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France TGV Mediterranean TGV Méditerranée LATTS This report was compiled by a team belonging to the LATTS: Laboratoire Techniques, Territoires et Sociétés, connected to the Ecole des Ponts Paris Tech, CNRS and Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée. Please Note: This Project Profile has been prepared as part of the ongoing OMEGA Centre of Excellence work on Mega Urban Transport Projects. The information presented in the Profile is essentially a 'work in progress' and will be updated/amended as necessary as work proceeds. Readers are therefore advised to periodically check for any updates or revisions. The Centre and its collaborators/partners have obtained data from sources believed to be reliable and have made every reasonable effort to ensure its accuracy. However, the Centre and its collaborators/partners cannot assume responsibility for errors and omissions in the data nor in the documentation accompanying them. This report is also available in French. Contact: Stephanie LEHEIS Université Paris-Est LATTS Laboratoire Techniques Territoires Sociétés [email protected] +33-0-1641-53588 6-8 avenue Blaise Pascal, Cité Descartes, 77455 Marne la Vallée Cedex 2, France. CONTENTS SUMMARY A PROJECT INTRODUCTION Type of project Project name Description of mode type Technical specification Principal transport nodes Major associated developments Parent projects Country/location Current status B PROJECT BACKGROUND Principal project objectives Key enabling mechanisms Main organisations involved Planning and environmental regime Land acquisition C PRINCIPAL PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS Detailed description of route Detailed description of main and intermediate travel nodes Project costs Construction costs Construction cost timeline Other costs Project delivery Main engineering features Details of engineering and construction Main engineering key facts and figures D PROJECT TIMELINE E PROJECT FUNDING Introduction Background to Funding Revenue - 3 - F OPERATIONS Reported traffic volume How traffic forecasts were formulated G BIBLIOGRAPHY 4 List of figures Figure 1: The High Speed Lines Network completed or decided at 1 January 1992 ..................... 8 Figure 2: LN5 TGV Mediterranean ..................................................................................................... 10 Figure 3: The French Railway Network in 2008................................................................................ 11 Figure 4: Outline of the route and the principal nodes ................................................................... 12 Figure 5: Plan of Valence TGV Station .............................................................................................. 13 Figure 6: Valence TGV Station ........................................................................................................... 13 Figure 7: Plan of Avignon TGV Station ............................................................................................. 14 Figure 8: Avignon TGV Station .......................................................................................................... 14 Figure 9: Plan of Aix-en-Provence TGV Station ............................................................................... 15 Figure 10: Aix-en-Provence Station .................................................................................................. 15 Figure 11: Plan of Marseille Saint-Charles Station .......................................................................... 16 Figure 12: Marseille Saint-Charles Station ....................................................................................... 16 Figure 13: Park of activities at Valence TGV Station, 2008 ............................................................. 17 Figure 14: The development pole of Avignon TGV ......................................................................... 18 Figure 15: The development pole of Aix-en-Provence TGV ........................................................... 18 Figure 16: Euroméditerranée, the Project Flyer ............................................................................... 19 Figure 17: Euroméditerranée, perimeter of the project ................................................................... 20 Figure 18: Reorganisation of the Saint-Charles Station accesses ................................................ 22 Figure 19: Tunnel Saint-Charles ............................................. Figure 20: Tunnel Saint-Charles .............................................................................................................................................................. 22 Figure 21: Two families of routes studied for the LGV PACA project ........................................... 25 Figure 22: Projects of high speed line in Languedoc-Roussillon .................................................. 26 Figure 23: The Perpignan-Figueras section during the works ....................................................... 27 Figure 24: Project localisation at a European scale ........................................................................ 28 Figure 25: Project localisation at regional scale ............................................................................. 28 Figure 26: TGV/air market share according to the travel time ....................................................... 30 Figure 27: All the Equipment and Transports Ministers concerned by the TGV Med project .... 37 Figure 28: Organisational chart (pre-construction) ......................................................................... 41 Figure 29: Organisational chart (during construction) ................................................................... 42 Figure 30: Conventions of mandates signed ................................................................................... 43 Figure 31: Répartition of the main associations according to their location ............................... 48 Figure 32: map of the zones of intervention of associations taking part in the College of Experts mission .................................................................................................................................. 49 Figure 33: Distribution of the State engagements by topic ............................................................ 57 Figure 34: Discharge equipment to limit the flood along the TGV Med ........................................ 62 Figure 35: Noise-reduction screens on the TGV Med line .............................................................. 63 5 Figure 36: Merlon (natural noise-reduction screen) on the TGV Med line .................................... 63 Figure 37: improved accessibility from Marseille, before and after the TGV Med ....................... 65 Figure 38: route options for the TGV Med, July 1990 ...................................................................... 72 Figure 39: route options for the TGV Med to Avignon, July 1990 .................................................. 72 Figure 40: Options of route for the TGV Med in Drôme, July 1990 ................................................ 73 Figure 41: Vineyard of Côtes-du-Rhône, southern part .................................................................. 74 Figure 42: Option of route in the Plain of Crau, in yellow, July 1990 ............................................ 75 Figure 43: Diffusion of the protest movement against the TGV Med in 1990 ............................... 76 Figure 44: Vineyard of Coteaux D'Aix-En-Provence ........................................................................ 76 Figure 45: The Querrien Route, December 1990 .............................................................................. 79 Figure 46: The TGV Med route ........................................................................................................... 81 Figure 47: evolution of the construction cost for the TGV Med ..................................................... 86 Figure 48: investments pattern for the TGV Med ........................................................................... 104 Figure 49: financing key for the TGV East Phase 1 ....................................................................... 105 Figure 50: train traffic evolution in the south direction ................................................................ 108 Figure 51: traffic of the new TGV Stations ..................................................................................... 109 Figure 52: air traffic evolution with the TGV Med competition ..................................................... 109 Figure 53: evolution of the road traffic on Highway A7 (Rhïne Valley) with the TGV Med competition ........................................................................................................................................ 110 Figure 54: origin of the traffic gain for the TGV Med in 2004 ....................................................... 111 List of tables Table 1: Cost evaluation of the equipments related to the State engagements ........................... 60 Table 2: Structures to restore the traffic between Avignon and Marseille ................................... 61 Table 3: Acoustic protections on the TGV Med line ........................................................................ 62 Table 4: Appraisal methods ............................................................................................................... 66 Table 5: Cost of land operations related to the TGV Med ..............................................................