A consortium of Systra, Geste and Tractebel has secured a deal from Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles (STIB) to provide consultancy services for the modernisation programme of Brussels metro lines in Belgium.

As part of the modernisation, two of Brussels’ metro lines, one and five, will be revamped.

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Under the six-year deal, the Systra consortium will provide detailed design, as well as offer supervision and testing of the signalling system and the new rolling stock.

In addition, Systra is working on the creation of a new depot at the Erasme station, the western terminal of line five.

Construction of the depot is expected to be complete by next year.

"This will help improve the mobility of residents in the Belgian capital by increasing the capacity of its metro network by the beginning of the next decade."

Systra Continental Europe head Frédéric Dufour said: “Systra, in a temporary commercial association with GESTE and Tractebel, has been awarded a consultancy assignment for the Brussels metro modernisation programme for the phase covering the roll-out of automated systems.

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“With this contract, the Société des Transports Intercommunaux de Bruxelles (STIB) has once again shown its confidence in Systra with which it has worked since 2014 when it carried out the initial design study for this project.

“We are proud to be taking part in this automation of systems, which will help improve the mobility of residents in the Belgian capital by increasing the capacity of its metro network by the beginning of the next decade.”

The Brussels metro line modernisation programme will see the installation of communications-based train control (CBTC) system. Modernisation is also expected to increase the frequency of trains and the capacity of Brussels’ metro lines.

Image: Systra to provide consultancy services for Brussels metro modernisation. Photo: courtesy of Systra.