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title: Tests begin on the Téléo urban cable car in Toulouse
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# Tests begin on the Téléo urban cable car in Toulouse

![Tests begin on the Téléo urban cable car in Toulouse](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/pylones-teleo-2-min.jpg)

The tests campaign began on Wednesday 28 July in Toulouse, between the Paul
Sabatier university and the Bellevue high school. The first two Téléo cabins
have now taken to the skies and the people of Toulouse are getting used to
seeing this 3-km long line taking shape above the city.

SYSTRA, which belongs to the Design, Build and Maintain consortium led by the
manufacturer Poma, in partnership with Bouygues Travaux Publics Régions France,
SETI, Séquences architecture et urbanisme and ALTISERVICE, is carrying out this
project for Tisséo Collectivités.

![pylones-3-teleo-min](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/pylones-3-teleo-min-1024x682.jpg)

>
> The aim of these tests is to check that each piece of equipment is working
> properly, on the ground, along the cables and in the cabins.
> Charles-Alexandre Cayatte, SYSTRA Head of project

### ⏎ The urban cable car, an original solution for sustainable mobility

The special feature of the Téléo is that it is a detachable 3S cable car, i.e.
with two carrying cables and one hauling cable (3S for ‘3 Seile’ in German,
meaning three cables). This is a technology that is quite rare in the world,
used only on a dozen or so lines, and which combines the technique of detachable
lifts with that of single-cable cable cars. The result is maximum comfort for
passengers. The pylon passages shake as little as possible and the speed of
travel is higher (20 km/h) than with other systems, while at the same time
having low sensitivity to wind.

>
> The environmental issues involved in this project are significant: it passes
> over the floodplain of the Garonne, a Natura 2000 area, a Regional Nature
> Reserve, a Biotope protection site and the protection perimeter of a
> historical monument. The Téléo line has a low environmental impact, with an
> extremely small footprint. Users in the Toulouse conurbation will have access
> to a fast, sustainable and reliable transport service.
>  Julien Jamet, responsible for environmental monitoring of the site

### ⏎ Saving time with a majestic infrastructure and reaching for the clouds

Designed entirely by SYSTRA France’s SGC teams, the five pylons of the Téléo
line are unique in France. Their appearance, in the shape of a four-pointed
sceptre, was developed in a wind tunnel and differs from conventional lattice
structures of this type, while incorporating the wiring brackets required for
operational safety. Majestic in the Toulouse sky, they are built in metal
caissons and reach, with their foundations, up to 74 metres in height.

![17_premier-essai-de-circulation-de-cabine-au-droit-de-p5_gare-ups-en-arriere-plan-min](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/17_premier-essai-de-circulation-de-cabine-au-droit-de-p5_gare-ups-en-arriere-plan-min-1024x505.jpg)

Thanks to the Téléo line, travel times will be considerably reduced: only 10
minutes to cover the 3km of the line, compared with at least 30 minutes by
public transport outside peak hours, between Paul Sabatier university and the
Oncopole, a cancer research centre. This will provide the southern suburbs and
the whole of the Toulouse conurbation with an efficient, high-frequency mobility
service to achieve an effective modal shift.

> Téléo is a pioneering project in a fast-growing market, and we intend to build
> on this success as well as our excellent relationship with the manufacturer,
> Poma, to bring other urban cable cars to life.
> Charles-Alexandre Cayatte, SYSTRA Head of project

### Key features – Téléo cable car

- Length: 3km
- Number of stations: 3
- Number of cabins: 15 Poma Sigma 3S Symphony – Pininfarina
- Capacity of each cabin: 34 passengers
- 1 garage for the cabins (Paul Sabatier university side)
- Travel time:
  - 10 minutes from terminus to terminus
  - 90 seconds between each cabin
- Number of pylons: 5
- Height of pylons: from 30 to 70.5 metres
- Speed of cabins: 20km/h
- Forecast ridership:
  - 8,000 passengers per day
  - 1,500 passengers per hour and per direction in rush hour
- Relay parking of 500 places at Oncopole
- Commissioning: end 2021

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