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# SYSTRA confirms its leadership in metro line design with three major contracts

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## First automated metros in Stockholm and Madrid

In Sweden, Region Stockholm’s Administration for Extended Metro has selected
SYSTRA to design the systems for its **first automated metro, the Yellow Line**.
Entirely new with fresh rolling stock, it will connect the centre-west to the
south of Stockholm, between Älvsjö and Fridhemsplan, via **six stations** on a
**fully underground route**. It is scheduled to enter service in **2034**, with
a transport capacity of up to 75,000 passengers per day by 2050.

This project firmly establishes the Group’s business in Sweden and, more
broadly, in Scandinavia. It is SYSTRA’s first major metro contract in Stockholm,
on which we will develop the technical and functional procurement documentation
for the GoA 4 traffic system, **the most advanced technology available today**.
The project will include signalling, passenger vehicles, traction power, the
communication network and platform screen doors.

![Subway, Tunnelbana, Storstockholms Lokaltrafik, Stockholm, Sweden](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/sweden-660x660.jpg)

_Train at a metro platform in Stockholm, Sweden_

In Spain, SYSTRA Ibérica, in partnership with Ardanuy, is participating in the
automation of **Madrid Metro Line 6**, one of the busiest on the network due to
its circular route, which serves as a backbone for travel in the capital. SYSTRA
will also provide specialised technical assistance for systems integration to
support the operator, Metro de Madrid.

The project involves the installation of a GoA 4 automatic control system and
platform screen doors. Automation will improve operational fluidity by
increasing train speed and frequency, and efficiency by reducing the number of
switches. It is scheduled to come into service in **2027**.

![spain](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/spain-660x660.jpg)

_Pacifico station on line 6 of the Madrid Metro, Spain_

## A twenty-first metro network accompanied by SYSTRA in India

SYSTRA is consolidating its presence in India with a
**new metro in Visakhapatnam**, more commonly known as Vizag, a city of 2.4
million inhabitants located on the east coast of India. The public authority
Andhra Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Limited (APMRCL) selected SYSTRA’s bid
from among six bids received from local and international engineering firms.

In a role similar to that of a project manager, SYSTRA’s teams will be
responsible for planning, procurement and tendering, construction supervision
and project commissioning. The Visakhapatnam Metro will have three lines in its
first phase, covering a total of **46 kilometres** and **42 stations**, with the
aim of improving urban mobility, reducing road congestion and supporting the
development of the region, which is set to become a major financial hub and key
technology centre in India.

![](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/india-660x660.jpg)

_Metro train, India_

Since 1984, SYSTRA has accompanied almost all Indian cities with a metro system,
having worked on 21 of the country’s 22 metro networks.

![](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/jean-charles-vollery-ceo-systra-1024x731.jpg)

> Designing metro systems is at the heart of SYSTRA’s mission. In large cities,
> it is the ultimate form of public transport, connecting people, streamlining
> travel and improving urban spaces. From planning new lines to creating entire
> networks, including the design, supervision and operation phases, SYSTRA has
> the expertise to meet the most complex demands of operators, such as
> automating existing lines without interrupting service.
> Jean-Charles Vollery, CEO SYSTRA

## More than half a century of experience in metro design

These new metro contracts won by SYSTRA in 2025 add to the projects already
carried out around the world. In France, SYSTRA is a major player in the design
of the Grand Paris Express metro, with assignments on all lines of the network;
in Europe, we are contributing to the metros of Barcelona, Belgrade,
Cluj-Napoca, and Copenhagen, particularly in the design of new lines.

SYSTRA’s metro expertise, developed in the 1960s with the first metro studies in
Mexico City (1961) and Montreal (1963), continues to expand worldwide, with
pioneering projects in Australia for the Sydney and Melbourne metros, in Asia
with the Hanoi metro networks in Vietnam and Taichung in Taiwan, and in the
Americas with major contributions to the metro extensions of São Paulo in
Brazil, Chicago in the United States, and Toronto and Vancouver in Canada.

In terms of automation, the Group is currently conducting projects on three
continents:

- In Europe, with projects in Brussels on lines 1 and 5, in Marseille, and on
  line D of the Lyon metro;
- In India for the Mumbai metro;
- In the United States for the San Francisco and New York metros.

In the past, SYSTRA teams have worked on metro automation projects in France
(Line 1 in Paris, Line B in Lyon) and Chile (Line 1 in Santiago).

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