Transregional projects
Deployment of ERTMS on board trains
- ERTMS is the European harmonised rail traffic management and signalling system.
- In 2017, SNCF Réseau received a grant of €117 million linked to the CEF (Connecting Europe Facility) programme to finance the deployment of ERTMS on the Paris-Lyon high-speed line.
- In February 2021, SNCF Réseau helped rolling stock owners submit a single French application to finance the ERTMS equipment of 252 vehicles running throughout France. A European grant of €31 million has been obtained, again under the MIE/CEF programme.
Auvergne - Rhône-Alpes
Modernisation of the Étoile Ferroviaire Lyonnaise
- This project aims to increase the capacity of the current infrastructure for passenger and freight services, and to build a sustainable and progressive investment plan over 20 years with the mobility stakeholders.
- The financing of the project, which totals €310 million, involves several players: the European Union for €40 million (13%), the State for €110 million (36%), the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region for €110 million (36%), SNCF Réseau for €40 million (13%), and the Metropolis of Lyon and CNR for €10 million (2%).
- Initiated in 2015, the project, which is divided into 32 operations, will strengthen the Lyon region’s rail network by 2025.
The RER Sud-Léman
- An extension of the Léman Express, which has been in service since December 2019, the commissioning of Sud-Léman will complete the rail link around Lake Geneva. The line will link St Maurice to Geneva via the southern shore of Lake Geneva, on French territory.
- The study phase which is beginning, for a total amount of €1.089 million, is financed to the tune of €508,000 by the ERDF fund.
- The studies will take place in 2021 and 2022, with a consultation phase in the first half of 2022.
The Lyon-Turin project
- The French section of the Lyon-Turin will link Lyon to Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne. It includes the creation of 140 km of new lines with the construction of several tunnels and viaducts and connections to the existing network.
- On the basis of the forecast budget of €8.6 billion (updated in 2020), the European Union has declared itself ready to finance an exceptional share of 50 or even 55%.
- The Lyon-Turin project is scheduled to come into service in 2030.
Grand Est
Modernisation of the Mulhouse railway junction
- Mulhouse station (68) is a major rail hub in the Grand Est network, with regional, national and cross-border connections. This project, which will be completed in 2025, aims to improve train traffic, in terms of the capacity of the rail network at Mulhouse station and the quality of service for customers.
- The total cost of the operation is estimated at €110.2 million, including €98.3 million in work co-financed by the European Union (study phase), the State, the Grand Est region and SNCF Réseau. European funding (via MIE/CEF, the trans-European transport infrastructure development programme): €24.6 million.
- 2020-2021: modification work on the track layout and catenaries on the Strasbourg and Basel sides, as well as platform work. 2021-2023: signalling works. 2024-2025: commissioning of the connection to Central Network Control (CCR) and commissioning of the track and platform dedicated to the Mulhouse-Müllheim link.
Lunéville station accessibility
- SNCF Réseau is carrying out work to ensure access to the platforms for people with reduced mobility at Lunéville station (54). This work consists of raising and repairing the station’s three platforms.
- This €4.6 million operation is co-financed by the European Union, the State and the Grand Est region.
- Initiated in 2020, the work will resume from 10 May to 28 May 2021, at night. Accessibility will continue to be improved in the coming years with the construction of a footbridge equipped with lifts.
Sarrebourg station accessibility
- SNCF Réseau is carrying out work to ensure access to the platforms for people with reduced mobility at Sarrebourg station (57). These works consist of the installation of three lifts, the upgrading of platform 3 and the upgrading of the lighting on the station site.
- The co-financiers are the State, the Grand Est region (€3.2 million and €2.9 million for the study phase) and the European Union (ERDF fund).
- After a first phase of night and day work from 18 January to 17 April 2021, the second phase will take place from 21 June to 11 September 2021.
Creation of a 4th track between Strasbourg and Vendenheim
- The Strasbourg rail hub (67) is experiencing saturation problems. In order to increase the capacity of the northern sector, to meet the expectations of passengers and to accompany the regional economic vitality, a project for a 4th fast track of 8 km between Strasbourg and Vendenheim would make it possible to develop the rail offer and make it more attractive.
- The project is supported by Europe (€25m), the State (€41m), the Grand Est region (€41m) and SNCF (€10m) for a total estimated cost of €117m.
- Commercial operation will commence in 2022.
Ile-de-France
Ligne Massy Valenton : amélioration du contournement ferroviaire sud de Paris
- Sur la ligne du contournement ferroviaire sud de Paris (Massy-Valenton), la configuration du réseau ferré n’est pas optimisée pour accueillir la centaine de trains circulant chaque jour (TGV, RER C, trains de fret) : des raccordements à voie unique de part et d’autre de la ligne avec le réseau grande vitesse forment des goulets d’étranglement. Les aménagements des secteurs Est et Ouest de la ligne résoudront la majorité des difficultés de circulation rencontrées.
- Le coût total du projet (secteurs Est et Ouest) a été estimé à 217 M€. Le secteur Ouest est subventionné par l’Europe à hauteur de 3 M€ pour les études détaillées (PRO/DCE).
- Le projet d’amélioration du secteur Est (travaux en cours) sera mis en service en novembre 2021. Le projet d’amélioration du secteur Ouest consiste à créer un nouveau « saut de mouton » pour supprimer les conflits de cisaillement entre TGV et RER, et à créer une deuxième voie de raccordement dédiée aux TGV pour supprimer le croisement conflictuel entre les TGV de sens contraire sur la ville d’Antony. L’objectif est une mise en service fin 2027.
Normandy
Modernisation of the Serqueux-Gisors line
- The modernisation of the Serqueux-Gisors line is intended to make the ports of Normandy a privileged access point for goods from all over the world, and the Seine Axis a bridge between the international market, the Ile-de-France hub and continental Europe.
- The work has taken more than three years and was subsidised by the European Union to the tune of €71 million under the MIE/CEF programme.
- On 12 March 2021, SNCF Réseau teams put this route back into commercial service for freight traffic. TER traffic, which was interrupted during the works, resumed on 29 March 2021.
Occitanie
Gare de Toulouse Matabiau
- Favoriser l’accessibilité, développer l’intermodalité, simplifier le passage d’un mode de transport à l’autre, telle est l’ambition de SNCF Réseau et Gares & Connexions pour répondre aux attentes des voyageurs et développer l’offre de transport autour de la gare de Toulouse-Matabiau. Les aménagements du pôle d’échanges englobent à terme la gare ferroviaire, les stationnements, la gare routière, les différents parvis et les accès aux lignes de métro.
- Le coût total du projet est estimé à 350 M€. En 2021, démarrent les travaux de réaménagement des sous-sols et du rez-de-chaussée de la gare, ainsi que la préparation des travaux de mise en accessibilité et d’élargissement du souterrain nord. Ce dernier projet représente un investissement de 30 M€ dont 3,6 M€ subventionnés par l’Europe. Ces travaux s’achèveront à la fin de l’année 2023.
- Les premiers travaux, initiés en 2019, ont porté sur les boulevards, la dépose minute, le parvis côté Canal du Midi avec son accès au métro et la restauration de la façade historique de la gare, ainsi que la réorganisation des services dans les étages de la gare. Le chantier se poursuit aujourd'hui avec la modernisation des espaces publics de la gare historique et s’achèvera en 2030 avec l’extension du pôle d’échanges multimodal de l’autre côté du plateau de voies ferrées, côté Marengo.
Provence - Alpes - Côte-d'Azur
Central Control of the Marseilles-Ventimiglia line
- This project will improve regularity on the Marseilles-Ventimiglia route, which is currently saturated. The line will be the hybrid ERTMS level 3 demonstrator for the French conventional network.
- The project is already partly financed by the European Union (€11.9 million for technical studies).
- The first section between Grasse-Cannes and Menton is scheduled to come into service by the end of 2026.
New Provence Côte d’Azur Line (LNPCA)
- This project, in its phases 1 and 2, is the structuring rail response to improving daily travel and desaturating the metropolitan areas of Aix-Marseilles, Toulon, Nice and the Côte d’Azur. The public utility enquiry file on the perimeter of the operations identified in phases 1 and 2 is being prepared to launch this enquiry at the end of 2021.
- The European Union is participating in the financing of all the studies prior to the public enquiry of the project.
- The Marseilles-Nice-Genoa railway axis will be included in the Mediterranean Corridor of the Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T). As such, projects such as LNPCA that are located on this structuring corridor will be eligible for European financial aid under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF).