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Grand Paris Express: inauguration of line 15 Sud postponed to summer 2026

With 75 km of track, it will be the longest metro line in France! Anticipated by many residents of the Paris region, line 15 will run all around Paris, crossing no less than 45 communes. While the opening of the southern section was announced for the end of 2025, its commissioning has now been postponed until summer 2026. The inauguration of the Eastern and Western sections is scheduled for 2031. Here's everything you need to know about the future Grand Paris Express metro line, which will carry over 1.5 million passengers every day.

Journées du Patrimoine 2024: visit the construction sites of 8 Grand Paris Express stations

The European Heritage Days are back this weekend. To mark the occasion, 8 future stations of the Grand Paris Express will be opening their doors to the public free of charge. Join us this Saturday, September 21, 2024, to visit the construction sites of the Arcueil - Cachan station, the Le Bourget Aéroport station and the La Courneuve Six-Routes station. Here's everything you need to know.

Greater Paris: what progress has been made on metro lines 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18?

In less than ten years, the surface area of the Paris metro will have doubled. Line 14 has already celebrated its expansion, and will continue to grow. What about the new lines that are due to result from this major project? Where do things stand exactly? We take stock.

Grand Paris Express: everything you need to know about the future metro line 17

Announced as a major new axis for the north of the metropolis, line 17 will cross three departments of the Paris region by 2030. Thanks to the opening of 8 new stations, it will soon be possible to reach Le Mesnil-Amelot from Saint-Denis - Pleyel in less than 25 minutes!

Grand Paris Express: everything you need to know about the future metro line 16

It will be the eastern ring-road of the Grand Paris metro network! With its 27.5 km of track, line 16 will link the Noisy-Champs station to the Saint-Denis Pleyel station by 2028, crossing two departments of the Paris region and serving 10 stations. Here's everything you need to know about this future metro line of the Grand Paris Express.

Line 14: the extension now inaugurated, what you need to know about the new stations

Considered the "backbone" of the Grand Paris Express, line 14 has now been extended to the north and south. As of Monday June 24, 2024, line 14 links Orly airport to Saint-Denis Pleyel in 40 minutes. Communes served, new stations and stations, connections... here's everything you need to know about the extension of this famous line 14 in Paris and the Île-de-France region.

Line 14 extension: Saint-Denis-Pleyel station revealed at a depth of 28 metres

It will be the major station of the Grand Paris Express for many users of public transport in and around Paris. Saint-Denis-Pleyel station, the future northern terminus of line 14, is scheduled to open at the end of June 2024. 28-meter-deep platforms, 4 underground levels, 20,000m² of passenger space, 3,750m² of glass façade, a station designed by Japan's Kengo Kuma... On Wednesday, May 15, 2024, we had the opportunity to discover this new station, which is generating a lot of anticipation. We tell you all about this immersion in the Saint-Denis-Pleyel station, a month before it opens to passengers.

Grand Paris Express: we visited two future stations on line 15 south

Considered one of the most eagerly-awaited new automatic metro lines of the Grand Paris Express, line 15 south is scheduled to enter service at the end of 2025. In the meantime, work continues on the site. On Wednesday April 3, 2024, we were able to witness the final welding of rails on line 15 sud in Clamart station, followed by a visit to the future Arcueil-Cachan station. We tell you all about this immersion several meters underground.

Grand Paris Express: we visited the site of the Aéroport d'Orly station

Eagerly awaited by many Parisians and public transport users, the extension of line 14 is scheduled to enter service in June 2024. 8 new stations will be added, including Aéroport d'Orly, the new terminus to the south of the line. We were able to discover the progress of the work on this station, as well as the future passenger route, during a site visit organized on Tuesday March 5. We tell you all about it.

A free immersive investigation game to discover the Grand Paris Express at the Fabrique du Métro

In Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, the Fabrique du Métro is offering a brand new activity for the February vacation period, taking you right to the heart of the Grand Paris Express project. Welcome to an immersive investigative game (accessible to all), to find out everything there is to know about France's biggest public transport project.

Grand Paris Express: the future station looks like a giant cave

The Grand Paris Express is already the talk of the town, with 68 new stations due to open by 2030. And some of them are more original than others. Such is the case of the Mairie de Vitry-sur-Seine station. Located on the future line 15 of the network, it will resemble a giant cave! We explain.

Paris: what is this huge wheel installed at the Trocadero?

To coincide with the "Metro! Le Grand Paris en mouvement" exhibition at the Cité de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine, the Société du Grand Paris is installing an impressive cutting wheel from the Dorine tunnel boring machine at the Trocadéro, opposite the Eiffel Tower. But what's it all about? We explain.

Grand Paris Express: the network's future sections and overhead stations

With the opening of 68 new stations in the Paris region between now and 2030, the Grand Paris Express project promises to be a colossal undertaking. While most of these future stations will be built underground, some will be built above ground. Here's a look at the future aerial sections and stations of the Grand Paris Express.

Grand Paris Express: a free immersive installation at the Forum des Halles

From October 12 to November 6, 2023, the Forum des Halles shopping center will exceptionally host a free immersive installation, giving the general public an experience at the heart of the Grand Paris Express. Are you ready?

Take a behind-the-scenes look at the Grand Paris Express with a free tour of the Fabrique du Métro.

In Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, among the various warehouses of the Docks industrial zone, you'll find the Fabrique du Métro. The Fabrique du Métro is a genuine laboratory for experimenting and testing the future metro lines of the Grand Paris Express, and offers free tours of what our future public transport systems will look like.

KM 11: Noisy - Champs: a festive banquet on the construction site of the future Grand Paris Express station

Would you like to attend a festive evening banquet to discover a future station of the Grand Paris Express? Come to the Noisy - Champs station, east of the capital, on Saturday, May 13, 2023, to enjoy this unique and unusual event for free.

Metro line 15: Abbesses to no longer be the deepest metro station

For always, the Abbesses metro station was known for being the deepest one in the Ile-de-France network. But it will be soon dethroned by an upcoming station on metro line 15, in Val-de-Marne.