CDGVAL

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The CDGVAL is a driverless metro of the VAL type , which ensures free shuttle services at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport , 25 kilometers northeast of Paris . Two lines that went into operation in 2007 replaced several bus lines within the airport and use a complex people mover infrastructure. Both lines transport around ten million passengers a year and save a considerable amount of time for the 62 million passengers annually and the 86,000 airport employees. One of the two lines runs around the clock. The CDGVAL is operated by Keolis on behalf of Aéroports de Paris .

history

The originally planned SK-6000 project of a cable-guided gondola lift was canceled after test runs in 1999 were unsuccessful. The planning for CDGVAL began in 2000, the construction work started in 2003. The total costs amounted to € 155 million, the annual operating costs amount to € 4 million.

line 1

Geographically accurate first line route
Double multiple unit type VAL 208 NG on Line 1 at Terminal 2
End station at Terminal 1

Line 1 is 3.5 kilometers long and serves five stops. It has been in operation since April 4, 2007, followed by a trial run since March 19, 2007.

The route is partly above ground and partly in the tunnel. It is double-track, in front of the terminal stations and at every intermediate station there are double track changes . There is a simple track change on the open stretch between the Terminal 3 and Parc PX stations, where the route branches off to the depot . The terminal stations have central platforms on two butt tracks , the intermediate stations have side platforms.

The route to the depot branches off above ground, it is single-track with a turnout . The depot has a three-track hall and two long outdoor sidings, one of which has a washing facility .

The train initially ran around the clock, since May 2013 it has been closed between 12:40 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. The trains follow each other at intervals of four or five minutes, depending on the time of day. The maximum travel time between the end points is eight minutes. The average travel speed is 25 km / h, the maximum speed is 70 km / h.

Five of the seven existing 26 meter long double multiple units of the VAL 208 NG type are used . They run like the Paris Métro in legal operation .

Stations

  • Terminal 1 : The terminus with the central platform is above ground on the southern edge of the circular central building of Terminal 1
  • Parc PR : Parking lot ( Parc de stationnement ) PR, side platforms
  • Terminal 3 : The station with a side and a - used only one direction - central platform is located northeast of the RER -Bahnhofs station Aéroport Charles-de-Gaulle 1 of Line B
  • Parc PX : Parking lot ( Parc de stationnement ) PX, side platforms
  • Terminal 2 : The terminus with the central platform is alongside the TGV and RER station Aéroport Charles-de-Gaulle 2 TGV (Line B), in the immediate vicinity of Hall 2F of Terminal 2

The platforms are separated from the tracks by transparent glass walls with embedded platform screen doors. The doors only open when the train is stationary.

Line 2

The second line is called LISA (= Liaison Interne Satellite Aérogare). It connects Terminal 2E with satellite S4 via satellite S3 in three minutes on a route that is only 950 meters long. A trip every two minutes can carry 10,000 people per hour.

gallery

  • Double track change at Terminal 1 station

  • Val 2008 NG type train on line 1 near Parc de stationnement PX

  • Two Val 2008 NG during trial operation in Terminal 3 station

  • Terminal 2E of LISA

Web links

Commons : CDGVAL  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Track plan at carto.metro.free.fr

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ CDGVal, une première en Europe avec Keolis. Keolis, archived from the original on August 11, 2007 ; accessed on October 5, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Seine-Saint-Denis Tourisme: CDGVAL: les coulisses du métro automatique. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 23, 2011 ; Retrieved March 26, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fraport.de
  3. ↑ magazine Paris Aéroports magazine in March 2007, of de Paris Aéroports