The Rail Market in France 2010

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CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 4

1. GOVERNMENT 5 Political funding environment 5 Subsidised services 6 Open access and regulation 6 Regional councils 6

2. MAIN LINE RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE 8

Réseau Ferré de France 8 Organisation 8 Finance 9 Key figures 10 Traffic 10 New lines 11 Renewals 11 Electrification 12

Selected new/major upgrading projects 12 High-speed line projects LGV Bordeaux-Spanish Border 13 LGV Bordeaux-Toulouse 13 LGV Bretagne/Pays de la Loire 14 LGV Est Européen (Phase 2) 14 LGV Paris-Orléans-Clermont Ferrand-Lyon 15 LGV Poitiers-Limoges 15 LGV Provence-Alpes-Côtes d’Azur 16 LGV Rhine-Rhône 16 LGV Sud Europe Atlantique 17

Other projects CDG Express 18 Haut-Bugey line 18 Lyon freight bypass 19 Lyon-Turin Transalpine Rail Link 19 Montpellier-Perpignan line 20 Nîmes/Montpellier bypass line 20 Roissy-Picardie link 21 Tangentielle Nord (Paris) 21

3. TRAIN OPERATING COMPANIES 23

Euro Cargo Rail 23 Eurporte France 23 Colas Rail 23

4. URBAN RAILWAY SYSTEMS 28

Metro systems 28 Lille/Roubaix/Tourcoing 28 Lyon 29 Marseille 29 Paris 30 Rennes 31 Toulouse 31

Light rail systems 32 Angers 32 Aubagne 33 Besançon 34 Bordeaux 34 Brest 35 Dijon 35 Grenoble 36 Le Havre 36 Lens-Béthune 37 Lille/Roubaix/Tourcoing 37 Lyon 38 Le Mans 38 Marseille 39 Montpellier 40 Mulhouse 40 Nantes 41 Nice 42 Orléans 43 Paris: Line T1 (St-Denis─Bobigny) 43 Paris: Line T2 (La Défense─Issy Val-de-Seine) 45 Paris: Line T7 (Villejuif─Athis-Mons) 45 Reims 46 Rouen 46 St-Étienne 47 Strasbourg 47 Toulouse 48 Tours 49 Valenciennes 49

5. OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT COMPANIES 50

Keolis 50 Transdev 50 Veolia Transport 50

INTRODUCTION

The rail market in France is characterised by continuing expansion of its already extensive high-speed network – supported by a strong commitment from government, increasingly attractive regional services, but many challenges in the freight sector. However, in the last-mentioned, the government has pledged major investments to drive a modal shift to rail as part of its environmental policies.

Rail is also providing an environmentally sound solution to rising mobility demands in France’s cities and larger towns, with nearly 30 communities operating, building or planning light rail or metro systems.

The size and diversity of the rail market in France provide great opportunities for suppliers, and while there is a strong and creative domestic industry offering the most advanced technologies, excellent prospects exist for foreign companies.

This report provides a concise overview of the structure of France’s national rail system, including the government, funding and regulatory environment, plus key details of the main infrastructure projects that will enhance both high-speed and conventional networks. In addition, it outlines the main businesses within the country’s national operator, SNCF. Also listed are the regional councils that are responsible for specifying levels of service within the areas they represent.

In the freight sector, the report lists the principal operators that are now competing with SNCF to play a growing role in the provision of rail transport services.

France’s continuing boom in the development of urban rail systems is reflected in a city- by-city of all current networks and projects.

Website addresses are provided to enable users of the report to access additional information on the organisations listed.

October 2010

1. GOVERNMENT

The government transport portfolio falls within the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development, Energy and the Sea (Ministère de l'Ecologie, de l'Energie du Développement Durable et de la Mer).

Website: www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr

Political funding environment

The French government is committed to a sustainable transport policy, including the shift of freight traffic to rail and inland waterways. The means to achieve this are principally major investment in transport infrastructure.

Following a summit meeting on the environment after gaining power, the current Sarkozy government pledged a series of measures on transport including the construction of 2,500 km of new high-speed rail lines by 2020. Regional councils are also investing heavily in improvements to local railways and in new rolling stock. A listing of these is provided below. Major and medium-sized cities are investing in new or expanded light rail systems (see Section 4).

Grand Paris, a major plan for the greater Paris region, was unveiled in 2010. Investment in transport infrastructure will be EUR35 billion, the most important part entailing construction of a 130 km orbital driverless metro, describing two loops and including the current RATP Métro Line 14. This project is still at an early stage of design. In addition, SNCF has put forward proposals to build high-speed lines linking existing lines within greater Paris, as well as up to 12 new stations to serve the conurbation.

In September 2009 the government pledged investment of EUR7 billion on the development of rail freight. The main planks of this are:

• creation of a network of "rolling highways" (autoroutes ferroviaires) carrying complete lorries or trailers. • doubling combined traffic of containers and swap bodies by train by 2020. • creating local short line, low cost freight operators (opérateurs ferroviaires de proximité or OFPs) to serve rural areas. • developing high-speed freight train services between airports. • creating a dedicated freight network and eliminating bottlenecks. • improving rail freight services to ports. • improving the quality of paths for freight trains.

Subsidised services

Most long-distance passenger services are not directly subsidised in France. International services are open to competition following EU rules. A minority of long-distance services, including most overnight trains, do not cover their costs but are maintained for reasons of "regional cohesion". In 2010 the government proposed to tax services making a surplus to cross-subsidise these services.

Regional, local and suburban passenger services are heavily subsidised. This is mainly done by central government through transfers to regional governments which are free to use the money as they wish and to add extra investment from local sources. The transfer of power to the regions has led to massive investment on modernisation since 2002. Competition for the operation of local passenger services on the national network is not favoured by any political party.

Open access and regulation

France has generally opposed EU moves to liberalise the rail market and has been relatively slow to implement EU policies in this area. Infrastructure management is superficially under the control of national infrastructure authority RFF but this body is obliged by law to delegate most tasks to incumbent operator SNCF. Rail freight was theoretically opened up in March 2003 but the lack of a practical framework meant the first open access freight train did not run until autumn 2005. At the start of 2010 only 11 railway undertakings had safety certificates to operate in France, including incumbent SNCF and its subsidiary VFLI, and two companies which no longer existed.

It was not until 2006 that the government set up an independent rail safety authority, the Etablissement Public de Sécurité Ferroviaire (EPSF): www.securite-ferroviaire.fr

France opened up international passenger services to competition in late 2009 but none have yet started. In 2010 the French government was in the process of setting up an office of rail regulation.

Regional councils (Conseils Régionaux)

Alsace: www.region-alsace.eu Aquitaine: http://aquitaine.fr Auvergne: www.auvergne.eu Basse-Normandie: www.cr-basse-normandie.fr Bourgogne: www.cr-bourgogne.fr Bretagne: www.bretagne.fr Centre: www.regioncentre.fr Champagne-Ardenne: www.cr-champagne-ardenne.fr

Mack Brooks Exhibitions Limited © 2010 6 Franche-Comté: www.franche-comte.fr Haute-Normandie: www.hautenormandie.fr Languedoc-Roussillon: www.laregion.fr Lorraine: www.cr-lorraine.fr Picardie: www.cr-picardie.fr Ile-de-France: www.iledefrance.fr Limousin: www.region-limousin.fr Midi-Pyrénées: www.cr-mip.fr Nord Pas-de-Calais: www.nordpasdecalais.fr Pays de la Loire: www.paysdelaloire.fr Poitou-Charentes: www.cr-poitou-charentes.fr Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: www.regionpaca.fr Rhône-Alpes: www.rhonealpes.fr

2. MAIN LINE RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE

Réseau Ferré de France

Route length 29,473 km (of which 1,881 km high-speed lines)

Track length 53,452 km

Electrification 9,390 at 25 kV AC 50 Hz; 5,912 at 1.5 kV DC; 122 km other

Signalling systems 1,807 km TVM; 15,646 km automatic block; 4,960 manual interlockings; 2,053 computer-aided single line block sections

Number of tunnels 1,742 (total length 637 km)

Number of bridges 27,208

Website www.rff.fr

Source: RFF (2009)

Organisation

RFF was established in 1997 as a state-owned public company (EPIC) to manage, develop and invest in the French national rail network. Operation and maintenance of the system is subcontracted to French National Railways (SNCF) under a management agreement signed in 1998. Under this arrangement SNCF is responsible for all infrastructure maintenance and renewals. Revisions to the agreement in 2006 introduced a performance- rather than resources-based regime aimed at improving RFF control over these activities.

RFF’s headquarters structure comprises eight directorates responsible for:

• Communications and External Relations • Finance and Purchasing

A structure of 12 regional directorates contributes to successful relationships with the 22 regional authorities. The 12 directorates are:

• Alsace/Lorraine/Champagne-Ardenne • Aquitaine/Poitou Charentes • Bretagne/Pays de la Loire • Bourgogne/Franche-Comté • Centre/Limousin • Greater Paris Region (Île de France) • Languedoc-Roussillon • Midi-Pyrenees • Nord-Pas de Calais/Picardie • Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur • Rhône-Alpes/Auvergne • Basse & Haute Normandie

In 2008 RFF employed around 940 staff.

Finance

Funding sources are access charges, an infrastructure grant from central government and subsidies and investments from national and local government for individual projects. Access charge payments come mainly from SNCF but income from other operators has risen with the opening of the domestic network to the freight sector in 2006 and should rise further after 2010 when international passenger services gained the right to use the network.

In 2006 RFF adopted the principle of public private partnership funding for major projects. The first schemes selected for contracts of this type were the LGV Sud Europe Atlantique and the Nîmes/Montpellier bypass line. Investments are also influenced by the Agency for Transport Infrastructure Financing (AFITF), set up by the government in 2005 to optimise transport infrastructure funding, and part of the Ministry.

EUR billion 2009 2008

Commercial revenues 3.281 3.099 Of which infrastructure fees 2.985 2.832

State contribution to infrastructure costs 2.421 0.717

Investments: network development 0.9276 0.8924 Investments: regional development 0.6444 0.7116 Investments: upgrading 0.1858 0.2035 Total investments 3.2964 2.9578

Earnings before tax, depreciation, 1.5856 0.3971 amortisation and provisions (EBITDA) Operating profit/(loss) 1.5854 8.8101

Source: RFF (2009 annual report)

Traffic

Around 9 million train services annually use the RFF network.

Train-km (million) 2009 2008

TGV services 139.8 137.8 National & intercity passenger 51.3 53.6 Regional express 180.3 178.6 Paris/Ile de France 63.7 61.1 Freight 97.0 137.7 Other SNCF 13.0 15.3

Total SNCF 545.1 584.1

Other operators 15.5 15.5

Total 560.6 599.6

Source: RFF (2009 annual report)

Significant changes have already been seen as a result of deregulation of the domestic rail freight market in France, which formally came into effect on 31 March 2006. This enables operators which have obtained a safety certificate to operate over the RFF network in competition with Fret SNCF.

As well as investing in new and upgraded lines, RFF is currently implementing a nationwide regular interval timetable which it says will allow more efficient use of capacity.

New lines

RFF is the sponsoring organisation for most new line and network enhancement projects in France, covering both high-speed and conventional lines. However, there are exceptions. The two most notable are:

• The Perpignan-Figueras (Spain) mixed use (high-speed passenger/freight) line, which is the subject of a 50-year Design, Build, Operate, Maintain concession awarded to the TP Ferro Concesionaria SA consortium. See below.

• The CDG Express rail link, which is being developed by the Ministry and is to be taken forward as a public private partnership concession to build, operate and maintain the line. See below.

Renewals

Growing concerns about the deteriorating condition of sections of the national rail system in France led RFF and SNCF in 2004 to commission an independent audit of the network by a team of experts from L’Ecole Polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne. Delivered in 2005, the audit report recommended increased levels of annual investments in renewals, which had recently been totalling around €800-900 million. These recommendations formed the basis of submissions to government by RFF and SNCF and in May 2006 increased funding for renewals over the period 2006-10 was announced by Transport Minister Dominique Perben.

Over this five-year period the government undertook to provide €1.87 billion of additional funding, rising from €110 million in 2006 to €600 million in 2010. The length of track renewed, which stood at 420 km in 2005, was to rise progressively to 650 km by 2010. The actual figure was 955 km in 2009. Also covered by the funding is the accelerated modernisation of signalling systems and the renovation of tunnels.

Mack Brooks Exhibitions Limited © 2010 11 Conditions imposed on the release of this funding include the creation of a rolling performance contract for the period 2007-10 between RFF and the government and the implementation of five specific priority actions:

• Development of a multi-year track renewals and maintenance programme. • The replacement of 1,500 signalboxes by a small number of regional train control centres. • A reduction in the number of unused service and station/terminal tracks. • The modernisation of maintenance methods. • A reorganisation of rail traffic management.

Electrification

Nearly half of the RFF network is electrified, covering virtually all main lines. Around 90 per cent of traffic is electrically hauled. Some parts of the network use the older 1.5 kV DC system and others, including high-speed lines, employ the 25 kV AC single-phase system. RFF has steadily continued to electrify, often as part of general upgrading programmes or to provide links with newly built high-speed lines.

Selected new/major upgrading projects

By 2009 the high-speed network in France had grown to 1,881 route-km. Principal lines (Lignes à Grande Vitesse) are:

• LGV Paris Sud-Est (Paris-Lyon-Valence) • LGV Méditerranée (Valence-Marseille) • LGV Atlantique (Paris-Tours/Le Mans) • LGV Nord (Paris-Lille(-Brussels)-Calais(-London)) • LGV Est Européen (Paris-Baudrecourt) • Perpignan-Figueras (Spain) - completed in 2009 but opened to services in 2010.

A major expansion of the system is planned, entailing construction of several new lines. Maximum speed on high-speed lines has gradually risen from 270 to 320 km/h and may rise to 350 or 360 km/h in future. These are detailed below, together with other significant main line projects.

LGV Bordeaux-Spanish Border

Website www.gpso.fr

Route Bordeaux-Dax-Hendaye (not defined).

The line will connect with the LGV Sud Europe Atlantique, effectively extending high-speed services to the border with Spain. Mixed use (passenger and freight) from Dax to the Spanish border is likely.

Route length 250-260 km

Cost €3.75 billion (estimated)

Status Public consultation 2006; no commissioning date.

LGV Bordeaux-Toulouse

Website www.gpso.fr

Route Bordeaux-Agen-Toulouse (not defined). Common trunk from Bordeaux with LGV Bordeaux-Spanish border.

Aims of the project include improving access to the Midi- Pyrenees region, connecting Toulouse to the national high-speed network and creating the first section of a projected ‘Grand Sud' (Great South) transversal high- speed line linking Sud Europe Atlantique and Méditerranée lines.

Route length Approximately 200 km

Cost €2.8-2.9 billion (estimated)

Status Studies in progress. DUP inquiry from 2011. No commissioning date.

LGV Bretagne/Pays de la Loire

Website www.lgv-bpl.net

Route Le Mans-Rennes plus branch to Sablé-sur-Sarthe.

Combined with improvements to classic lines west of Rennes, the new line will meet the objective of providing a 3¼ hour journey time between Paris and Brest and Quimper.

Route length 182 km of new line + 32 km of links to existing network.

Cost €3.4 billion

Status PPP contractor to be chosen end 2010.

Construction expected to start 2011 leading to commissioning by 2015.

LGV Est Européen (Phase 2)

Website www.lgv-est.com

Route Baudrecourt (Moselle)-Vendenheim (Bas Rhin).

Line to complete domestic high-speed link between Paris and principal cities in eastern France, including Strasbourg; also to provide a link to the European high- speed network towards Luxembourg, Switzerland and Germany.

Route length 106 km including a 4.02 km tunnel

Cost €2.01 billion (2008 prices)

Status Construction expected to start in 2011. Commissioning expected 2016.

LGV Paris-Orléans-Clermont-Ferrand-Lyon

Website www.lgv-pocl.fr

Route Paris-Orléans-Bourges-Clermont Ferrand-Lyon

This line will be designed to serve intermediate cities but also to relieve the first Paris-Lyon LGV.

Route length Approximately 400 km

Cost Not known.

Status Studies underway prior to a public debate in 2011. Commissioning date not set.

LGV Poitiers-Limoges

Website www.lgvpoitierslimoges.com

Route Poitiers-Limoges

By making a connection with the extended LGV Sud Europe Atlantique, the line is aimed at improving links between Paris and the Centre-West region and to make the Limousin region more accessible to Atlantic coast cities.

Route length Approximately 115 km (single track)

Cost €1.5 billion (estimated, 2009)

Status Studies and public inquiry will continue to 2012. Commissioning could take place in 2016, at the same time as the LGV Sud Europe Atlantique is extended to Bordeaux.

LGV Provence-Alpes-Côtes d’Azur

Website www.lgvpaca.fr

Route Marseille-Toulon-Nice

The line is intended to improve links between Marseille and Nice and to relieve the existing heavily used network.

Route length Approximately 180 km

Cost Up to €16 billion

Status Public debate undertaken in 2005. Route close to coast chosen in 2009 over less expensive route further inland. Commissioning expected around 2023.

LGV Rhin-Rhône

Website www.lgvrhinrhone.com

Route Eastern branch Phase 1: Villers-les-Pots (Dijon)-Petit Croix (Belfort), with two new stations.

Southern branch: Dole-Lyon (route not defined), with one new station.

Western branch: Genlis (Dijon)-Turcey (PLM main line)- LGV Paris Sud-Est (option) (route not defined).

Together the three lines are intended to strengthen links between Germany, Switzerland and northeast France and the Rhône-Alpes region, the Midi and Spain.

Mixed use (passenger and freight) of the Southern branch is proposed.

Route length Eastern branch Phase 1: 140 km

Eastern branch Phase 2: 36 km

Southern branch: subject to studies

Western branches: section serving Dijon 46 km with new station at Porte Neuve, westernmost section (about 25 km) subject to studies.

Cost Eastern branch Phase 1: €2.312 billion

Southern and Western branches: not defined

Status Eastern branch: construction commenced July 2006; commissioning scheduled for December 2011. Phase 2 under study.

Southern branch: preliminary studies completed 2009; no commissioning date.

Western branch: preliminary studies in progress; no commissioning date.

LGV Sud Europe Atlantique

Website www.lgvsudeuropeatlantique.org

Route Tours-Bordeaux.

The line will extend true high-speed services south from Tours to Bordeaux. See also LGV Bordeaux-Toulouse and LGV Bordeaux-Spanish Border.

Route length 303 km of new line + 39 km of links to existing network

Cost €7.8 billion

Status Angoulême-Bordeaux: DUP awarded 2006

Tours- Angoulême: DUP awarded 2009.

To be constructed under a concession agreement concluded with the grouping LISEA in March 2010

Commissioning 2016.

CDG Express

Website www.cdgexpress.equipement.gouv.fr

Route Paris Gare de l’Est-Charles-de-Gaulle Airport

The aim of the line is to provide a fast, high-frequency rail service between central Paris and the capital’s principal airport, partly using upgraded RER Line B tracks.

Route length 32 km (including 23 km of existing line)

Cost €640 million, of which €120 million for rolling stock.

Status Project led by the Ministry of Transport. To be taken forward as a public private partnership concession to build, operate and maintain the line.

Commissioning expected 2016.

Haut-Bugey line

Website www.rff-hautbugey.fr

Route Bourg-en-Bresse – Bellegarde-sur-Valserine

Modernisation and electrification of existing line and reopening of 29 km closed section for use by TGV services to cut distance/journey time between Paris and Geneva.

Route length 65 km

Cost €310 million, not including two new stations

Status Work in progress; commissioning scheduled December 2010

Lyon freight bypass

Website www.rff-cafal.info/project

Route Ambérieu-Heyrieux-Sibelin

A line to the east of Lyon to divert hazardous goods away from the metropolitan area and relieve rail congestion. To be constructed in Northern and Southern sections.

Route length Approximately 60 km

Cost Northern section (Ambérieu-Heyrieux) €1.504 billion; total cost €2.9 billion.

Status Initial studies accepted by Minister in 2009. Northern route chosen; Southern route still at study stage. No commissioning date set.

Lyon-Turin Transalpine Rail Link

Website www.lyon-turin.info and www.ltf-sas.com

Route Lyon-Chambéry (mixed use line); Avressieux- Montmélian (freight line); St Jean de Maurienne-Bruzolo, Italy (mixed use base tunnel).

Bruzolo-Turin routes in Italy are the responsibility of Italy’s rail infrastructure authority, RFI.

Route length Grenay (Lyon)-Chambéry – 79 km (15.3 km in tunnel)

Avressieux-Montmélian - 85 km (40 km in tunnel)

St Jean de Maurienne-Bruzolo – 72 km

Cost Lyon-Montmélian €7.3 billion St Jean-de-Maurienne-Bruzolo €9 billion

Status RFF responsible for Lyon-Chambéry and Avressieux- Montmélian. Technical studies for the St Jean de

Mack Brooks Exhibitions Limited © 2010 19 Maurienne-Bruzolo international section, which includes a 53.1 km base tunnel through the Ambin Massif, are the responsibility of Lyon Turin Ferroviaire SAS, a joint venture company owned equally by RFF and RFI.

Public enquiry into the French side of the project initiated in 2005. Technical studies continuing. Construction provisionally scheduled to start by 2010 for a projected opening in 2018-20.

Montpellier-Perpignan line

Route Lattes (Montpellier)-Perpignan

A new, probably mixed use line, extending from the Nîmes-Montpellier bypass (see above) to Perpignan, meeting the Perpignan-Figueras (Spain) line, to complete a new high-speed and freight route from Paris to Barcelona.

Route length Approximately 160 km

Cost €5-6 billion.

Status Public debate completed in 2009. Studies under way with DUP expected in 2015 and commissioning by 2020.

Nîmes/Montpellier bypass line

Website www.rff-cnm.org

Route Manduel (Nîmes)-Lattes (Montpellier) with two stations.

The bypass line forms part of a package of projects aimed at improving the route between the LGV Méditerranée and the LGV Perpignan-Figueras(-Spain). Also included is the modernisation of the Montpellier-Perpignan line (see below)

Route length 60 km + 20 km of links to existing network

Cost €1.62 billion

Status To be developed as a public-private partnership. DUP granted in 2005; PPP contract 2008; commissioning 2016.

Roissy-Picardie link

Route Paris Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle Airport to Paris-Creil main line.

A short line to give a suburban link from Amiens, Compiègne and Creil to Roissy airport as well as access for TGVs from Amiens to the high-speed network.

Route length 8-15 km according to option chosen.

Cost Approximately €250 million.

Status Public consultation held during 2010. Commissioning by 2020.

Tangentielle Nord (Paris)

Website www.tangentiellenord.com

Route Noisy le Sec-Sartrouville

New orbital suburban line in northeast Paris, alongside alignment of existing freight railway. To limit construction costs, line will only be used by tram-train LRVs. 14 stations of which 6 will be new.

Route length 28 km

Status Construction started 2009; commissioning 2014-16.

3. TRAIN OPERATING COMPANIES

Euro Cargo Rail

Website: www.eurocargorail.com

Subsidiary of DB Schenker Rail and part of its Region West, ECR was among the first open access operators to commence services in France and now operates across the whole country. The company has a fleet of 20 electric and more than 100 diesel locomotives.

Europorte France

Website: www.europorte.com

Europorte is a subsidiary of Eurotunnel. It took over the French activities of Veolia Cargo in November 2009. The company operates freight trains across France and includes these subsidiaries:

• Europorte Channel: operates and develops through freight services via the Channel Tunnel. • Europorte Proximités: formerly CFTA Cargo, concentrating on serving branch lines • Socorail: provides shunting services for industrial sites.

Europorte also owns British operator GB Railfreight.

Colas Rail

Website: www.colasrail.com

A subsidiary of the Colas road construction company, itself part of the Bouygues Group, rail maintenance firm Colas Rail holds an open access safety certificate and moves construction materials from Colas quarries around the network in France. The company aims to haul 3 million tonnes a year. It has a fleet of 28 Vossloh diesel locomotives.

Régie Autonome des Transport Parisiens (RATP)

Website: www.ratp.fr

Jointly with SNCF, RATP operates two lines, Lines A and B, of the Paris RER five-line electrified (1.5 kV DC) cross-city suburban heavy rail network. Lines operated by RATP total 115 km. Services are operated using some 1,100 EMU cars.

Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français/French National Railways (SNCF)

Website:www.sncf.com

France’s state-owned national railway company was created in 1938. Its principal businesses are:

• SNCF Voyages (www.voyages-sncf.com), responsible for TGV and long- distance passenger services. • Proximités, responsible for greater Paris/Ile de France suburban passenger services (www.transilien.com) and regional passenger services (www.ter- sncf.com). • Fret SNCF (http://fret.sncf.com), responsible for rail freight services. • Infrastructure & Ingénierie, responsible for managing and maintaining the rail network under contract to RFF. • Gares & Connexions, responsible for managing and developing stations.

In 2009 the SNCF group employed 235,000 employees of which 160,000 were public servants within SNCF itself.

SNCF traction and rolling stock fleet (mid-2010)

TGV high-speed trainsets 437

Electric locomotives 1,431

Diesel locomotives 1,355

Tractor locomotives 1,040

EMUs 1,462 (5,171 cars)

DMUs 1,060 (2,271 cars)

Hauled coaches 5,261

SNCF Voyages

SNCF Voyages operates long-distance services in France and into neighbouring countries, mainly operated by TGV high-speed train sets but also with Téoz hauled stock. Medium-distance passenger trains, many of them loss-making, and Lunéa overnight services, which are not considered core businesses, are part of the Proximités activity.

SNCF Voyages is a partner in several companies operating international high-speed services, including Alleo (www.alleo.eu), Artesia (www.artesia.eu), Eurostar Group (www.eurostar.com), Lyria (www.tgv-lyria.fr) and Thalys (www.thalys.com) plus Elipsos (www.elipsos.com) operating overnight trains from France to Spain.

Excluding jointly-owned Eurostar and Thalys international fleets, SNCF Voyages operates a fleet of 436 TGVs comprising:

• 107 8-car TGV PSE • 105 10-car TGV Atlantique • 60 8-car TGV Réseau • 89 8-car TGV Duplex (double-deck) • 19 8-car TGV Réseau-Duplex (double-deck) • 37 8-car TGV Dasye (double-deck) • 19 8-car TGV POS

All SNCF Voyages services have compulsory reservation, with capacity controlled by a yield management system designed to maximise revenue per seat. Average seat occupation is over 75%. SNCF runs the most successful travel website in Europe, with revenue of EUR2.23 billion in 2008.

SNCF Proximités

SNCF Proximités has four main activities:

• Corail Intercités: SNCF separated medium-distance services from long-distance services as they serve marginal routes or carry a large percentage of commuters. Most lose money. SNCF has made some investments in improving stock and communications but has also transferred some services to regional responsibility. The government now intends to tax profitable services to subsidise unprofitable routes. In 2010 the government said SNCF would retain control of these routes but other companies asked for them to be open tendered.

• TER: SNCF is currently sole operator of local passenger trains, marketed nationally as Trains Express Régionaux or TER, on behalf of the 22 regional councils in France. Since 2002, regional councils have had full control of defining these services and have invested heavily in new rolling stock and more frequent

Mack Brooks Exhibitions Limited © 2010 25 services. Traffic has grown fast over this period and is predicted to quadruple by 2030. It is expected that the regions will eventually start to tender these services but there were no firm plans to do so in 2010. The regional train fleet is gradually being standardised – the last of 700 AGC multiple-units (in electric, diesel, and dual-mode versions) will be delivered in 2011. Framework contracts were signed in 2009-10 for up to 1,000 Régiolis single-deck multiple units from Alstom and up to 860 Régio2N double-deck EMUs from Bombardier, to be delivered from 2013. SNCF has also signed a framework contract with Alstom for the supply of 200 tram-trains.

• Transilien: This is the SNCF activity charged with operating suburban trains in greater Paris on behalf of the Île de France transport authority STIF. The main part of the Paris network is formed of five cross-city lines known as the Réseau Express Régional (RER), two of which are jointly managed by RATP. Other suburban lines terminate at one of the city's six main stations. Plans currently exist to modernise all five lines. In addition it is intended to build a new route from Gare de l'Est to Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport to be used by a new dedicated service known as CDG-Express and to extend RER Line E westwards to La Défense and Mantes-la-Jolie. The majority of trains are operated with double-deck stock. However, SNCF is currently receiving 172 new "Francilien single-deck EMUs from Bombardier.

• Keolis: SNCF bids for contracts for urban transport management within and outside France and for rail operations outside France through Keolis, a company created by the merger of Via-GTI and SNCF bus operating subsidiary Cariane, and 56.7% owned by SNCF. Keolis operates a large proportion of urban transport networks in France and rail services in Germany, the Netherlands and the UK.

Fret SNCF

Fret SNCF is now part of the parent company’s global logistics group subsidiary SNCF Geodis (www.geodis.com). Although still France's biggest rail freight operator, Fret SNCF has lost around half of its traffic in the past decade. The first competing freight services were launched in late 2005 and competitors now have over 12.5 per cent of the domestic market.

SNCF is particularly developing outside France, having bought a majority share in German operator ITL (www.itl-dresden.de), followed by acquisition of the non-French activities of Veolia Cargo in 2009. SNCF has merged its rail freight activities in the rest of Europe as Captrain, with branches in the Netherlands, Germany and Italy.

SNCF also has a "low-cost" subsidiary, VFLI Cargo (www.groupe-vfli.com).

Fret SNCF is rationalising its wagonload freight network but developing block trains, the aim being to operate longer, heavier trains. A major plank of development is the

Mack Brooks Exhibitions Limited © 2010 26 expansion of intermodal services including "rolling motorways" carrying lorry trailers or complete lorries. The company has two joint ventures operating this type of service - AFA for the Aiton-Turin route (www.ferralpina.com) and Lorry Rail for the Bettembourg-Perpignan service (www.lorry-rail.com).

SNCF has two subsidiaries operating container trains – Naviland Cargo (www.naviland- cargo.com) and Novatrans (www.novatrans.fr). The company has a majority stake in Lorry Rail (www.lorry-rail.com) which operates rolling motorway services.

Fret SNCF is currently receiving 300 Class BB 75000 2,000 kW diesel-electric locomotives from Alstom's Prima range and received the last of 160 1,000 kW diesel- electrics from Alstom and Vossloh.

Infrastructure & Ingénieurie

This subsidiary is mainly concerned with managing and renewing the rail network under contract to RFF from which fees make up about 60% of revenue.

Akiem

In 2008 SNCF founded a rolling stock leasing subsidiary aimed at the freight market. Akiem (www.akiem.com) currently has about 115 electric and 70 diesel locomotives on its books.

France Wagons

SNCF has a subsidiary, France Wagons (www.francewagons.fr), charged with the management of Fret SNCF's fleet of freight wagons.

4. URBAN RAILWAY SYSTEMS

Metro systems

There are metro systems in six cities in France:

• Lille • Lyon • Marseille • Paris • Rennes • Toulouse

While there are currently no network expansion plans in Lille or Toulouse, extensions and new lines are being built in the other four cities, including major works in progress or projected in Paris.

Lille/Roubaix/Tourcoing

Responsible authorities Lille Métropole Communauté Urbaine (LMCU) ; Transpole

Websites www.lillemetropole.fr; www.transpole.fr

System 45 km two-line fully automatic network with 60 stations; carried 90.1 million passengers in 2008

Rolling stock 142 x VAL two-car rubber-tyred automated trainsets

Operator Keolis

Lyon

Responsible authorities Syndicat Mixte des Transports pour le Rhône et l’Agglomération Lyonnaise (SYTRAL); Transports en Commun Lyonnais (TCL)

Websites www.sytral.fr; www.tcl.fr

System 30.3 km four-line network with 43 stations; Lines A and B (9.2 and 6.2 km) rubber-tyred, driver-operated; Line C (2.4 km) steel-wheeled, part-rack; Line D (12.6 km) rubber-tyred automated (Maggaly system). Extensions planned to Lines A and B; carried 185.8 million passengers in 2008.

Rolling stock Lines A and B – 96 x Alstom MPL 75 cars; Line C – 10 x Alstom-Vevey MCL 80 cars; Line D – 72 x Alstom MPL 85 cars

Operator Keolis Lyon

Status Line B 1.7 km extension construction in progress, involving 1.3 km tunnel under Rhône, completion scheduled 2013.

Marseille

Responsible authorities Marseille Provence Métropole (MPM) ; Regie des Transports de Marseille (RTM)

Websites www.marseille-provence.com; www.rtm.fr

System 22.2 km two-line rubber-tyred system with 26 stations; carried around 71.4 million passengers in 2008.

Rolling stock 144 CIMT rubber-tyred cars.

Status Line 2 to be extended by 900 metres from Bougainvilliers by 2014. Northward extension of Line 1 under study.

Paris

Responsible authorities Le Syndicat des Transports d’Ile-de-France (STIF); Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP)

Websites www.stif-idf.fr; www.ratp.fr; http://extension-reseau.ratp.fr

System 215 km 14-line system with 380 stations. Nine lines, conventional metro, five rubber-tyred. Line 14 (Météor) fully automated rubber-tyred.

Three network extensions in progress. Major network modernisation in progress.

Paris orbital metro features in RATP development strategy.

RATP also operates the 7.2 km Orlyval automated metro.

Rolling stock 3,557 metro cars of two steel-wheeled and three rubber- tyred types.

Status Line M4 extension of 1.4 km from Porte d’Orléans to Mairie de Montrouge: construction in progress for commissioning in 2012, cost 169 million; further extension planned to Bagneux, yet to be financed.

Line M8 extension of 1.3 km from Créteil-Préfecture to Créteil-Parc des Sports: construction in progress for commissioning in 2010.

Line M12 extension of 3 km from Porte de la Chapelle to Proudhon-Gardinoux: construction in progress for commissioning in 2012; further extension planned to Mairie d’Aubervilliers, yet to be financed.

Line M13 was extended 1.9 km from Gabriel Péri to Asnières-Genneviliers Les Courtilsin in June 2008; further extension planned to Port de Gennevilliers, yet to be financed. Platform screens and doors being installed at 12 stations on M13 from 2009.

Line M14 extension to Olympiades, currently the site of the line’s depot (to be replaced by a new facility created by extending the tunnel beyond the new Olympiades station): commissioned in 2007. M14 is part of a proposed looped

Modernisation plans foresee six lines equipped with a new signalling and train control system, Ouragan. Coinciding with a rolling stock modernisation programme, this will be applied in two versions: fully automatic (Lines M5, M9 and M13); and semi-automatic (Lines M3, M10 and M12). Line 13 the first to be equipped. Line M1 to be fully automated using system similar to that of Line M14 (Météor); commissioning scheduled for 2011.

Rennes

Responsible authorities Rennes Métropole; Service de Transport de Agglomération Rennaise (STAR)

Websites www.rennes-metropole.fr; www.star.fr

System 8.6 km one-line fully automatic system with 15 stations. Plans for second line. Carried 29.2 million passengers in 2008.

Rolling stock 24 VAL two-car rubber-tyred automated trainsets.

Status Operated by Keolis Rennes.

Six more trainsets from Siemens to be delivered in 2012-13.

Toulouse

Responsible authority Syndicat Mixte des Transports en Commun de l’Agglomération Toulousaine (Tisséo-SMTC)

Website www.tisseo.fr

System 27 km two-line fully automatic system with 38 stations. Carried 89 million passengers in 2008.

Rolling stock Line A – 29 VAL two-car rubber-tyred automated trainsets; Line B – 35 VAL two-car rubber-tyred automated trainsets.

In recent years many cities and towns in France have adopted modern light rail technology to provide efficient, environmentally friendly public transport and to free their communities from road traffic congestion. By 2010 more than two dozen light rail systems were operational or planned. The success of the earliest networks to be commissioned has provided a stimulus to other cities to develop their own light rail plans, while existing systems continue to gain extensions.

Four cities in France have modern light rail systems with no current plans or projects for extensions or new lines: Lille/Roubaix/Tourcoing; Nantes; Rouen; St Étienne.

New light rail systems or extensions to existing networks are planned in the following towns and cities in France: Angers; Besançon; Bordeaux; Brest; Dijon; Grenoble; Lens- Béthune; Lyon; Le Havre; Le Mans; Marseille; Montpellier; Mulhouse; Nice; Orléans; Paris; Reims; Strasbourg; Toulouse; Tours: and Valenciennes. The following city-by-city list includes conventional steel-wheel-on-steel-rail light rail systems but not guided systems with rubber tyres or non-guided "high quality bus" systems.

Angers

Light rail system under construction. Extension to first line proposed; second line west to serve university under study; four further lines projected.

Responsible authorities Angers Loire Métropole; COTRA

Websites www.tramway.angersloiremetropole.fr; www.cotra.fr

System 12.8 km line with 26 stops from Avrillé south via the city centre to La Roseraie; light rail but employing 1,400 metres of (Alimentation Par le Sol) APS ground-level current collection system. Requires new bridge across the Maine costing €5 million.

Second line under study from Beaucouzé to Parc des Expositions, 16.3 km, 32 stops, to be built by 2020.

Rolling stock 17 x 32-metre Alstom Citadis 302 LRVs on order.

Project cost €278 million.

Status Construction in progress for completion by mid 2011. Operation to be undertaken by COTRA, operated by Keolis Angers.

Aubagne

Light rail or high quality bus system projected.

Responsible authority L'Agglo Pays d'Aubagne et de l'Etoile

Website www.agglo-paysdaubagne.com

System Project for line from La Penne to Huveaune via Aubagne, about 9 km.

Status Project at study and public consultation stage. Projected opening date 2014.

Besançon

Light rail system projected.

Responsible authorities Communauté d'Agglomération du Grand Besançon CAGB); Ginko

Websites www.grandbesancon.fr; www.ginkobus.com

System Project for a 14.5 km west-east tramway line with 30 stations from Franois via Besançon to Chalezeule, with branch to SNCF station. The DUP is expected in 2011 and commissioning in 2014. Extension as tram-train projected.

Rolling stock CAF has won the contract for 19 trams costing €34.8 million.

Project cost €228 million.

Status Operator of current (bus) network (Ginko): Keolis Besançon

Bordeaux

Extensions planned to existing light rail system; further extensions projected. Tram-train planned.

Responsible authorities Communauté Urbaine de Bordeaux; Tram et Bus de la CUB (TBC)

Websites www.lacub.com; www.infotbc.com

System Existing 44.3 km three-line network with 84 stops; mostly conventional light rail but 10 km employs the APS ground- level current collection system. 59.4 million passengers carried in 2009.

Extensions to Lines A, B and C totalling 16.4 km to be built by 2020. Fourth Line D, 9.7 km, to be built by 2016. Further extensions under study.

7.2 km "tram-train" extension to be built by 2014 alongside SNCF line to Blanquefort, costing €60 million. Extension to Parempuyre projected for 2020.

Rolling stock 74 Alstom Citadis LRVs (12 Type 302, 62 Type 402).

47 new LRVs needed by 2020, of which 26 for extensions in 2013.

Project cost €615 million (extensions) including €153 million for 47 more LRVs.

Status TBC system operated by Keolis Bordeaux.

Brest

Light rail under construction.

Responsible authority Brest Métropole Océane

Websites www.brest.fr; www.letram-brest.fr

System 15 km line with 27 stops running northeast-southwest under construction, to open in 2012.

Rolling stock 20 Alstom Citadis 302 LRVs on order.

Project cost €298 million.

Status SemTram consortium (comprising Sem du TCSP and Egis- Rail) appointed under a Build-Maintain-Operate (BMO) contract.

Operator of current network is Keolis Brest.

Dijon

Light rail system under construction.

Responsible authority Communauté de Grand Dijon

Website www.grand-dijon.fr

System Two lines, 18 km, 32 stations, under construction. North- south Line A via centre 12 km, 20 stations; Line B centre- Quetigny 8 km, 16 stations. Extension planned Quetigny to Z A Est Dijonnais.

Rolling stock 32 x Alstom Citadis 302 on order for €65.6 million.

Project cost €399 million.

Status Commissioning in 2013.

Grenoble

Extensions planned to existing light rail system; further extensions projected.

Responsible authorities Syndicat Mixte des Transports en Commun Agglomération Grenobloise (SMTC); Société d’Economie Mixte des Transports de l’Agglomération Grenobloise (SEMITAG)

Websites www.smtc-grenoble.org; www.semitag.com

System 36 km four-line network with 74 stops; conventional light rail. Carried 42.7 million passengers in 2008.

1.6 km extension of Line B under construction, opening in 2012. Construction proposed of fifth line, 10 km Line E with 12 stations, by 2014 and extension of Line A by 2016 to create an eventual network of 46 km. Line D extension planned.

Rolling stock Lines A and B: 53 x Alsthom-Francorail TFS LRVs.

Line C: 50 x Alstom Citadis 402 LRVs.

Project cost Line E: €300 million; Line B extension €30 million.

Status System operated by SEMITAG, under branding TAG, in which Transdev is a shareholder.

Le Havre

Light rail system under construction.

Responsible authority Communauté de l'Agglomération Havraise (CODAH)

Websites www.agglo-lehavre.fr; www.tramway-agglo-lehavre.fr

System Y-shaped network, 12.7 km with 23 stops, includes tunnel. Extensions to first lines and up to four more lines projected. Tram-train projected on Le Havre-Montivillers heavy rail line.

Rolling stock 20 x Alstom Citadis 302 LRVs on order.

Status Under construction for opening of first line in late 2012.

Lens-Béthune

Two separate light rail lines planned to serve former coal mining basin.

Responsible authority Syndicat Mixte des Transports Artois-Gohelle (SMT)

Website www.smt-artois-gohelle.fr

System Line T1 Liévin-Lens-Hénin-Beaumont-Noyelles-Godault, 20.2 km with 30 stations. Line T2 Beuvry-Béthune-Bruay la Buissière, 17.4 km with 24 stations. Projected extensions would link two lines.

Rolling stock 45 x LRVs, of which 18 for the first line.

Project cost €657 million, including rolling stock.

Status Definitive routes to be chosen after public consultation in 2011, with opening in 2014. Transamo, subsidiary of Transdev, has contract to pilot the project.

Lille/Roubaix/Tourcoing

Responsible authorities Lille Métropole Communauté Urbaine (LMCU) ; Transpole

Websites www.lillemetropole.fr; www.transpole.fr

System 22 km network with 36 stops (Le Mongy); conventional light rail but metre-gauge. Carried 8.3 million passengers in 2008. 370 metre extension in Roubaix under study. Conversion of local heavy rail lines to tram-train operation under study.

Rolling stock 24 x Breda LRVs.

Operator Keolis

Lyon

Extensions planned to existing light rail system.

Responsible authorities Syndicat Mixte des Transports pour le Rhône et l’Agglomération Lyonnaise (SYTRAL)

Transports en Commun Lyonnais (TCL)

Websites www.sytral.fr; www.tcl.fr

System Four-line system (Lines T1, T2, T3 and T4) operational, 50 km with 82 stops; conventional light rail. Carried 49.9 million passengers in 2008.

Line T2, route of branch to Eurexpo exhibition centre under study. Commissioning possible by 2013.

Line T4 2.3 km, three stops, extension planned for 2013.

T3 extended 7 km to serve Lyon Saint-Exupéry airport in August 2010. This line is managed separately by Rhônexpress consortium, including Veolia. www.rhônexpress.fr.

Rolling stock TCL: 73 x Alstom Citadis 302 LRVs.

Rhônexpress: 6 Stadler Tango LRVs.

Project cost Line T4 (extension): €78 million.

Status Existing system operated by TCL, under contract by Keolis Lyon.

Le Mans

Extensions planned to existing light rail system.

Responsible authorities Le Mans Métropole; Société d'Economie Mixte des Transports en Commun de l'Agglomération Mancelle (SETRAM)

System 15.4 km line with 32 stops; conventional light rail. Opened in 2007. Carried 11.7 million passengers in 2008.

4 km branch with 8 stops planned for 2014.

Rolling stock 23 x Alstom Citadis 302 LRVs

Project cost New branch: €80 million.

Status Operational.

Marseille

Light rail system; extensions under construction.

Responsible authorities Marseille Provence Métropole (MPM); Régie des Transports de Marseille (RTM)

Websites www.marseille-provence.fr; www.rtm.fr

System 11.9 km network with 27 stops; conventional light rail, entailing conversion of existing 3 km line and construction of new infrastructure. Staged opening with three lines when complete. Carried 12.9 million passengers in 2008.

Rolling stock 26 x Bombardier Flexity Outlook Series C LRVs plus a further 14 to be delivered by 2011.

Project cost €468 million.

Status Construction in progress.

Operated by Marseille local operator RTM.

Montpellier

Extension to existing light rail system under construction; further extensions projected.

Responsible authority Transports de l’Agglomération de Montpellier (TaM)

Website www.montpellier-agglo.com/tam

System Two lines totalling 35 km with 61 stops; conventional light rail. 49.3 million passengers carried in 2008.

22.4 km northwest-southeast Line 3 with 32 stops under construction; conventional light rail.

Extensions projected or proposed to Lines 1, 2 and 3. Fourth and fifth lines proposed.

Rolling stock Line 1: 30 x Alstom Citadis 401 LRVs plus 3 x Alstom Citadis 302 LRVs.

Line 2: 24 x Alstom Citadis 302 LRVs.

Line 3: 23 Alstom Citadis 302 LRVs on order.

Project cost Line 3 €530 million

Status Line 3 under construction; commissioning scheduled for 2012.

Existing system operated by Transdev.

Mulhouse

Extensions planned to existing light rail system; further extensions projected, plus creation of tram-train network.

Responsible authorities Mulhouse Alsace Agglomération; Les Transports de l'Agglomération Mulhousienne (SOLEA)

Websites www.mulhouse-alsace.fr; www.solea.fr

Planned extensions will increase network to 19.7 km (Line 1 8.7 km, Line 2 11 km) with 38 stops by 2011; conventional light rail.

Projected extension of network over RFF main line tracks to create tram-train network, with first phase covering Mulhouse-Thann Nord in December 2010 (20 km, 18 stations).

Rolling stock 27 x Alstom Citadis 302 LRVs.

12 x Siemens Avanto 45 metre 5-section LRVs ordered for tram-train.

Project cost Network commissioned in 2006: €248 million.

Tram-train (first phase ─ Mulhouse-Thann Nord): €84.4 million for infrastructure; €53 million for rolling stock.

Status Extensions planned to Lines 1 and 2 by 2012.

Tram-train projected to be extended from Thann to Kruth.

Nantes

Existing light rail system; extension planned.

Responsible authorities Nantes Métropole; Société d'Economie Mixte des Transports de l’Agglomération Nantaise (SEMITAN)

Websites www.nantesmetropole.fr; www.tan.fr

System 42 km three line network with 80 stops; conventional light rail. Carried 66.1 million passengers in 2008.

Extension of Line 1 from Haluchère to R Schmitt planned.

Rolling stock 46 x Alstom TFS LRVs, extended to three-car from 1992.

A further eight LRVs plus four options to be ordered.

Operator Transdev (14.99 % shareholding in SEMITAN)

Nice

Extensions planned to existing light rail system.

Responsible authorities Communauté d'Agglomération Nice Côte d'Azur; Société Nouvelle des Transport de l'Agglomération Niçoise (ST2N)

Websites www.nicecotedazur.fr; www.tramway-nice.org; www.lignesdazur.com

System Eventual three-line network of 35 km planned.

Line T1, 8.7 km with 21 stops opened in 2007; conventional tramway except vehicles to employ battery power over short section. Carried 20.7 million passengers in 2008.

Line T2: 8.6 km, 16 station east-west line serving airport planned for completion in 2016. Involves a 3.6 km tunnel with 6 stops under city centre. Extension planned. Cost is estimated at €450 million.

Extension of Line T1 planned in two phases, for 2013 and 2016-20. In 2013, line will be extended 4.5 km to La Trinité with 9 stops.

Line T3 will run 7.7 km north from the airport, 13 stations, completion in stages from 2014.

The metre gauge Chemin de Fer de Provence will be electrified and modernised to connect with Line 3.

Rolling stock 21 x Alstom Citadis 302 LRVs. Eight more on order for Line T1 for delivery in 2010.

Status Completion of 35 km network expected in 2016-20.

Operator ST2N is part of Veolia.

Orléans

Second line under construction to expand existing light rail system.

Responsible authorities Communauté de l’Agglomération Orléans Val de Loire (l'Agglo); Société d’Exploitation des Transports de l’Agglomération Orléanaise (SEMTAO)

Websites www.agglo-orleans.fr; www.reseau-tao.fr

System Existing 18 km north-south line with 24 stops (Line A) commissioned in 2000; conventional light rail. 11.9 million passengers carried in 2008.

Line B, under construction, is 11.4 km east-west line with 25 stops; conventional light rail but employing APS ground- level current collection system for over 1 km.

Rolling stock Line A: 22 x Alstom Citadis 301 LRVs.

Line B: 21 (+ option on 6) Alstom Citadis 302 LRVs ordered September 2006.

Project cost Line B: €315 million

Status Contract covering all Line B E&M works awarded to Alstom in September 2006 for completion by 2012.

Existing system operated by Transdev under branding Tao.

Paris: Line T1 (St-Denis─Bobigny)

Extensions to existing light rail system planned.

Responsible authorities Syndicat des Transports d’Ile-de-France (STIF); Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens (RATP)

Websites www.stif.info.fr; www.tramway.paris.fr; www.ratp.fr

System Existing Line T1 11.9 km with 26 stops; conventional light rail.

Mack Brooks Exhibitions Limited © 2010 43 Extension westwards La Défense projected. First phase to Asnières-Gennevilliers-Les Courtilles, 4.9 km with 10 stops, under construction for opening in late 2011.

Extension southwards from Noisy-le-Sec to Montreuil-(Mur à Pêches) of 2.2 km with 10 stops planned, possibly with section of APS. Further extension to Val-de-Fontenay by 2019 at public consultation stage.

Line T8, or Tram'Y is a Y-shaped line northwestwards from St-Denis Porte de Paris to Epinay/Villetaneuse-Université, 8.5 km with 17 stops. Construction to begin in 2010, opening in 2014. A southwards extension to Porte d'Aubervilliers is projected.

Rolling stock Existing line: 35 x TFS LRVs.

Project cost Extension westwards to Asnières-Gennevilliers: €150 million excluding nine new LRVs costing €13.7 million.

Extension to Montreuil: €80 million, excluding 15 extra Alstom Citadis 302 LRVs costing €45 million.

Line T8: €244 million, excluding 20 LRVs costing €136.6 million.

Status Enquiry process for westward extension initiated in 2006. Commissioning scheduled for 2010.

Commissioning of southern extension scheduled for 2012.

Extension from St-Denis to Epinay/Villetaneuse-Université public consultation commenced November 2006; commencement of construction expected 2008 for commissioning 2011.

Extension from Noisy-le-Sec to Montreuil-Théophile Sueur public enquiry 2007; construction to commence 2009 for commissioning 2012.

Paris: Line T2 (La Défense─Issy Val-de-Seine)

Extensions to existing light rail system planned.

Responsible (See above) authorities/Websites

System Existing Line T2 14.0 km with 16 stops; conventional light rail largely built on former heavy rail trackbed.

Northern extension to Pont de Bezons of 4.2 km with 7 stops under construction, opening in early 2012. Further extension to Sartrouville projected.

Eastern extension of 2.7 km with 3 stops to connect with Line T3 opened November 2009.

Rolling stock Existing line: 42 x Alstom Citadis 302 LRVs. 18 additional Alstom Citadis 302 LRVs on order.

Project cost Northern extension: €223.5 million.

Status Northern extension construction in progress for commissioning in 2012.

Paris: Line T7 (Villejuif─Athis-Mons)

Planned light rail system.

Responsible (See above) authorities/Websites

System First phase: 11.2 km with 18 stops; conventional light rail.

Extension to Orly airport and Juvisy-sur-Orge planned to connect with RER Lines C and D.

Rolling stock 19 LRVs to be ordered.

Project cost First phase: €336.6 million including €49.5 million for rolling stock.

Status First phase under construction for opening in April 2013.

Light rail system under construction. Subsequent extension proposed to Champagne TGV station on LGV Est line plus branch to Argonautes.

Responsible authorities Communauté d’Agglomération de Reims Métropole; Transports Urbains de Reims

Websites www.reimsmetropole.fr; www.tur.fr

System 11.2 km line with 23 stops; mostly conventional light rail but 2 km to employ APS ground-level current collection system, to open in 2011.

Rolling stock 18 x Alstom Citadis 302 LRVs on order.

Project cost €305 million.

Status Contract covering construction and 30-year operating concession awarded in July 2006 to the Mobilité Agglomération Rémoise (MARS) consortium comprising: Alstom Transport; Bouygues Travaux Publics; Colos Pertuy Construction; Pingat; Quille; SNC-Lavalin; and Transdev. Construction under way for completion by 2011.

Operator of existing network Transdev Reims.

Rouen

Responsible authorities Communauté d'Agglomération Rouen-Elbeuf-Austreberthe (CREA) ; Transports en Commun de l’Agglomération Rouennaise (TCAR)

Websites www.la-crea.fr; www.tcar.fr

System 18.3 km network with 31 stops; conventional light rail. 15.5 million passengers carried in 2008.

Rolling stock 28 x GEC-Alsthom TFS LRVs. 27 Alstom Citadis LRVs on order of which 14 x 42 metres long to be ordered for delivery 2012-13 to replace existing venhicles. Cost €90 million.

Operator Veolia Transport

St-Étienne

Responsible authorities Saint-Etienne Métropole; Société des Transports Urbains de l’Agglomération Stephanoise (STAS)

Websites www.st-etienne-metropole.com; www.stas.tm.fr

System 12.3 km network with 32 stops; conventional light rail but metre-gauge. Carried 19.7 million passengers in 2008.

Rolling stock 35 x Vevey/Alsthom LRVs.

Operator Veolia Transport

Strasbourg

Extensions planned to existing light rail system. Tram-train planned.

Responsible authorities Communauté Urbaine et Ville de Strasbourg ; Compagnie des Transports Strasbourgeois (CTS)

Websites www.strasbourg.eu; www.cts-strasbourg.fr

System Existing five-line 53 km (excluding shared sectoins) system (Lines A-E) with 66 stops; conventional light rail. 60.1 million passengers carried in 2008.

Extensions planned to Lines A (4.8 km) and D (2.9 km, 5 stations), the latter to Kehl in Germany in 2014. Extension projected for Line B.

Line F consisting of existing track plus 1.5 km of new connections under construction for commissioning in December 2010.

Line F to be connected to heavy rail network for projected tram-train to serve Molsheim, Gresswiller and Barr, possibly in 2014.

41 Alstom Citadis 403 LRVs.

Project cost Extension programme: €188 million.

Status Construction in progress of Line D extension.

System operated by CTS, 12.5% owned by Transdev.

Toulouse

Light rail line under construction.

Responsible authorities Syndicat Mixte des Transports en Commun de l’Agglomération Toulousaine (Tisséo-SMTC); Tisséo

Website www.tisseo.fr

System 10.8 km Line E with 18 stops under construction; conventional light rail.

Line F, 1.5 km branch off Line E to Toulouse Blagnac airport planned for 2013.

Line G, 3.8 km extension of Line E with 7 stops, planned.

Rolling stock 24 x Alstom Citadis 302 LRVs on order; of which six for Line G.

Project cost Line E: €250 million. Line G €115 million including rolling stock.

Status Line E to open in November 2010. Line G public inquiry opened late 2010. Commissioning expected 2013.

Tours

Light rail line planned.

Responsible authorities Communauté d'Agglomération Tour(s)plus; Syndicat des Transports de l'Agglomération Tourangelle (SITCAT)

Websites www.agglo-tours.fr; www.tram-tours.fr

System North-south line via centre, 15 km with 29 stations. Second 12 km line projected. Conventional LRV but with APS ground contact for 1.5 km in centre. Two major bridges to be built.

Rolling stock 21 x 40 metre LRVs ordered in September 2010. Builder to maintain vehicles.

Project cost €338.6 million including rolling stock (€73 million).

Status DUP expected in December 2010, to open in 2013.

Valenciennes

Extensions planned to existing light rail system; further extensions projected.

Responsible authorities Valenciennes Métropole; Syndicat Intercommunal pour les Transports Urbains de la Région de Valenciennes (SITURV); Transvilles

Websites www.valenciennes-metropole.fr; www.siturv.fr; www.transvilles.com

System Line 1, 18.3 km with 27 stops; conventional light rail. Carried 7 million passengers in 2008.

Line 2 to Vieux Condé, 15.5 km, partially single track, with 22 stations - work to start in late 2010, to open in September 2012. Extension of Line 2 to Quiévrechain projected.

Rolling stock 21 x Alstom Citadis 302 LRVs. Four additional vehicles procured for Line 1 extension.

Status Transvilles network operated by Veolia Transport.

5. OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT COMPANIES

In contrast with the absence of competition for the supply of regional and local rail services on the national network, the operation of city urban transport is in many instances put out to tender. The leading companies currently providing operations management services in France are:

Keolis

Website: www.keolis.com

Contract operator of automated metro systems in Lille, Lyon and Rennes and at Roissy- Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris. Also operates light rail systems in Lille and Lyon and one local train service (Compagnie Blanc Argent) in France, plus rail services in Germany, Netherlands and the UK.

Formed by the merger of VIA-GTI and SNCF subsidiary Cariane. Majority shareholding with AXA insurance group and Canadian investors, 56.7% held by SNCF.

Transdev

Contract operator of light rail systems in Grenoble, Montpellier, Mulhouse, Nantes, Orléans, Strasbourg and Valenciennes. Active globally. Shortly to merge with Veolia Transport.

Veolia Transport

Website: www.veolia-transport.com

Subsidiary of the Veolia Environnement group. Activities in France include contract operation of light rail system in Rouen. Active globally. Shortly to merge with Transdev.