doi: 978-981-08-6396-8_plenary3
| Plenary Session 3 | Rail Transit Systems & Technology |
| Title | Automation of Paris Metro Line 1 |
| Speaker | Dr Laurent Fortune Engineering Division Director Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens, RATP |
| Chairperson | Mr Chua Chong Kheng Group Director, Rail (Thomson & Existing Lines) Land Transport Authority of Singapore |
| Date/Time | Thursday, 21 October 2010 / 09:00 |
| Venue | Compass Central Ballroom |
Dr Laurent Fourtuneis the Director delegate of Engineering Division at Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens, RATP. He has extensive experience in transportation systems planning, management and implementation. He led 40 investment projects on Paris Public transport system, totalling 300M euros of spending per year, and set up engineering teams to coordinate the projects, and consensus buildup with local councils and neighbourhoods on projects.
Dr Fourtune graduated with a PHD in physics, with honours from Ecole Normale Supérieure (Paris, France) in 1994 and a Master of Transport Management from Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (Paris, France) in 1996.
Abstract
The benefits of automated new lines, built since the early 1990’s, are now well-known:
- better economics,
- more reliable and flexible service,
- higher safety.
Automation of existing lines faces nonetheless much higher hurdles in social, economical and technical fields. RATP seized the opportunity of refurbishment of trains and signalling on Paris Metro line 1 to launch such an automation.
Line 1 is the oldest and busiest line of Paris Metro network carrying over 700 000 commuters per day and serves major prestigious commercial, business and sightseeing districts.
The project involved putting together various and strong engineering and project management capabilties:
- Automated train control and supervision,
- Electro mechanical (Platform Screen Door),
- Civil engineering and track geometry (platform reinforcements),
- Workforce organisation during transition period,
- Rolling stock,
- Information Technology (video monitoring).
Migration strategy has been conceived to minimize service disruption.
The project is now well on track : first automated shuttle is expected in commercial operation before mid 2011. Early experiences (bad and good) can already be unveiled for other would-be projects.
Details such as coping with stations with curves, platform screen door installation tolerances, automated trains introduction strategy, mixed use of garage area by driverless and driven trains, are highlighted.
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