The stations are built. The trains are running. Why isn't the metro line ready to welcome its passengers yet? In reality, it's entering a pivotal moment… exactly the one currently underway on the central section of line 18, in preparation for its commissioning in the fall of 2026.
Discover in video this important step where a completed infrastructure is transformed into a line ready to carry its first passengers.
Before it goes into service, everything speeds up behind the scenes:
🔹 Accessibility, safety... stations are preparing for safety inspections, mandatory steps to obtain authorization to open
🔹 Operators take over to prepare for the arrival of future passengers and the operation of the transport system
🔹 Together with the maintenance teams, they take charge of the technical areas and are trained in their use
🔹 Pedestrian walkways, cycle paths, green spaces… outside the stations, the plazas around them are nearing completion. Nothing is being left to chance.
✅ Every check, every adjustment, every validation contributes to the same objective: to guarantee a safe, smooth and reliable commissioning
Go behind the scenes of this final stage before the opening of the first section of line 18!
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