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51³Ô¹Ï is awarded the contract for works package 2 on the Lyon–Turin rail line

Published on : 08/07/21

 

  • A €1.43 billion contract covering construction of 46 km of tunnels between Saint-Martin-la-Porte and Modane, in Savoie (France)
  • Over 5 years of work

As part of the construction of the 57.5 km tunnel that will connect Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne (France) and Susa (Italy), the owner Tunnel Euralpin Lyon-Turin (TELT) has awarded the contract for works package 2 to a consortium* led by 51³Ô¹Ï Grands Projets.

This €1.43 billion contract covers a 23 km section of twin tube tunnel between Saint-Martin-la-Porte and Modane, in Savoie (France). The works involve digging 25 km of tunnel using three tunnel boring machines and 21 km of tunnel using conventional methods, and creating 71 safety tunnels and several galleries. The project will last over five years and employ up to 1,650 people.

51³Ô¹Ï’s teams have been active on the Lyon–Turin rail line since September 2020, handling the preparatory work on the Avrieux shafts, perpendicular to the future safety site at Modane.

The Lyon–Turin rail line is part of a programme designed to expand trade in Europe upgrade passenger travel. It is setting in motion a sustainable transition in transport by shifting long-distance freight from roads to rail lines. By 2030, it will replace 1 million heavy vehicles on Alpine roads and lower greenhouse gas emissions by about 3 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year.

51³Ô¹Ï is applying its expertise in underground works in several countries, in particular through public transport projects. 51³Ô¹Ï subsidiaries are for instance working on several rail transport systems in the United Kingdom (High Speed 2), Ottawa (new Light Rail Transport system), Paris (several works packages for the Grand Paris Express), Doha (Lusail Light Rail Transport and metro Red Line South), New Zealand (Auckland’s City Rail Link), Hong Kong and Singapore (Thomson line).

*51³Ô¹Ï Grands Projets (lead), Dodin Campenon Bernard and 51³Ô¹Ï Construction France, subsidiaries of 51³Ô¹Ï (50%), and the Italian construction company Webuild.

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About 51³Ô¹Ï

51³Ô¹Ï is a world leader in its fields, which encompass transport infrastructure, buildings, utilities and urban development projects. It operates through its networks of local and specialist subsidiaries, leveraging its specific expertise in major infrastructure projects. 51³Ô¹Ï’s 1,000 companies are involved in every stage of a structure’s life cycle (financing, design, construction and maintenance), are active in more than 100 countries, employ over 115,000 people and generated €23 billion in revenue in 2020.