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title: "Téléo urban cable car in Toulouse – France"
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# Téléo urban cable car in Toulouse – France

![Téléo urban cable car in Toulouse – France](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/teleo_2.jpg)

**With Téléo, users in the greater Toulouse area have access to a fast, sustainable, and reliable transport service. On 13 May 2022, SYSTRA and the consortium led by the contractor Poma inaugurated Téléo, the[ urban cable car](https://www.systra.com/en/markets/cable-car-monorail/) in Toulouse, which is being commissioned by Tisséo, the authority responsible for organising transport in the greater Toulouse area, following years of studies, design, and execution. An engineering success to which SYSTRA brought all its expertise to every project phase.**

Téléo links Oncopole to Paul Sabatier university (30,000 students) via the
teaching hospital of Rangueil (with 210,000 medical consultations per year) in
just 10 minutes instead of 30 minutes by road. These three major sites are thus
connected to the existing transport network (metro and bus) as well as to the
main structures located nearby.

### HIGH-PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGY FOR A SUSTAINABLE MODE OF TRANSPORT

The special feature of 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 3
cables). This is a rather rare technology, used only on a dozen lines worldwide
combining the technique of detachable ski lifts with that of single-cable cable
cars.

With only 5 pylons installed on its 3km route, Téléo is a technical feat. The
Téléo pylons, designed by SYSTRA France, are unique in France: built from metal
caissons, they are up to 70.5m high and are fitted with tuned dynamic dampers, a
system which reduces the movement of the pylons under the effect of the wind.

The design, in the shape of a four-pointed sceptre, was developed in a wind
tunnel and differs from the classic latticework of its kind. Ensuring maximum
comfort for passengers, Téléo will be able to operate in winds of up to 109km/h,
compared with 70km/h for a single-cable equivalent.

### A PROJECT ADAPTED TO ITS ENVIRONMENT

SYSTRA France’s teams also took into consideration the
[many environmental issues involved in this project](https://www.systra.com/en/markets/power/)
, in particular the fact that it will be passing over the flood plain of the
Garonne, a Natura 2000 area, a Regional Nature Reserve, a Biotope protection
site, and the perimeter of a protected historical monument. Téléo therefore has
a low environmental impact, with an extremely small footprint.

### SAFETY AT THE HEART OF THE PROJECT

SYSTRA France took part in all the technical tests, contributing its expertise
in particular on metal structures, stations, pylons, underground structures, and
administrative and regulatory safety procedures. The test campaign that began in
July 2021 in Toulouse, between the Paul Sabatier University and the Bellevue
high school, made it possible to secure the system before the installation of
the cabins.

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