Press release - On 30/03/2022 at the construction site near Noisy-Champs station the name of the last TBM for Line 16 was unveiled. In keeping with tradition, the tunnel boring machine was named after a woman, Maud, in honour of Maud Tallet, mayor of Champs-sur-Marne and former teacher. The godmother was chosen in a vote in the various extracurricular structures of the commune of Champs-sur-Marne. Several dozen children were able to give their votes and choose the name of the last TBM for line 16.
The last tunnel boring machine on line 16, "Maud", manufactured by Herrenknecht for the group of companies led by Razel-Bec will set off in the summer of 2022 to dig a 5.5-kilometre long tunnel from the back of the kilometres long, from the Noisy - Champs back station to the Bel-Air structure at Chelles. This section, once dug, will connect lines 15 and 16 to each other at Noisy - Champs, thus prefiguring the first ring road of the Grand Paris Express. This tunnel boring machine has already dug on line 15 South between 2019 and 2021 (under the name Camille) between Créteil L'Echat station and the Salengro structure at Champignysur-Marne.
Updates on Tunnel boring machines on line 16
- 3 tunnel boring machines have already finished digging on line 16: Sarah, Bantan and Inès. The Armelle tunnel boring machine should complete its journey and arrive at its destination at Blanc-Mesnil in a few days' time.
- Two tunnel boring machines, Mireille and Houda, are continuing to dig between Aulnay, Sevran, Livry Gargan, Clichy sous-bois and Montfermeil.
- There are still about 12 km to be dug on the line, including 5.5 km by the Maud tunnel boring machine.
Line 16 will provide 200,000 daily journeys from Seine-Saint-Denis to the borders of the Seine-et-Marne serving the Chelles and Noisy-Champs stations. The Line 16 is 29 km long with 10 stations, 8 of which connected to the Ile-de-France transport network and will benefit nearly 800,000 inhabitants, improving the daily lives of many inhabitants of the East Ile-de-France. In connection with many transport lines (RER A, RER E, RER B, lines Transilien), it will also provide a direct link to the Cité Descartes and the Plaine Saint-Denis.
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