Update: May 2018

The Paris-Lyon high speed rail line is one of the world’s busiest, handling one-third of all national high speed traffic. This line has reached its maximum of 13 trains per hour at peak traffic times. The larger Global Project will increase capacity and meet train path needs at peak hours, estimated at 14 paths in 2020, 15 in 2025 and 16 in 2030 and thereafter. The present project concerned the following initial studies aiming at identifying and specifying the necessary steps to leverage achievement of the Global Project's performance targets, namely to:

- Gauge potential developments in demand for services on the Paris– Lyon corridor

- Establish when saturation point will be reached: i.e. to determine from what point will it be impossible to cater to demand

- Design timetable graphs corresponding to this demand - Agree on the improvements needed to relieve congestion on the line

and cater to the expected demand - Assess the performance standards that could be attained through

investment The Action is closed.

TEN-T Annual Programme

Member States involved: France Implementation schedule: Start date: March 2014 End date: December 2015

EU contribution: €1,257,768

Additional information:

European Commission, DG MOVE http://ec.europa.eu/transport Innovation and Networks Executive Agency (INEA) https://ec.europa.eu/inea Beneficiary: Ministère de l’écologie, du développement durable, et de l’énergie www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr Implementing body: SNCF Reseau www.sncf-reseau.fr

Performance enhancement on the Paris-Lyon high speed line

(High performance/high speed southeast)

2013-FR-91018-S