On Saturday 14th September, 2019 at the Braque pit site in Aulnay-sous-Bois the first TBM for the Grand Paris express was christened. The TBM was named Armelle after Armelle Martin who saved a mother and her three children from a fire
The TBM was manufactured by Herrenknecht, and will drive 3.3 km from the Braque pit at Aulnay Sous-Bois to the Hugo structure at Blanc Mesnil. The Societe du Grand Paris awarded the civil engineering contract for lot 1 of line 16 to a consortium led by Eiffage Génie Civil with Razel Bec, Eiffage Rail, TSO and TSO Caténaires (co-contractors).
The second civil engineering contract for lot 2 of line 16 was awarded to a group consisting of the Italian company Salini Impregilo (agent) and the French company NGE.
Click here for the video showing the TBM being built, here for further information, here and fr/127 for the tunnelbuilder archive. Visit https://www.societedugrandparis.fr. 38/19.
