Linking the Great South-West, France and Europe
The South-West New Line improves freedom of movement
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For work, study, leisure, holidays, health, business, family, pleasure and any other reason or desire that makes it necessary to travel without emitting carbon dioxide, the New Line will serve the South West, all its inhabitants and its sustainable development.
Between the start of construction in 2024 and the opening of the service in 2032 at the latest, the world will have changed once again, the New Line will play its part in making it a better place by encouraging modal shift of people and goods and providing everyone with mobility that is low-carbon, responsible, accessible, cohesive and fair.
Hautes-Pyrénées, Ariège, Aude, Haute-Garonne, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne, Lot and Gers, as well as Lot-et-Garonne, Gironde, Landes and Pyrénées-Atlantiques will benefit from this virtuous, green mobility community.
The Great South-West and the capital will finally be fully connected. Occitania and Nouvelle-Aquitaine will become the link between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Between France, Spain, Portugal and Italy. Between Northern and Southern Europe. Between Europe and North Africa.
4,000 direct jobs, 4,000 indirect jobs, 2,000 further related jobs
The works will generate 2.4 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. Carbon neutrality will be achieved within 10 years of commissioning, and the line will generate considerable greenhouse gas savings thereafter.
