More than 11,000 hours of initial and ongoing training were delivered to maintenance staff working on the Tours–Bordeaux high-speed line in 2023.
LISEA and MESEA also apply the Group’s ambitious environmental objectives to their activities. To limit the line’s impact on its environment, LISEA manages the offsetting measures implemented over a total area of 3,800 hectares to achieve no net loss of biodiversity due to its construction. Particular attention is paid to the carbon footprint of line maintenance activities, and, as a result, MESEA reduced its electricity consumption by 10% between 2022 and 2023. Building on their day-to-day action to protect the environment, in 2021 LISEA and MESEA set up the Fonds SEA pour la Transition des Territoires. With a budget of €3 million from 2021 to 2026, the fund organised a second call for projects in 2023 to support the transition to ecological and inclusive agriculture in the regions crossed by the high-speed line. Twenty-six new projects focusing on the environmental performance of farms and the development of local supply channels were selected and will be supported in 2024.
99.7%Service regularity of the SEA high-speed line in 2023 (incidents attributable exclusively to the concession company).
Under a 15 year partnership contract signed with SNCF Réseau in February 2010, VINCI Railways, working through its subsidiary Synerail, is responsible for operating and maintaining GSM Rail, a network that it designed, financed and built. Developed specifically for use by rail teams, this Global System for Mobile communications between drivers and signallers is crucial to rail safety. The network is regularly extended and now covers almost 18,000 km of track, i.e. 80% of railway traffic in France. With the partnership contract scheduled to expire in March 2025, Synerail teams are already working with SNCF Réseau to prepare for the transfer of operations.
Through the company Caraibus and under a 22 year partnership contract, VINCI Railways built part of the infrastructure for the reserved lane public transport system in Martinique, which it has managed since 2013. The 14 km bus rapid transit (BRT) service connects Fort-de-France and Le Lamentin. The system, now firmly rooted in users’ everyday practices, helps relieve road congestion in the island’s main economic centre.