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Alcatel Lucent Enterprise (ALE) and Nokia have been appointed to provide connected network solutions for Grand Paris Express’s new lines.
According to the contract, the two communications companies will maintain and operate video surveillance and air quality across a high-speed backbone network and IoT sensors. As a distribution partner for Nokia, ALE, will install its ruggedized LAN OmniSwitch range across stations and in remote industrial environments. Nokia on the other hand will provide its multi-service IP/MPLS high-speed backbone network to the metro lines.
Speaking on the project, Nathan Stenson, vice president of Nokia’s Global Partner Channel, said that this state-of-the-art technology enables a powerful multi-service IoT network that provides air quality and video monitoring in stations with 13,000 cameras and AI to enhance safety and security.
Grand Paris Express is a modern rapid transit being constructed in the Île-de-France in France.
The development includes four new lines for the Paris Métro and extensions of the current Lines 11 and 14. Around 200 kilometres (120 mi) of additional tracks and 68 new stations are to be developed. This will enable the entire system to serve a projected 2 million daily passengers.
A total of €35.6 billion has been earmarked for the Grand Paris Express project, including a provision of €7 billion for risks and contingencies.
Importance of the Grand Paris Express
It’s a project of the century in the whole of Paris, and a scheme to give the Paris conurbation and infrastructure system commensurate with growing momentum and objectives.
The Grand Paris Express lays down Paris firmly in the 21st century: after the development in the 20th century of metro and RER regional express lines all extending out from the capital’s centre.
The project’s aim is to develop a new ring network that permits suburb-to-suburb travel without having to go through the centre of Paris and also offers direct links to the airports. The project will bring significant benefits to the many residents who work or live in areas which were not well served by public transport.
Another aim of the new system is to limit urban sprawl around the city by densifying already urbanized parts that will now be linked to the heart of the conurbation and will gain from urban upgrading schemes around the new stations. |
