Line 7 of the Paris tram

Train on the T7 between Coeur d'Orly and Orly Airport

The line T7 of the tram Ile-de-France is an extension of the metro line 7 in the southern Ile-de-France is the first portion of the terminus. Villejuif - Louis Aragon the metro 7, extending in a southerly direction to Porte de l ' Essonne ( Athis-Mons ) and was opened to public transport on November 16, 2013. The line is to be extended to Juvisy-sur-Orge train station by 2018 .

This means that places with large traffic such as For example, the Rungis wholesale market ( Marché international de Rungis ) or Paris-Orly airport are better connected to the capital and the southern Ile-de-France. A simple T + ticket is sufficient to travel to and from the airport.

history

An advertising banner announces the imminent opening of the line (November 2013)

A pedestrian bridge connects the Belle Épine stop and the shopping center of the same name

Citadis train on a test drive near Orly Airport

planning

The first agreements with the local authorities involved will take place in autumn 2000. Two years later, STIF gives its general approval. A public hearing will be held in the winter of 2003/04. In December 2006, STIF approved the financial agreements that had meanwhile been made.

In February 2009 the line was given the official number “7”.

construction

The first preparatory construction work took place between February 2009 and summer 2011. This involved laying supply lines, felling trees, adjusting traffic routing, setting up pedestrian islands.

The first rails were laid from the end of June 2011 after the orders for the vehicles had already been awarded at the beginning of the same year.

After the completion of the construction work and about one year after the delivery of the first vehicles, test drives were carried out on the completed sections of the route, and since mid-October 2013 on the entire route and taking into account the timetable - but still without passengers. Regular operation began on November 16, 2013.

Route

The northern section

The stops from north to south:

Tram line T7
station	Parish (noun)	connection
Villejuif - Louis Aragon	Villejuif
Lamartine	Villejuif
Domaine Chérioux	L'Haÿ-les-Roses , Vitry-sur-Seine
Moulin Vert	Chevilly-Larue, Vitry-sur-Seine
Brittany	Chevilly-Larue
Auguste Perret	Chevilly-Larue, Thiais
Porte de Thiais	Chevilly-Larue, Thiais	Tvm
La Belle Épine	Rungis , Thiais
Place de la Logistique	Rungis
Porte de Rungis	Rungis
Saarinen	Rungis
Robert Schumann	Rungis
La Fraternelle	Rungis
Hélène Boucher	Paray-Vieille-Poste
Caroline Aigle	Orly
Cœur d'Orly	Orly
Aéroport d'Orly	Paray-Vieille-Poste	Orlyval
Porte de l'Essonne	Athis-Mons , Villeneuve-le-Roi , Paray-Vieille-Poste

The first section is 11.2 km long. All 18 stops are handicapped accessible. The line is intended to facilitate traffic within the suburbs and essentially follows the N7 national road , which, incidentally, has been downgraded to the D7 departmental road. It leaves the north-south direction only in the middle section to ensure the connection of important places: Rungis wholesale market , Rungis industrial areas and SILIC with 350 companies and 16,000 jobs, shopping centers, RER train station and Orly airport. The power supply is ensured by six transformer substations.

Large numbers of pines and holm oaks are planted along the route. The route is as far as possible as a green track running, planted with sedum ( stonecrop ), a plant that barely requires maintenance.

The southern section

An extension of the route by 3.7 km to the south will lead the line to Juvisy station . The route leads through a 900 m long tunnel. Construction work is scheduled to start in mid-2015; Commencement of traffic in 2018. A total of six new stops will be built, one of them underground at a depth of 17 m.

Future connections to the Metro network

At the moment there is only a change to line 7.

Later transfer options will be added as part of the Grand Paris Express : from 2020 a station on line 15 will be created at the Villejuif - Louis-Aragon stop. Only after 2020 will there be connections to lines 14 and 18 at the Aéroport d'Orly stop.

The vehicles

19 low-floor trams of the Alstom Citadis 302 type are used on the route , they are each 32 m long and offer space for 200 passengers with only 54 seats. During rush hour, the trains run every 5 minutes.

After the expansion of the 2nd section, 30 articulated trains will be used. The clock interval should then be shortened to four minutes.

Depot

The depot under construction (as of August 2012)

A 24,000 m² site in the Vitry-sur-Seine area was acquired for the maintenance and parking of the vehicles. An administration and technology center was built here, which fulfills all the important functions for operating a tram line: operations control center, offices, training rooms, workshops, train washing facilities, sidings. The buildings were built according to the most modern requirements and can benefit from the quality of their thermal insulation , the use of rainwater, and waste water recycling. classified as “Bâtiment Basse Consommation” ( low energy house ).

Web links

Commons : Tram Line T7  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Detailed schematic route map of the RATP including the tariff zones, municipalities and roads passed through as well as the bus connections
• Announcement of the RATP (French). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 16, 2013 ; accessed on May 9, 2017 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ STIF press release, February 2009; (French) accessed November 6, 2013
2. ↑ ^{a b} RATP press release 2011 (French) accessed November 7, 2011