Eiffage Génie Civil refurbishes the Grand Paris Express tunnel boring machines for the Toulouse metro project

Segment Budownictwa infrastrukturalnego

05 Feb - 14:48

Teams from Eiffage Génie Civil, in collaboration with German manufacturer Herrenknecht AG, are busy modifying and reconditioning three of the six tunnel boring machines used to dig the 8 tunnels on line 16-1 of the Grand Paris Express project.

Formerly named Sarah, Bantan and Armelle, the 3 tunnel boring machines were disassembled at the Eiffage site in Thieux (77). The 28,000 m² site is a veritable Tetris.

Piece by piece, the teams are getting organised to reassemble 3 new tunnel boring machines that will be used to dig the 12.7 km of the future line C of the #Toulouse metro.

This innovative re-use will give the tunnel boring machines a new lease of life and meet the technical specifications for digging the future project.

Credit: Eiffage Génie Civil - Hervé Piraud

Toulouse Metro
Tisséo Collectivités Tisséo Ingénierie
Group of companies: Eiffage Génie Civil (leader) NGE - BTP