Construction of « LGV Sud Europe Atlantique » (SEA)
Project
- Location
- Tours-Bordeaux, France
- Type
- Track Construction
Construction of a 340 km High Speed Line
- 340 km of new railway network (302 km high speed railway and 38 km of junction to existing network)
- 15 Lots TOARC for infrastructure and two precast sites for superstructures
Start date : 2012
End date : 2018
Client : LISEA
The key figures
of the project
69,8 million m3
excavations including 8,9 million m3 of rock material
excavations including 8,9 million m3 of rock material
275 000 m3
of soil stabilisation
of soil stabilisation
1 360 km
of rails
of rails
Challenges
- 69,8 million m3 excavations including 8,9 million m3 of rock material
- 275 000 m3 of soil stabilisation
- 412 structures + 19 viaducts(798 000 m3 reinforced concrete and 100 000 tons of steel)
- 13 000 catenary poles – 1 360 km of rails
- 3,3 million tons of ballast