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Greater Paris: metro line 4 will be fully automated at the end of December

11/9/2023, 6:32:35 PM

Highlights: Paris metro line 4 will be fully automated at the end of December. The automation of line 4 has finally been completed after seven years of work. The line will link the Porte de Clignancourt in Paris to Bagneux in the Hauts-de-Seine. It will become the 3rd in the network to be fully automation. The entire automation project amounting to 480 million euros was financed by Île- de-France Mobilités (IDFM)


After seven years of work (without major interruptions in operation), the automation of line 4 has finally been completed... O

Only a few more weeks of patience — six at most — and line 4 of the metro, linking the Porte de Clignancourt in Paris to Bagneux in the Hauts-de-Seine, will become the 3rd in the network to be fully automated. Laurent Probst, the CEO of Île-de-France Mobilités (IDFM, the transport organizing authority that financed the entire automation project amounting to 480 million euros), and RATP officials confirmed this Thursday during a site visit on the line by evoking a switch to 100% automatic by the end of the year.

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