The Grand Paris Express is likely to change the daily lives of many people in the Paris region, who are already accustomed to using public transport. In future, travellers will no longer need to pass through Paris to reach Pont de Sèvres from Arcueil-Cachan, for example. Thanks to the future line 15, commuters will be able to link these two towns in just 11 minutes, compared with 48 minutes today!
This is an opportunity to take a closer look at line 15 of the Grand Paris Express, which will be the longest metro line in France. Line 15 will circumnavigate Paris over a distance of 75 km, crossing no less than 45 communes, including Saint-Denis, Aubervilliers, Bobigny, Bondy, Rosny, Val-de-Fontenay, Champigny, Noisy-le-Grand, Saint-Maur, Créteil, Villejuif, Vitry-sur-Seine, Arcueil, Cachan, Bagneux, Châtillon, Montrouge, Issy-les-Moulineaux, Sèvres, Saint-Cloud, Suresnes, Nanterre, La Défense and Bois-Colombes. Ultimately, line 15 will criss-cross the rails of four départements in the Paris region: Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne and Seine-et-Marne.
" By forming a ring around Paris, line 15 will improve access to jobs, universities and major sports and cultural venues in the Paris region, such as the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, the MAC/VAL contemporary art museum in Vitry-sur-Seine and the Seine Musicale in Boulogne-Billancourt," explains Société du Grand Paris, adding that line 15 will also link several major business parks in La Défense, Saint-Denis Pleyel and Val-de-Fontenay, while also being close to health and education facilities such as the Institut Gustave Roussy in Villejuif, the Avicenne hospital in Bobigny and the Condorcet university campus in Aubervilliers.
And last but not least, almost 95% of Line 15 stations will connect with the existing Transilien, RER, metro, streetcar and bus networks.
In terms of stations, 36 stations will be served by the future line 15, spread over three sections: East, West and South. Among the most eagerly awaited is the Noisy - Champs station. With platforms located between 13.5 and 21 meters underground, it will be one of the Grand Paris Express interconnecting stations to accommodate two lines of the new metro, namely lines 15 and 16.
Another station likely to be the talk of the town? The Vert de Maisons station. With platforms 35 meters underground, and eleven levels including nine underground, it will be one of the deepest stations of the Grand Paris Express. But the deepest station in the future network, and indeed the deepest in France, will undoubtedly be Saint-Maur - Créteil. With platforms at a depth of 52 meters (compared with an average of 29 meters for other Grand Paris Express stations), this future Saint-Maur - Créteil station will be spread over nine underground levels. To reach the platforms of line 15 Sud, users will have to take a"monumental" staircase, or one of the 11 available elevators.
What about the construction schedule andinauguration of this future line 15? Due to its many kilometers of track, commissioning of line 15 will take place progressively, starting at the end of 2025, with the opening of the southern section between the Pont de Sèvres and Noisy-Champs stations. The inauguration should be completed by 2030, with the opening of the Eastern section (between Champigny Centre and Saint-Denis-Pleyel stations) and the Western section (between Pont de Sèvres and Saint-Denis Pleyel stations).
Find out more on the Société du Grand Paris website. And don't miss the exhibition " Métro!Le Grand Paris en mouvement" to discover what tomorrow's metro will be like.
Metro! Le Grand Paris en mouvement: the exhibition at the Cité de l'Architecture et du patrimoine, our photos
The history of the metro, mobility and urbanity is unveiled at the Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine from November 8, 2023 to June 2, 2024, in a groundbreaking exhibition entitled "Métro! Le Grand Paris en mouvement". [Read more]
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Metro! Le Grand Paris en mouvement: the exhibition at the Cité de l'Architecture et du patrimoine, our photos
