KEOLIS TO OPERATE THE NEW METRO LINES 16 AND 17 OF THE ILE-DE-FRANCE METRO

Ile-de-France Mobilités has appointed Keolis to operate the new automatic metro lines 16 and 17 of the Ile-de-France metro. These two lines will be put into service from October 2026. The 7-year contract, with 3 years of optional extensions, also includes the management, from June 2024 before the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, of the station Saint-Denis Pleyel, the largest station in the Ile-de-France metro.

Lines that will change the daily lives of Ile-de-France residents
Line 16 will connect 10 stations, from Saint-Denis Pleyel to Noisy-Champs, in less than 30 minutes. It will serve cities that are currently less well served by public transport, such as Clichy-sous-Bois or Montfermeil. It will connect key sectors of the Capital Region such as the Descartes or Saint-Denis University campus. It shares a 6.4 km section with line 17, connecting the Saint-Denis Pleyel, La Courneuve Six-Routes and Le Bourget RER stations, as well as the operations centre located in the municipalities of Aulnay-sous-Bois. and Gonesse. It is expected to eventually carry 200,000 passengers every day.

Line 17 will connect 9 stations, from Saint-Denis Pleyel to Mesnil-Amelot, in less than 25 minutes. It will facilitate the daily life of nearly 565,000 inhabitants with an expected attendance of 60,000 travellers every day. Line 17 will participate in the development of major economic hubs in the Ile-de-France region such as the Saint-Denis Pleyel sector, the Villepinte Exhibition Center or Paris-Le Bourget. It will make the daily lives of travellers easier, for example by allowing them to reach the Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport platform in less than 20 minutes instead of 45 today. It will offer many connections with the metro lines (14, 15, 16), RER B and D, trams 1 and T11 Express.