HIGH-SPEED CONNECTIONS High-speed mobility brings regions closer together and catalyses their development. Such lines connect up economic, tourist and logistics hubs, as well as employment catchment areas and places where people simply live, opening them up and networking them together to create new dynamics. Egypt is currently building its first ever high-speed network made up of three lines covering some 2,000 kilometres. It will connect up airports, seaports, dry ports and logistics hubs. SYSTRA is playing a central role in this, providing project management support. In Sweden, the Östlanken network will serve the eastern part of the country and will help connect up regions to boost the local economy and employment, as well as better balancing people’s work and private lives. California is also moving into the high-speed era: the state’s first high-speed line is being built and will eventually connect San Francisco to Los Angeles. This project, which has been in the pipeline for some thirty years, is finally taking shape with the design of a first 55 kilometres section at the centre of the state. SYSTRA is supervising its systems engineering aspects. BREATHING LIFE INTO NEW NETWORKS New uses, new nodes on networks, new modes… mobility adapts to people’s ever-changing needs, resulting in new ways of getting about. Bangladesh has opened its first metro line in its capital, Dhaka. An eagerly awaited development for the people of Dhaka one of the most congested capital cities in the world. The network will be made up of six lines and will pass through 112 stations by the time it is completed. Another first was seen in Serbia: Belgrade has fired the starting pistol on its first metro line. This will diversify the transport offering and reduce dependence on cars. In the United Kingdom, work on HS2 has continued, connecting London to Birmingham. SYSTRA also won a major contract to supply the systems for the future network. Uppsala, Sweden’s fourth city, now has its first tramway, designed to give structure to its mobility arrangements and prepare for a population boom over the next thirty years. In Norway, the government is investing in active mobility: it is building an urban bridge-walkway for cyclists and pedestrians over the river Porsgrunnselva. And in Paris, the future is taking shape with the first Grand Paris Express trainset and the awarding of the first design-build contract within the framework of the technical project management support that we are providing for line 15 West. 24 SYSTRA Where thousands of people count on us ,seeneryP nalataC eht ni ,ecnarF nIegdirb engassaC eht