Tram Express Nord

Tram Express Nord
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Sartrouville Sartrouville Val Notre-Dame Val d'Argenteuil Argenteuil Phase 2 Phase 1 Épinay-sur-Seine Epinay-Villetaneuse Villetaneuse-Université Pierrefitte-Stains Stains-Cerisaie Dugny-La Courneuve Le Bourget Phase 1 Phase 2 Drancy-Bobigny Bobigny-La Folie Noisy-le-Sec

The Tram Express Nord (known as the Tangentielle Nord during the planning phase) is a future suburban tram-train line in France.

Route

The line is planned to be 28 kilometres (17 miles) long, from Sartrouville to Noisy-le-Sec, in the northern suburbs of Paris. It will have interchanges with existing SNCF Transilien trains, trams, metro, and Réseau Express Régional (RER) lines A, B, C, D and E.^[1] There will be six new stations and eight interchange stations.

Project

The project was granted approval in May 2008.^[2] The project was planned by Syndicat des transports d'Île-de-France (STIF) but is being jointly managed by SNCF and Réseau Ferré de France (RFF).^[3]

The Tram Express Nord will be built in two phases. The first phase, from Epinay-sur-Seine to Le Bourget, is planned to open in 2017; the remaining sections of the route (from Sartrouville to Epinay-sur-Seine, and from Le Bourget to Noisy-le-Sec) will open by 2023.

Tram Express Nord cost is estimated to €1.5 billion.

See also

• Grande Ceinture line
• Chemin de fer de Petite Ceinture
• Grande ceinture Ouest

References

1. "Tangentielle Nord: Connecting up the suburbs! / THE SNCF IN MY REGION / Regions / SNCF.COM - MEDIA". Retrieved 2010-12-16.
2. "Tangentielle Nord : début des travaux au 1er trimestre 2010 - Association des Usagers des Transports FNAUT Ile-de-France". Retrieved 2010-12-16.
3. "Railway Gazette: Tangentielle Nord project launched in Paris". Retrieved 2010-12-16.