“If Paris is the capital of France, Lyon is the capital of the province”
. The two cities will in any case have the same public transport operator from now on. The RATP Dev group, a subsidiary of RATP, was officially awarded Thursday the operation of the metro and trams in the Lyon metropolis, for thirty years in the hands of Keolis (subsidiary of SNCF) which retains the buses and trains. trolley-bus.
The board of directors of Sytral Mobilités, the transport organizing authority for the Lyon metropolitan area, approved by an almost absolute majority the allocation in two lots of the operation of the largest public transport network in France outside the region Parisian: Keolis for the bus and trolleybus lot (1.616 billion euros over six years), RATP Dev for the “heavy modes” lot (2.025 billion over ten years).
“A historic vote”
“Healthy competition has fully played its role, with a real choice, between real public transport professionals
,” declared Béatrice Vessiller, vice-president (ecologist) of the metropolis of Lyon after the vote.
“This is a historic vote for urban transport employees. For the first time, the delegation contract was made with a social base. All the social achievements have been listed and integrated as a prerequisite for the consultation file
,” welcomed Mathieu Viera, the elected official who participated in the steering committee responsible for discussions with the candidates.
Keolis, a 70% subsidiary of SNCF, has managed the entire network since 2016, including four metro lines, seven tram lines, two funiculars, 134 bus lines and 130 trolleybuses. At the end of its contract expiring at the end of 2024, it will remain the operation of buses and trolleys, as well as control of the titles between 2025 and 2030.