Why The Grand Paris Express Will Change Transportation

Discover the colossal Grand Paris Express, a monumental 200km transport project currently underway in Paris. Explore the incredible engineering feats driving the ambitious endeavor and unravel the reasons behind this great commitment.
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[@Ultimate_Build]

Will you be a part of The Grand Paris Express?

[@Xx_D3str0y3rCrypt0B0t_xX]

As a tunnel boring machine, I am indeed part of the Grand Paris Express!

[@Zwei-Rosen]

The difference between la Grande Nation' progressivism and the German civil-movement concern-bearer fear of change: Paris- Grand Paris Express in 8 years. Berlin: 1.5 km Tramway line elongated in 8 years. It's like b4 1989 - waiting for Godot in the east. GO WEST!

[@yannischupin7787]

What's even more crazy about Paris rn is that even though the grand Paris express is not finished, the region is already launching the preparatory studies to build a 19 th line in the north and planning expansions to the other lines... It feels crazy to see so much being built, and see that they do not intend on stopping there!

[@deztabilizer]

well the ligne 19 is due for 2039 (at least). And since the line 15th was due to 2018 at first, they can start early xD

[@yannischupin7787]

@@deztabilizer Even if it turns out to be true, this is not what I wanted to stress out. Because to me it feels just right for a city to plan transit ahead, but many cities just don't, even if the city is stuck in a car centric vision..

[@deztabilizer]

well yes I understand your point of view. We complain a lot about transit in Paris so it's realy simple to forget a lot of city doesn't have what we got. But a lot of people think the 19 line is a bad idea : a lot of project are on track and people fear this new one suck financing. For example the extension of tram express 11, which was due to 202x, is a least 10 year late. Leader love starting new think without planning @@yannischupin7787

[@joaquimbarbosa896]

Positive learning curve, they'll take advantage of the fact that they're already experienced and build even more, vastly reducing emissions

[@komolkovathana8568]

More, more , more and more.

[@zsoltturi6989]

Sorry to say that, but this video does not give too much additional value over the already existing videos about the Grand Paris Express. Also you got some facts wrong and the network plan you show is no more accurate. I guess your research wasn't thorough enough. Also my ear has been hurt multiple times hearing ILE-de-France pronounced very wrong. Keep improving!

[@gutskii1922]

W crtisism

[@darthisaquius]

I think he is just using the English word isle.

[@mark99k]

@@darthisaquius That might be true if he weren't using the French pronunciation of 'France'.

[@TalwinderDhillonTravels]

Yep same old information with more stock footage. Also Grand paris express is an old topic at this point imo.

[@KyrilPG]

​@@TalwinderDhillonTravels Old topic? The very first parts are opening this year in spring 2024 and this will kick-start the massive acceleration of Paris' transit-a-palooza era. About 34 kilometers of new rail-based extensions and 24 new stations opening in and around Paris between March and June 2024, roughly 22km of which are for the Grand Paris Express : new 8km tunnel under the core and 3 huge new stations for phase 1 of RER E Western extension ; 3.2km Western extension of circular line T3b with 7 new stations ; 2.4km Northern M14 tunnel extension to Saint-Denis Pleyel GPE hub and inauguration of it ; 14km Southern M14 tunnel extension to Orly airport with 7 underground stations ; 6km Eastern M11 extension to Rosny-sous-Bois GPE interchange with 6 new stations, 5 underground and 1 elevated... In the last decade or decade and a half, there was a huge tramway expansion with a dozen lines opening left and right. Now comes the big and heavy stuff, with something major opening almost every year between 2024 and 2030-2032, it's very much current! And chatter will only keep increasing as we get closer to the first opening and then to each major milestone. Though, one can regret that the video seems to be stuck in the past when everything was still a matter of imagination and preliminary artistic renderings. It should have at least included some recent shots of the developments currently underway, or real footage of the trains being tested.

[@SpectreMk2]

Interesting fact: about half of the new tunnels for the Grand Paris Express (around 100km out of the 200km planned by 2030 - 2035) have already been dug.

[@freewal]

France is impressive. It's a modern super power.

[@joaquimbarbosa896]

@@freewalFrance is positioning itself to become Europe's major power, give it another decade

[@passatboi]

Noisy-Champs = "Noisy Shops". I cannnnn't..... 😂😂

[@johnjeanb]

The GPE (Grand Paris Express is NOT 200 km of track BUT 200 km of double track tunnels (400 km of track). To bore them up to 21 "Tunneliers" (TBMs Tunnel Boring Machines, 100 m long, 10 m diameter) worked simultaneously. This video has been made available multiple times (erased, re-published and its content is aging)

[@frafraplanner9277]

4:20 "21 St. Century metropolitan area" 🚨AI Generated Voice Alert🚨

[@pbilk]

​@@JamesFFiTchannel editor correct that because I hear "twenty-one" and "Saint".

[@truthfacts5438]

This is why Paris is a capital of the world, they see the problem and they fix it and they do it big, the only other city in the West I can see performing at this level when it comes to infrastructure is Melbourne, however their timeline and budget seems ridiculously off in comparison...

[@Xefario]

Don't speak too fast, Paris has way more issues than you think. And some of them are known to exist since the last decade. The only thing that pushed this project is the announcement of the Olympic Games, and we just got the news that the transportation network won't be ready to host properly the games...

[@moover123]

uhh lol no, I can understand likingbParis, but this comment is bullshit.

[@jean-loup1948]

@@Xefario Yes, Paris certainly has some issues... but your comment is ridiculous. The Grand Paris Project was born waaaay before the announcement of the olympic games !

[@Clery75019]

@@jean-loup1948 "Réseau primaire du Grand Paris" was first announced in 2009 by Christian Blanc. The good thing is that despite government changes, everyone agreed to keep going on. The project has always been expected for 2030. We're now in 2023 and at this stage expected delays don't exceed a year.

[@jaygatz4335]

Correction: it's pronounced "eel" de France; not "aisle " de France.

[@barlgb]

same as "noisy" - it's nwazy!

[@Prodigious1One]

This sounds brilliant. New York City and Atlanta can learn from this.

[@edwardmiessner6502]

Impressive build! Meanwhile in the US... 😭

[@peterfeltham5612]

This makes London's Crossrail project look mickey-mouse in comparison.In Britain we have spent a truly staggering quarter of a billiom poumds on lawyers fees on planning applications and never ending appeals followed by appeals against appeals and so on and so on.And after years of making lawyers millionaires we still haven't put a spade in the ground.Same at Stonehenge,same at the A303,and a mind blowing 40 billion blown on our pathetic attempt to build a very modest High Speed Rail,now abandoned.Yes there are now some very rich lawyers and politicians around in the UK.We could teach the Mafia a thing or two.

[@jamesboulton9632]

Wow here in Melbourne Australia they are having drama's thinking about doing one loop around the suburbs .They want to do it in stages which will take MEGA years ( I will never see it completed).Admittedly you have a much larger population as well than Melb .But your project is incredible with four new lines 200k's of rail and 68 new stations WOW !! I need to come back to Paris again .

[@pbilk]

I hope to see more of this work in other cities with either tram, a metro, traditional passenger rail or a mix of modes. What ever works best and gives people the best experience.

[@louisf2654]

Lmao the first half of the video is an attempt to repeat the same thing a bunch times without the audience noticing, fascinating way to get your video to 10 minutes by adding about 3 minutes of empty content

[@dsudikoff]

Sustainable, Visionary, Revolutionary, Ambitious, Forward Looking, Immense, Innovative, Efficient: Enough buzz words to get a California Progressive excited. Oh you're not talking about California's High Speed rail!?

[@varoonnone7159]

Ironically, it will remain as the greatest legacy of Nicholas Sarkozy's presidency

[@chris51lee]

Thanks for video. Its inspiring. I live in Northern NJ. I sit in traffic for 75 mins on 17 and then 80. People think this is normal.

[@JamesFFiT]

It’s AI😂 I see lots of channels like this that copy other channels content and regurgitate it.

[@abelsuisse9671]

This video is so bad. Some stock images of Paris repeated multiple times and a lot of bla bla that doesn't really explain anything.

[@ianmcqueen94]

not to mention the footage of a merseyrail train!

[@Spido68_the_spectator]

Studies said that it will NOT decrease trafic. It will however remove congestion from central RER sections

[@KyrilPG]

Do you mean car traffic or transit ridership? It's expected by studies to remove a minimum of 150,000 cars from the roads. With an expected daily ridership of 3 million, just for the GPE. It would free up space on several lines at various degrees.

[@Spido68_the_spectator]

@@KyrilPG I meant car traffic

[@komolkovathana8568]

Paris conservative idea of Low-rise (8-12 flrs) building in Urban Cities is quite appreciable. Energy conserved, Fire-safety conserved, Old Architecture conserved and after all, the Parisians' way of lives conserved.. (not yet "tourists" go-home, right.?)

[@eddiejc1]

Well tourists DO bring in a lot of money. If Paris or the French government decides to crack down and encourage said tourists to actually stat at hotels rather than rent airbnbs owned by foreign companies so said residences can actually be used by French who LIVE in Paris, I can't really object.

[@malcolmfraser2066]

Feel like I watched a 2 min long video in loop for 10 min. You keep repeating the same points over and over again.

[@HansRudbeckDahl01]

It would help with some graphics instead of all the stock photos 😞

[@geraldwagner8739]

Will it be trains sur pneus again?

[@garciacalavera6830]

00:27 showing Liverpool subway hahahhaha

[@davefoc]

How does this project compare to the London Crossrail Project/Elizabeth Line?

[@KyrilPG]

The Elizabeth line is London's version of Paris RER and, more specifically, line A. The RER was built by repurposing existing or former suburban lines and creating new ones. Then, by building a massive central section tunnel to link them, with gigantic stations aimed at extreme capacity. All this on a cross-city scope, with branches. It also followed parallel to a long existing and saturated metro line in the center in order to relieve it. It's the same model that was used for Elizabeth line. The relieved line was M1 in Paris (then once again another support line, M14, was built in the 90's in the center of the corridor), and it's the Central line in London. The missions of RER A or Elizabeth line are the same: To allow fast, high capacity, high frequency cross-city journeys via the center, paralleling an extremely busy Metro or Tube line and relieving it. The shape of RER A and Elizabeth line is even similar, they both run East-West with branches and link both the historical and newer business districts of their respective cities. RER A is now Europe's busiest mass transit line (or the world outside Asia) by carrying regularly more than 1.5 million people in a day. The trains are gigantic and carry more than 3000 passengers. Elizabeth line should really soon become the East-West backbone of London's network. The Grand Paris Express, on the other hand, is quite different : it is a set of 4 entirely new and fully automated express metro lines (plus 3 major extensions on 2 existing lines), not repurposing any existing or former lines, so the 200km of new lines are all built from scratch. 90% of the total, or roughly 180km, are built deep underground. The remaining 10% or 20km is mostly on viaducts with a few bits at grade. It's aimed at offering rapid orbital journeys with plenty of connections, from suburbs to suburbs, while completely bypassing the center. The expected ridership on the GPE itself is over 3 million daily. The GPE's design is not complete yet, a section in the West of the city, specifically the one between Versailles and La Défense that is often represented as a dashed line on GPE maps, is not yet defined. This part's definition is expected in the near future, and a 19th metro line was recently proposed by the region and the transit authority. So, a GPE 1.5 is expected in the near future, an extension to the extension. As for the building part : at some point during the peak works of the first major building phase, up to at least 21 TBM's were digging simultaneously and advancing tunnels by more than 250 meters per day. A few months ago, the 100km milestone of built tunnels was passed. Only less than 80km of tunnels remain to be built, and they should reach peak digging of the second phase in 2025. That's, of course, what remains of the current design state of the project, not including the dashed line in the West. GPE lines are orbital, especially M15, which is a gigantic 75km long loop line around Paris, entirely in newly built tunnels. M16 and M17 will have a short interlined section, which is a first in the Paris metro. M16 will form an arch in the Northeastern quadrant, connecting with M15's tail deep in the Eastern suburbs. M17 will serve both le Bourget business airport and CDG, the main Parisian international airport. M18 will start from Orly, Paris second international airport, where it connects with the M14 extension. It will then serve the "Brainiac Valley" where many of the most prestigious science universities and specialized schools are located (like Polytechnique, etc.), and forming an arch to reach Versailles. As mentioned, the part between Versailles and La Défense isn't defined yet. For magnitude comparison between the Crossrail and GPE projects : The Crossrail project had 21km of new twin tunnels (6.2m in diameter) and 10 newly built stations, the rest was repurposed existing infrastructure. The Grand Paris Express has 180 kilometers of tunnels, mostly 10 meter wide, out of 200km of entirely new lines, 84 entirely new stations (68 on the new lines, 16 on the extensions), the vast majority of them being deep underground. Plus 220 new fully automated Alstom Metropolis trains. They both are fantastic projects, but they are not exactly comparable in scope. Even if their cost is roughly 1 to 2 between Elizabeth line and Grand Paris Express, the size of the GPE is several folds the size of Crossrail. This underlines the cost ballooning issues in the UK with major infrastructure projects. For 22 billion euros, London gets one line with a 21km long new underground central section, 10 new stations out of 41 stops, and some repurposed suburban branch lines, plus 70 new trains. For 42 billion euros, Paris gets 4 new lines and 3 extensions representing 200km of new lines built from scratch, including 180km of new tunnel sections, 84 entirely new stations, 220 new fully automated trains, and last but not least : a massive renewal of the urban fabric, including major housing projects and traffic calming measures. In parallel, there are plenty of other transit expansion developments, the GPE is only one part of a larger scheme. Currently, there's a 360km overall transit expansion underway covering metro, RER, trams, at least one new urban multi-station gondola line and several new proper busway-bustram BRT lines. The GPE represents 200 of the current 360 kilometer expansion of mass transit. The part of GPE that is comprised of extensions, namely to M11 and M14, will open before the end of June this year. There's also an important RER E tunnel extension opening around the same time, with 3 major new stations, plus an orbital tram T3b extension. It's transit-a-palooza in Paris... So both projects are quite different, but if the GPE can be of use for London, it is by directing the focus on the outrageous and abnormal costs of infrastructure development in the UK.

[@benjaminlamey3591]

Your first analysis is right. people mostly live in the suburbs, Paris itself is to expensive. and for teh same cost reasons, most of teh jobs are located in cheaper area outside the city. therefore comuting from one suburb to another is mandatory. this leads to major traffic jams, which are a loss of time and money for the people and teh companies and an environnemental disaster. allowing quicker and more efficient public transport by direct lines is a good option to move more people in a shorter time. It can only get better than what it is/was.

[@vincenthuying98]

There’s just too much repetition in this video.

[@davidperry7128]

Île-de-France not Isle, try saying 'eel de France'.

[@quoniam426]

Isle de France, they took the old English word for Island. The same as in French (the English word probably comes from the French in fact...), the only difference is orthographic with our ^ replacing the missing s.

[@jean-pierrebarbisan1502]

​@@quoniam426Simple: as "Electric Eels" us proto-punk group.😅

[@komolkovathana8568]

More, more, more and More...

[@Adaminhoxton786]

30bn? give it to the Brits they could do it for 3000bn... and still not think there a sniff of corruprtion (HS2 costs over 20bn already and not a train in site and most of the project has been shelved)

[@northernblue1093]

What's the relevance of British trains shown at 3:56 and elsewhere? Lazy editing?

[@depthhistory]

Lots of repetition and mispronunciation, not much information.

[@B0tch0]

And a lot of unrelated imagery. Why include NY, London, Turkey and more as visuals?

[@Dennis0824]

These videos would be much more interesting if the presenters would stop repeating previous points. It is very irritating. Also, please make an effort to pronounce names properly; Isle de France {EEL DE FRONCE}

[@kevfitz8087]

Seeet Jesus, your pronunciation is like listening to a car crash very slowly.

[@jenn976]

Is his machine-voice-generated? First tip-off, “I’ll duh-france.” No, it’s pronounced like “eeeel-duh-france.” I’ll find another video to watch on this subject.

[@someopinion922]

What is this "Garlic of France" he's talking about?

[@joaquimbarbosa896]

France is becoming a champion in decarbonization

[@mark99k]

Sorry but that voice and tone is really annoying, and the repetitive content makes it just plain sad.

[@mc4iz]

Oy! The pronunciation of Ile. ha! It is pronounced as "eel".

[@stewartbridge5162]

Good on overall aims, though hammered home too many times. Poor on detail, maps flashed on and off too quickly. Won't subscribe

[@noelleggett5368]

When making a video about Paris, you’d think someone would spend a even just few seconds to learn how to pronounce the names of the places - and perhaps even the name of the entire region. (Île sounds like ‘eel’) Or maybe find an AI voice character that is capable of pronouncing French place names.

[@howardrubinstein6461]

Isle de France is pronounced “eel da Fraunce”

[@petercrossley1069]

“Isle” in “Isle de France is pronounced “eel”. Do some basic research before starting your audio.

[@kellybrown8638]

You "hissing" makes it hard to understand you 😢

[@richradka]

but, oh those place name pronunciations. mon dieu!

[@marthamarlette1193]

Check your pronunciation with French speakers before. Homework!

[@artus198]

I hate underground, it's claustrophobic, would never live in paris or London

[@m0z188]

Looks quite outdated compared to a Korean system. i cant see how this can "change transportation"

[@Clery75019]

The idea is to change transportation in Paris which would already be good enough. Now if you compare Paris line 15 to Seoul line 2, the main difference is speed. Seoul line 2 has 51 stops over 60km of length. Paris metro line 15 will have only 36 stops over 75km of length. Basically there are 1 stop every 1km in Seoul and 1 stop every 2km in Paris. Paris line 15 will also be fully underground, fully automated with trains operated at 120 kph. Lines 16, 17 and 18 have even less stops making them even faster. Obviously the Asia-Pacific region is doings marvels when it goes about urban engineering, but it's a bit excessive to call this Paris project "outdated".

[@miranblazek5303]

While public transport is important, cars are more than ever, freedom, and in these days, it has a new context and value. So guys, keep driving your cars

[@francoisleyrat8659]

A very suburban, if not selfish point of view.

[@miranblazek5303]

@@francoisleyrat8659 Car is a personal freedom of movement, connect the dots. Don't impose emotional blackmail to other people

[@IndustrialParrot2816]

There is simply not enough room in cities for everyone to drive this is why trains and buses are important a single bilevel train can move as many people as 500 cars could

[@IndustrialParrot2816]

Cars are wasteful and inefficient as they take up a lot of space for the number of people that move and also they take up valuable resources to make and don't last very long unlike a train which can be fully Electric, is mostly just steel and copper, and can last for up to 50 years before needing replacement

[@miranblazek5303]

@@IndustrialParrot2816 still cars provide individual with freedom of movement. That must be utter most value. Of course public transport should compliment urban transport, but non of the cities should become car-free city

[@cbi-ju5mi]

What the hell is ‘aisle de franz’ 🤔😲🧐🫢🤭🤫……spoken like a true ‘merican’

[@B0tch0]

AI generated "copy & paste" content. Nothing interesting to see.