CDG Express

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CDG Express
Logo CDG Express.svg
Overview
Owner SNCF and Paris Aéroport
Termini
Website cdgexpress.com
Service
Operator(s)Hello Paris (Keolis and RATP Group)
Rolling stock Alstom Coradia Liner
History
Planned openingearly 2027
Technical
Line length32 km (20 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map
CDGexpSchema.jpg

CDG Express is a railway line currently under construction. It will connect Gare de l'Est in Paris and Charles de Gaulle Airport, aiming to alleviate congestion on the existing RER B line. Originally planned for 2006, the opening was pushed back several times, most recently to early 2027. Upon completion, passengers can expect to travel between the airport and Gare de l'Est in just 20 minutes, covering a distance of 32 kilometres (20 mi).

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History

Platform construction for CDG Express at Gare de l'Est. Gare de l'Est quais CDG Express 2.jpg
Platform construction for CDG Express at Gare de l'Est.

In June 2000, SNCF, Réseau Ferré de France and Aéroports de Paris formed CDG-Express, a groupement d'intérêt économique, to develop a high-speed rail link from Paris to Charles de Gaulle Airport. It was proposed to open in 2006. [1]

In July 2008, a consortium of Vinci, Caisse des dépôts et consignations, Axa and Keolis was selected to finance, build and manage the line with a scheduled 2013 opening. [2] However the project stalled, until it was relaunched in January 2014. [3]

In 2014 a 50:50 joint venture between SNCF and Paris Aéroport was supposed to build and manage the line. [4] Subsequently an updated DUP (Declaration of Public Utility) was granted and an government loan of 1.7 Mio. Euro approved. Upon those decisions a group of SNCF Réseau, Groupe ADP and Caisse des dépôts et consignations was formed that contributes in equal share the equity capital of 450 to 500 Mio. Euro. The group adopted the CDG Express nomenclature in 2019. [5] In November 2018, the company Hello Paris, a Keolis and RATP Group joint venture, was selected to operate the line for 15 years from January 2024 with a fleet of Alstom Coradia Liners. [6]

On 29 May 2019, transport minister Élisabeth Borne announced the CDG Express would be delayed to late 2025, [7] after the 2024 Summer Olympics, in order to focus on other infrastructure works in the northern suburbs of Paris. [8] [9]

Commissioning with opening to the public is scheduled for the first quarter of 2027. [5] [10] The fare is expected to be set at €24. [11]

Description

CDG Express is expected to offer a 20-minute non-stop ride every half hour from 5am to midnight. [12] The new line is expected to take airline customers off RER B (with which it will share some tracks), making room for local passengers, and divert 15% of airport automobile trips to rail. [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Roissy – CDG link deal". Railway Gazette International . 1 July 2000. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018.
  2. ↑ "Preferred bidder selected for CDG Express concession". Railway Gazette International . 2 July 2008. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018.
  3. ↑ "Charles-de-Gaulle Airport rail link project relaunched". Railway Gazette International . 24 January 2014. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018.
  4. ↑ "Charles-de-Gaulle Airport rail linking funding model approved". Railway Gazette International . 26 June 2017. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  5. 1 2 Railway Gazette International (10 October 2024). "Paris CDG Express airport train delayed to 2027" . Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  6. ↑ "Operator selected for CDG Express airport rail link". Railway Gazette International . 20 November 2018. Archived from the original on 24 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
  7. ↑ Allix, Grégoire (29 May 2019). "La future ligne de train CDG Express ne sera finalement pas en service pour les JO de 2024" [The planned CDG Express train line will ultimately not be operational for the 2024 Olympic Games]. Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 12 October 2020.
  8. ↑ Vigoureux, Thierry (30 May 2019). "Le CDG Express sur une voie de garage" [The CDG Express on a siding]. Le Point (in French). Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  9. ↑ "Le CDG Express reporté à «fin 2025», annonce la ministre des Transports" [The CDG Express postponed to "end of 2025", announces the Minister of Transport]. Le Figaro (in French). Agence France-Presse. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  10. ↑ Martine Bréson (23 June 2022). "EN IMAGES – Le chantier du CDG Express avance, mise en service prévue début 2027". ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). Retrieved 11 February 2025.
  11. ↑ "Transport: full steam ahead for the CDG Express project". Government of France . Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  12. 1 2 "Qu'est-ce que le projet CDG Express ?". cdgexpress.com. Archived from the original on 27 January 2023. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
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