2. Paris Region:
already a leading economic area
• 12 million inhabitants
• 600 000 students
• GDP of €553 billion: strongest regional economy in
Europe
• Europe’s first region in terms of R&D with 143,800
people working in research including 89,540 researchers
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3. Le Grand Paris
“The Greater Paris is an urban, social and economic project (…)
based on the construction of a new public transportation
network
(article 1 of the “Grand Paris” Act, June the 3rd 2010)
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4. A global project
• Invest in a new automatic fast metro network that will change the
daily life of inhabitants.
• Connect Paris region to the world through direct connections
with harbours, airports, fast trains…
• Build 70 000 new housing each year, largely located in areas
which will benefit of a new attractivity with the stations of the Grand
Paris metro network.
• Develop powerful clusters with strong technological focus and
business identity.
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5. Territories
Confluence
Seine-Oise Roissy - Villepinte - Tremblay
Paris - Le Bourget
Est de la
Seine-Saint-Denis
La Plaine
Paris - La Défense
Saint-Denis
Cité Descartes
Paris - Saclay
Sud de Paris
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7. Le Grand Paris metro key figures
• 20,5 billion € investment for Grand Paris Express. Over 30 billion
with the full financing of the orange line and the « mobilisation
scheme » for public transport.
• Over 200 kms of new and fully automatic metro lines
• Up to 3 million passengers per day
• Over 60 kms per hour of average speed. Up to one train every 90
seconds
• 72 stations which will play a key role in urban strategy
• Foreseeing the rise in demand for public transport
• Less cars on the road: Over 15% of the people using the future
metro would have been car users
• Connections with almost every actual train and metro lines
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8. “Société du Grand Paris”,
a dedicated company with adapted skills
• A state-owned company whose activity is both industrial and
commercial.
• Focusing on the mission: A main objective is to design and build
the future transport network including the acquisition of the trains.
• Special abilities, under specific conditions, to conduct urban
development project, especially near the stations
• A governance that emphasis political consensus
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9. Cost & financing
Borrowing transaction to face the need in investment in a short
period of time, and dedicated long-lasting revenues to face the
annuel repayment
• 4 billion in capital
• Dedicated fiscal revenues each year
• revenues from the rise in value of real estate project
• Commercial revenues in the stations
• usage fee
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10. Timeline
Act of Grand
Paris
conception construction
2010 2011 2012 2013 2018 2025
Public ▼
Conclusion of the inquiries Opening of the
first sections Opening of the
public debate
entire network
Schéma
d’ensemble:
May the 26th
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