Extensive Rapid Transit System Planned For Paris' Outer-Ring Suburbs

An extensive 96-mile network of rapid transit lines connecting Paris' poorer outer-ring suburbs, on hold since it was proposed a year ago because of its considerable cost, takes a step closer to realization.

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September 3, 2010, 10:00 AM PDT

By Tim Halbur

Yonah Freemark writes, "This week, the government opened public debate on the project, revealing the extensive studies it has completed on potential alignments for the rail corridors, including proposed station sites. And the Sarkozy Administration has committed to €4 billion to the Société du Grand Paris, the semi-autonomous organization that will build the project and invest in eight major development sites that will have prime access to the network."

"The project would encompass 155 km (96 miles) of new lines that would be added to the existing automated 5.5-mile Line 14 Metro that currently runs along a southeast-northwest route through Paris."

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Infrastructure Transportation Europe Rapid Transit Paris

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