We are "only" talking about the construction of 6.5 km of track, which will have taken 25 years to build and which will have a profound impact on the environment. improve rail travel for people living in the Somme, Oise and north-east Val d'Oise regions. In fact, the work on the connecting the Paris-Creil-Amiens line to the Roissy-TGV SNCF station. This will put Amiens 1 hour 02 minutes from the airport, compared with the current 1 hour 40 minutes by TER and RER B trains via Gare du Nord. This link will then allow direct TGV services from the Somme prefecture to Lyon in 3 hours 10 minutes, Marseille in 4h55 and Strasbourg in 3 hours 10 minutes.
Two new Amiens-Creil-Roissy-Lyon-Marseille and Amiens-Creil-Roissy-Strasbourg TGV return services are planned for the inauguration. As for the daily trains from Picardy, three new TER Amiens-Roissy TGV round trips have also been announced, with stops at Creil, Chantilly-Gouvieux and Survilliers-Fosses. The most spectacular reduction in journey time between Creil and Roissy will be 20 minutes, compared with the current 1 hour 10 minutes. Passengers will also have access to all the connections available to other French regions from Roissy-TGV SNCF station. Those taking flights from the airport will benefit from enhanced rail-air intermodality, in particular with Air France and the SNCF via its combined "Train+Air" ticket offer.
A line that will help reduce congestion at Gare du Nord
The cost of the works is not insignificant, estimated at €540m for the construction by SNCF Réseau of the new line, on which trains will travel at 160 km/h, and the improvements made by Gares & Connexions at Roissy TGV, Chantilly-Gouvieux and Survilliers-Fosses stations. The Hauts-de-France region, which is footing a quarter of the bill, estimates that this line should generate an additional 4 million passengers a year 2/3 of which would be used for commuting by people working in the Roissy airport business park or in the Ile-de-France region. The advantage is also environmental, as this link would be likely to eliminate 100,000 car journeys to the Roissy employment area. For the SNCF, the aim is also to relieve congestion at the Gare du Nord station, which is currently the busiest in Europe. Finally, Parc Astérix's leisure and MICE activities should benefit from its proximity to Survilliers-Fosse station.
