High speed railway line between Nîmes and Perpignan, works and studies for bypassing Nîmes and Montpellier
The Nîmes and Montpellier bypass is located on the Mediterranean branch of Priority Project 3, the high speed railway line Paris-Madrid. The construction of a new railway line of 70 km removed a bottleneck on the railway link between the Rhône Valley and the Pyrenees.
The line was equipped with ETCS (European Train Control System) Level 2 - an essential part of the European Rail Traffic Management System - to guarantee interoperability with the European high speed network.
The line was also mixed, allowing high speed and conventional passenger traffic, as well as freight transport.
This action covered the finalisation on of the design studies, land acquisition, and the construction on of the new line, plus links to the existing railway network. The works were carried out through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP).
The Action is closed.
EU contribution: €152,051,410 |
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This project was also looked at during the Mid-Term Review of the 2007-2013 TEN-T Multi-Annual Work Programme.
Member States involved:
France
Implementation schedule:
Start date: January 2007
End date: December 2015
Beneficiary:
Ministry of Sustainable Development
Implementing body:
Additional information:
Coordinator’s Report of the Priority Project
European Commission, DG MOVE
Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA)