📋 Tender Overview
Scope :
Construction of Abidjan Metro. Abidjan Metro, also known as Metro d’Abidjan, is a 37km-long elevated rapid transit network being developed by French companies in coordination with the Ivory Coast Government to address traffic congestion in the city of Abidjan. metro delivery schedule for the end of 2026 and beginning of 2027 will be met.
The Abidjan Metro line 1 will be a public passenger transportation service that will compliment the existing transportation services to satisfy strong demand. The build-operate-transfer agreement will see the construction of a 37 km (23 mile) rail line passing through the city centre from Abidjan's northern suburbs to the international airport in the south of the city. DTP Terrassement and Bouygues Travaux Publics, both units of French industrial group Bouygues, will hold a 33% stake in the consortium, as will Hyundai Rotem. Keolis, 70% owned by French State rail operator SNCF, will hold 25%, with the remaining 9% belonging to Dongsan Engineering. Preparatory work on the project will cost around $40-million. A Transportation Ministry official had previously estimated the overall price tag at around $1-billion. Construction is expected to last five-and-a-half years. Bouygues will carry out the infrastructure construction; Colas Rail will work on the track, electrification (catenaries and electrical substations), ticketing systems, and part of the low-voltage systems, as well as participating in system integration; Alstom will develop the rolling stock of 20 five-car trains as well as participating in system integration; and Keolis will operate and maintain the metro network.
The project will be carried out by a consortium of French companies including Bouygues Travaux Publics, Colas Rail and Alstom. The construction phase of Line 1 of the Abidjan Metro, which will begin with excavation work will start at the end of 2020.
EVENTS :
JULY 2015 : Alstom, in consortium with three partners [1], will extend the tram line of the conurbation of Constantine of 10 km. Alstom's share in the contract, awarded by EMA (Entreprise Métro d'Alger, the operator of public transport of Algeria), is approximately 80 million euros.
2017 : Hyundai Rotem and Dongsan, evicted from Abidjan metro project
2019 : Carried out by Bouygues Travaux Publics, Colas Rail and Alstom, the construction phase of Line 1 of the Abidjan Metro -which will begin with excavation work -could start at the end of 2020.
JAN 2020 : Ivory Coast has signed an addendum approving the technical and financial offer submitted by the Abidjan rail transport company Société des Transports Abidjanais sur Rail towards the US $1.4bn rail project. This addendum confirms the route of the future Line 1 of the Abidjan metro network. It is 37 kilometres long and follows a natural corridor serving 18 stations from the north (Anyama Centre) to the south (Airport) of the Ivorian capital.
Civil engineering - Bouygues Travaux Publics
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