According to the EIB, this is the first allocation under the framework loan 2021-0107 LYON TRANSPORTS URBAINS 2026, financing investments to increase capacity and improve service quality on the metro and tram networks, particularly on those lines with levels of saturation.

The components included in the allocation are the following:
- the upgrade of metro line B to a fully automated metro system, including the renewal of the signalling system and the purchase of 28 new trains;
- the renewal of 26 existing metro trains dedicated to metro line A to extend their economic life;
- the renewal and upgrade of 4 metro stations on line A;
- a new traffic control centre for the metro network;
- the purchase of 35 trams of 43 metres and the upgrade of the tram infrastructure of lines T1 and T2 to make it compatible with the operation of longer trams and the renewal and upgrade of the ticketing system of the whole urban public transport network.

The aim is to contribute to the promoter's strategic objectives for sustainable urban mobility, the energy transition and climate change mitigation, as set out in its urban transport plan and the Grand Lyon energy and climate plan. Investments will help to achieve the objectives set in such plans, namely reducing the modal share of passenger cars from 44% to 35% by 2030 in favour of non-motorised and public transport and reducing CO2 emissions by 43% compared to 2000.

The project will therefore provide economic benefits with an improvement in the efficiency and quality of public transport services.

As stated on the company's website (translated with DeepL.com), on January 1, 2022, SYTRAL Mobilités became a local public establishment, replacing the former syndicat mixte.

The ordinance of April 8, 2021 formalizes its creation and sets out its purpose and scope.

The new transit authority for the Lyon area will bring together the Metropole de Lyon, the Villefranche Beaujolais Saône and Ouest Rhodanien agglomeration communities, the 9 communities of communes in the Rhône department and the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Region (in its role as leader of regional intermodality).

It retains its initial role as organizing authority for regular public transport, on-demand public transport, school transport services and the express link between Lyon and Lyon Saint-Exupéry airport, on the scale of an enlarged mobility basin comprising 13 Rhône communities, serving 263 communes in an area of over 1.8 million inhabitants.

A genuine institutional innovation, the structure's scope of action makes it an exception in France, giving it a leading role to play.

No project contacts provided at the time of disclosure.

Client - Sytral Mobilities:

Address: 21 boulevard Vivier Merle - CS 63815, 69487 Lyon cedex 03
Phone: +33 4 72 84 58 00
Website: https://www.sytral.fr/

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