TEN-T European Economic New high speed railway line "LGV Est" Recovery Plan Second phase: section Baudrecourt- Member States involved:

2009-FR-17044-E Implementation schedule Start date: January 2010 Part of Priority Projects 4 & 17 End date: December 2012

Budget: Other sources (RFF): €557,304,000

Total project cost covered by this Decision: €633,300,000

EU contribution: €75,996,000

Percentage of EU support: Works: 12%

Additional information: Coordinator’s Report of the Priority Project: http://ec.europa.eu/transport/themes/ infrastructure/ten-t-policy/priority- projects/european- coordinators_en.htm

European Commission, DG MOVE http://ec.europa.eu/transport/ The aim of the "LGV Est" high speed railway line is to improve links between index_en.html and the main cities in eastern France, as well as improve connections with Luxembourg and Germany. The first phase of the project (part of Priority Innovation and Networks Executive Project 4, High-speed railway axis east) linked Vaires-sur-Marne (Ile-de France) Agency (INEA) to Baudrecourt () and reduced the travel time between Paris and http://inea.ec.europa.eu to 2h20.

Beneficiary: This project covers the second phase of the "LGV Est" (part of Priority Project Ministry of Sustainable Development 17, Railway axis Paris-Strasbourg-Stuttgart-Wien-), which includes www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr 106 km of high speed rail line between Baudrecourt and Vendenheim (Bas Rhin). This will further reduce travel times (Paris-Strasbourg to 1h50), develop Implementing body: connections with Germany and Switzerland and confirm eastern France's place Réseau Ferré de France in the heart of the European high speed railway network. www.rff.fr Activities covered by the funding decision include: general earthworks, bridges and tunnels (including the 4 km long Saverne Tunnel under the ), re- connecting road and other communications links cut by the line, drainage and hydraulics, other engineering work on the line and associated project owner costs.

The second phase of "LGV Est" is also supported by TEN-T funds through project 2009-FR-17210-P, which covers activities such as: design studies, land acquisition, environmental studies and preparatory works.

The project has been completed.

Update: March 2014