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title: SYSTRA reinforces its cable transport expertise in France
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# SYSTRA reinforces its cable transport expertise in France

![SYSTRA reinforces its cable transport expertise in France](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/vue-laerogare-du-terminal-1.jpg)

By 2030, a new urban cable car will take shape in the French sky, linking
Marseille-Provence Airport to Vitrolles railway station.

The Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis has selected the consortium led by SYSTRA
France to provide project management assistance (AMO), with partners TIM
Ingénierie, Conseil Ingénierie Acoustique, Biotope, Ateliers Lion Associés, and
the law firms Thomé Heitzmann and Rydge Avocats.

The result will be an approximately six-minute journey between Vitrolles railway
station and France’s fourth-busiest airport, compared with more than a half-hour
on foot or via a road connection (light and heavy goods vehicles) which is often
congested. The cable car thus positions itself as a new modal solution for
accessing the airport, as well as the Airbus Helicopters industrial site, which
is an important activity hub in the region.

![eric_de_balincourt_photo](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/eric_de_balincourt_photo.jpg)

> We are delighted that SYSTRA France has been selected to assist the
> Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis in the construction of this new urban cable
> car, which will complement the existing transport network and provide a direct
> link from rail-to-air transport via the major Airbus Helicopters industrial
> site, one of the region’s key employment hubs. Following the recent award of
> the Zel La Montagne cable car project in Saint-Denis, Réunion, and having
> acted as project manager for the Téléo cable car in Toulouse, this success
> confirms SYSTRA’s position in cable transport engineering.
> Éric de Balincourt, President of SYSTRA France

![vue-aerienne-de-laerogare-du-terminal-1](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/vue-aerienne-de-laerogare-du-terminal-1-660x660.jpg)

_Terminal 1 of the airport_

## A multimodal interchange hub around Vitrolles railway station

The cable car will comprise two clusters of three cabins, capable of
transporting up to 1,200 passengers per hour. The route will run directly from
the regional express train (TER) platform at Vitrolles station to Terminal T1,
in front of the airport terminal building, with an intermediary station close to
the Airbus Helicopters site and will be fully accessible to people with reduced
mobility.

The arrival of the cable car will enable the entire Cap Horizon joint
development zone around the airport to become a multimodal interchange hub, with
a bus station, a park-and-ride facility, and a bus rapid transit service in
addition to the railway station.

## Comprehensive support through to commissioning

The assignment entrusted to SYSTRA, spanning 78 months, is overall project
management, which includes project coordination, technical coordination,
preliminary and regulatory studies, prior consultation, and preparation of
tenders, in particular the award of the comprehensive performance contract,
interface management, and works and studies supervision up to commissioning.

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