What does the project involve?
The GPSO project consists of four operations in its first phase:
The rail works north of Toulouse (AFNT), between Toulouse and Castelnau-d’Estrétefonds, were declared in the public interest by order of the prefect of Haute-Garonne on 4 January 2016 ; 19 km of new track will provide a four-track infrastructure, and the stations and stops of Castelnau d’Estrétefonds, Saint-Jory, Fenouillet/St-Alban, Lacourtensourt, Lalande-Eglise, Route de Launaguet and Toulouse-Matabiau will be redeveloped and made accessible with the creation of multimodal interchange hubs.
The rail works south of Bordeaux (AFSB), between Bègles and Saint- Médard-d’Eyrans, were declared in the public interest by order of the prefect of Gironde on 25 November 2015: a third track will be created over 12 km and a fourth track in line with the stops. There are plans for one station (Bègles) and three stops (Villenave d’Ornon, Cadaujac, Saint-Médard-d’Eyrans) to be redeveloped into multimodal interchange hubs and to be made accessible.
The New Line Toulouse-Bordeaux–Dax, 327 kilometres of new track between (i) Saint-Jory (Haute-Garonne) and South Gironde, (ii) Saint-Médard-d’Eyrans (Gironde) and South Gironde, (iii) and Saint-Vincent-de-Paul (Landes) and South Gironde, declared in the public interest by decree 2016-738 of 2 June 2016.
New stations and stops: three stations are planned in Mont-de-Marsan, Agen and Montauban, as well as a stop in South Gironde in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. The existing station at Dax will be served by connections between the new line and the existing line.
A second phase is planned, comprising two operations:
- A new 91 km Dax-Spain railway line, mixed passenger/freight, connecting to the previous line and to the new Spanish Vitoria-Bilbao-San Sebastián line, known as the ‘Basque Y’, currently under construction, at the French-Spanish border at Biriatou.
- A Sud Landes station. The existing Bayonne station will be served by connections between the new line and the existing line.
Project timeline Key dates
Commissioning of the section South-Gironde – Landes.
Commissioning of the section Toulouse - Bordeaux.
Construction of the new line.
Start of works (rail works north of Toulouse and south of Bordeaux).
Signing of the financing plan and creation of Société du Grand Projet du Sud-Ouest (SGPSO), a local public body.
Commitment from the State and local authorities in the South West to support the line.
Planning of the project by the State as part of the mobility orientation act (LOM) of 24 December 2019.
Declarations of public interest
Preliminary public interest enquiries.
Approval of the route
Public debates