Liaison Internal Satellite Aérogare

Type VAL 208NG train (on line 1)

Terminal 2E station of LISA

The Liaison Interne Satellite Aérogare (LISA) is the second connecting runway constructed according to the VAL system within the Parisian airport Charles-de-Gaulle . On June 27, 2007, around two and a half months after Line 1 and at the same time as the opening of the S3 satellite (terminal) , the railway went into operation as Line 2. There is no track connection to line 1.

The Liaison Interne Satellite Aérogare (roughly: internal connection to the airport satellite - this refers to the newly built, spatially separated boarding station S3, primarily for the Airbus A380 ) initially connected the route between Terminals 2E and , on a nearly 700 meter long and partly elevated railway line 2F access T2 in just 45 seconds with the S3 satellite. After extending the route by approx. 300 meters, the new S4 satellite has also been accessible by train since July 21, 2012. All entrances are in an area that is only open to travelers who have already checked in.

With a trip every two minutes, 4500 people can be transported per hour in each direction. Three double railcars of type VAL 208NG and eight of type Val 208NG2 from Siemens Transportation Systems are used .

The depot was opened on April 15, 2011 and the route was extended to the S4 satellite, which is currently under construction. The new end station Satellite S4 has been served since it was commissioned in 2012. In this context, the VAL 208NG2 were ordered, which can run in double traction .

The line running in an east-west direction is double-tracked throughout with central platforms . 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. In front of the Terminal 2E station and behind the Satellite S4 terminus there are double track changes . The depot is located behind the last-mentioned station.

The train runs from 4.30 a.m. to 0.30 a.m., a train frequency of 120 seconds is possible. The shortest cycle is 155 seconds; it is offered in the morning between 5.30 and 7.00 a.m., the longest at five minutes. Not all trains go to the Satellite S4 station: after 4.00 p.m., five out of six trains already end at the Satellite S3 station, and after 6.30 p.m. it is no longer started.

Web links

• Track plan at carto.metro.free.fr

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Press release from Siemens inaugurated the extension of the CDGVAL line at Paris Airport on July 17, 2012