramway lines, and a project management assignment for all the operating systems common to the tramway and bus lines.

SYSTRA has been selected for the following project management contracts:

• The Lille Tramway (TLC), awarded to the ÉTAMINE consortium, comprising SYSTRA (lead), Ingérop, Transitec, Gautier Conquet Puma, Richez_Associés and Lavigne & Chéron;
• The maintenance and storage facility for the TLC tramway, for which SYSTRA is acting as technical/construction office, and as leader of the consortium with the L’Heude architectural firm;
• The Lille – Villeneuve d’Ascq BRT (BLV), awarded to the ÉTAMINE consortium, comprising SYSTRA, Ingérop (leader), Transitec, Gautier Conquet Puma and Richez_Associés;
• The ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems) transversal contract for operating systems (SYSTRA alone was awarded the contract).

Congratulations to the sales teams who have been working hard since mid-2023 to ensure SYSTRA France’s success in the Extramobile programme. We are now involved in 4 of the 7 project management contracts launched by the Lille European Metropolis (MEL), 3 of which we are leading, which confirms the quality of our responses and the confidence that the client has placed in us.

Éric de Balincourt, CEO of SYSTRA France

Tramway for Lille and its suburbs: a project 100% managed by SYSTRA

The aim of the TLC tramway line is to bring about a change in mobility and to better interconnect the communes of the metropolitan area. In this area, which is undergoing major redevelopment, the tramway will be one of the vectors of urban transformation, improving the quality of life and supporting economic development, both in Lille-Concorde, Lille-Sud, Lille Quartiers Anciens, Wattignies, Euralille and on the banks of the Deûle. Environmental and social exemplarity is also being sought through a comprehensive sustainable design approach that will lead to HQE Sustainable Infrastructure certification.

The successes achieved on the line, the maintenance and storage facility, and the operating systems will enable SYSTRA to manage the entire TLC infrastructure. At every stage of the project, and for the next ten years, SYSTRA will be MEL’s main contact for this new line.

This is a historic success for SYSTRA in Lille, with a tramway project on a similar scale to the Group’s largest urban projects in France, such as the Bordeaux network. With our current projects in Marseille, Aubagne, Brest, Lyon, Montpellier, Tours and the Paris region, SYSTRA is confirming its leadership in the French tramway market.

Nicolas Massart, Director of Urban Projects, SYSTRA France

SYSTRA has been present in Lille since 1975 and was instrumental in designing the city’s metro system, the first in the world to be fully automatic. The Group has been expanding in Lille since 2020, and now employs around fifty people there.

SYSTRA France’s various departments carry out daily tasks on behalf of the Lille European Metropolis (MEL), the Hauts de France Region, Eurotunnel, the Seine Nord Europe Canal, the Port of Dunkirk, the Dourges platform, as well as SNCF Réseau and the STIB (Brussels metro).

In early 2024, SYSTRA France was also awarded its first contract by the Société des Grands Projets (SGP) to provide environmental engineering consultancy services for the future Metropolitan Regional Express Service in the Lille Metropolitan Area.