RATP to Halve Journey Time from Paris to Orly with Line 14 Extension Opening on June 24

2024-06-03 19:29:53

With eight new stations and 14 km of further line, the RATP guarantees to halve the journey time from Paris to Orly.

Revealed on 06/03/2024 9:29 pm

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Line 14 extension will probably be opened on 24 June. (RAPHAEL EBENSTEIN – FRANCEINFO – RADIOFRANCE)

We’ll nonetheless have to attend till June 24, however the RATP is making ready to open the extension of line 14 of the Paris metro, already referred to as the spine of the Olympic and Paralympic Video games. This automated line, opened in 1998, will serve eight new stations with two new terminals: Saint-Denis-Pleyel to the north and Orly airport to the south. Franceinfo was in a position to take a preview of the brand new southern part.

Eight new stations, unfold over an extra 14 kilometers, with the target of transporting a million passengers per day – as many because the RER B – as an alternative of 650,000 to this point. Subsequently, the extension of line 14 is sufficient to make one dizzy and it’ll definitely have an effect on the service to Orly from Paris, sums up Emmanuel Sologny, the director of the road. “Orly-Châtelet Airport, 25 minutes, and you’ve got all of the connections to the remainder of the Ile-de-France community.”

“It is about three quarters of an hour right this moment, occurring the Orly bus, or on the Orlyval then on the RER. Then, we divide it in two. The revolution is right here.”

Emmanuel Sologny, director of line 14

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The stakes have been even larger for the RATP because it needed to utterly modify the automated pilot system of line 14. It was revolutionary in 1998, however it’s now out of date.
An invisible change for passengers, which has been in place since February 26 and has not precipitated any issues, delighted Stéphane Garreau, director of operations for the extension of the road. “Refreshing the management system was the essential level of the challenge. Since February, I have been sleeping higher.”he retains.

“The remaining three weeks enable us to check all of the tools, be sure the doorways on the platforms are adjusted appropriately, verify that the trains are stopping in the suitable locations.”

Emmanuel Sologny, director of line 14

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Every little thing is nearly prepared now, swears Emmanuel Sologny. “Within the stations, little by little, we’re going to put the escalators, the lifts, the gross sales tools into service. Beginning subsequent week, I’ve the road brokers who will begin in control of this new tools”. The brand new stations may nearly welcome vacationers already, just like the Orly-Thias one, which is provided with an enormous glass roof. “This passenger constructing does three handball courts, we have now finishes right here and there however functionally, it is in full working order”explains challenge supervisor Xavier Péron.

The target is to hold a million passengers per day on line 14. (RAPHAEL EBENSTEIN – FRANCEINFO – RADIOFRANCE)

The problem of pricing has but to be addressed at Orly. Holders of a youth, senior or Navigo subscription is not going to must pay something further however occasional vacationers should purchase a selected ticket whose worth will probably be aligned with that of the opposite two modes of transport, Orlybus and Orlyval, for 11.50 euros a unit.