Grand Paris Express: the Start of Line 18 Could Be Postponed to 2027
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The start-up was expected before the end of 2026 for this piece of the future metro line 18. In the long term, this new metro line must connect Versailles to Orly Airport, south-west of Paris, It is one of the four metro lines (15, 16, 17 and 18) under construction in Île-de-France: a vast infrastructure project providing 200 kilometres of automatic metro and 68 stations, called Grand Paris Express, which must connect all the suburbs of Paris af…
New technical difficulties are expected to delay the opening of the first section of the French supermetro. For the time being, the companies which will operate will refuse to start the blank market.
While the inauguration of lines 15 and 18 had already been postponed again at the beginning of July, the one supposed to connect the Paris-Orly airport to Versailles will not finally see the light of day in December as planned. The reason is, once again, the automation system of the line.
According to information from the "World", the reliability and security conditions necessary to start the tests prior to the opening of the line, scheduled for mid-December, were not considered sufficient.
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