Towards a line 19 between La Défense and Paris CDG?

Go to Paris-CDG directly in metro on leaving his office at La Défense That's a promise that should be of interest to more than one business traveller... The 22 Novemberhas gained further momentum with the announcement of Valérie Pécresse. The President of the Île-de-France Region andÎle-de-France Mobilités on Wednesday unveiled the project for the line 19which would be part of the Grand Paris Express.

This "super metro" between Nanterre and Gonesse should travel between 25 and 30 km in total. It would serve nine to eleven stationstruly integrating the Val d'Oise in the Grand Paris Express which the Département felt it had been left out of. For the Île-de-France Region, it is a question of " better serve this département, which for too long has been left out of major public transport projects ". The President of the Département, Marie-Christine Cavecchi, logically co-chaired this presentation. In addition to Gonesse, whose station is currently under construction, services to Sarcelles andArgenteuil are planned. In all, some 650,000 inhabitants which would then be located less than 2 km from a station on this future line 19.

" This new line will completely link up the Paris region network and serve the Val d'Oise département, which has a very dynamic economy.say those in charge of the project. Line 19 will connect at Nanterre with lines 15 and 18 and would directly link the La Défense to theRoissy-Charles de Gaulle airport by connecting to line 17 at the station of Gonesse from Grand Paris Expresscurrently under construction ".

It remains to be seen whether this project, whose estimated to cost between 5 and 7 billion euroswill be completed. Those in charge of the Region are counting on the project being completed by the end of the year. 2040. For the time being, the focus is on launching the feasibility studies of this possible line 19, which will be co-financed by the Département and the Region. Those in charge of the Grand Paris Express have declined to comment.