Eiffage : in a consortium with Saferail and Systra, wins a contract as part of the signalling for the “high performance” pilot project of the Paris-Lyon high-speed rail line, worth a total €52.5 million

Vélizy-Villacoublay, 23 July 2020

17:40

Press release

Eiffage, in a consortium with Saferail and Systra, wins a contract

as part of the signalling for the "high performance" pilot project of the

Paris-Lyonhigh-speed rail line, worth a total €52.5 million

Eiffage, through its subsidiary Eiffage Énergie Systèmes, in consortium with Saferail and Systra, has won a detailed design, construction and technical validation contract worth €52.5 million to replace signalling along more than 500 kilometres of the Paris-Lyon high- speed rail line, as part of works to modernise and improve the infrastructure reliability.

The operation is part of the "High Performance Network" transformation and modernisation plan initiated by SNCF Réseau to improve performance on the current network and increase capacity and regularity. The Paris-Lyon project, co-financed by the European Union, is the first operational high-speed line in France to undergo such large-scale regeneration of its signalling system while simultaneously switching to the ERTMS (European Rail Traffic Management System). This continues the gradual harmonisation of the European rail network and its interoperability in a context of opening to competition.

The project will be managed by Eiffage Énergie Systèmes and involves detailed design, signalling works and overall technical validation of this major rail line. A total of 58 new signalling technical building will be installed, fully equipped and tested before commissioning.

The project also incorporates a major social dimension, with a commitment to 42,000 hours of access to employment jobs.

The detailed design phase began recently, with the works phase scheduled between 2021 and 2024 and the high-speed line forecast to enter commercial service in 2025.

This new contract complements the 2019 appointment of Eiffage Énergie Systèmes to install signalling equipment in parallel, which will enable the switch from the old to the new system along the entire Paris-Lyon line. With these contracts, Eiffage Énergie Systèmes consolidates its position as a strategic leader in the rail market.

About Eiffage

Eiffage is one of Europe's leading construction and concessions companies. The Group's activities are organised around the following business lines: construction, real estate and urban development, civil engineering, metal, roads, energy and concessions. Thanks to the experience of more than 72,500 employees, Eiffage generated revenues of €18.1 billion in 2019, of which almost 26% was outside France.

About Eiffage Énergie Systèmes

Eiffage Énergie Systèmes designs, builds, operates and maintains electrical, industrial, HVAC and energy systems and facilities while respecting people and protecting the environment. Eiffage Énergie Systèmes provides a customised offer for the industrial, infrastructure and network markets, local authorities and the tertiary sector. Through its dense network of branches in more than 30 countries, Eiffage Énergie Systèmes builds close relationships and meets its customers' challenges head on. Its cutting-edge expertise enables it to provide innovative, high added-value solutions. Eiffage Énergie Systèmes generated revenues of €4.5 billion in 2019.

About Saferail

Saferail, an independent French company established in 2003, is a French market leader in railway control command and signalling systems, specialised in engineering, consulting, R&D, innovation, deployment and training (Saferail Academy). Saferail has hubs in four major locations: Nantes (headquarters), Paris, and Toulouse in France, and Nanjing in China. In 2014, Saferail opened its share capital to Bpifrance, which has supported the company's growth ever since. Saferail operates on urban guided transport systems and major lines: high-speed and conventional rail lines, metro, rapid transit, tram-train and tramway. Thanks to its 17 years' experience and 120 employees, Saferail generates annual revenues of €10 million.

About SYSTRA

SYSTRA is one of the world's leading engineering and consulting groups specialised in public transport and mobility solutions. For more than 60 years, the Group has been involved with cities and regions in order to contribute to their development by creating, improving and modernising their transport infrastructures. Supported by its 7,300 employees, the Group's mission is to make travel more fluid throughout the world, in order to bring populations closer together and facilitate access to employment, education and leisure.

Eiffage press contact

Sophie Mairé

Tel: [phone] [e-mail]