Article 3, Paragraph 3. · Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1715

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3.The timetable for the actions referred to in Article 2, point (c), shall be the following:

(a)upgrading the existing conventional line Ambérieu – Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne:

(i)preliminary studies, including a socio-economic analysis by the middle of 2025;

(ii)start of works on first operations by 2027;

(iii)design studies by the end of 2028;

(iv)administrative procedures for land acquisition by the end of 2028;

(v)environmental assessment by the end of 2028;

(vi)final studies by the end of 2029;

(vii)end of works by 2033:

—modification of access to the Aiton platform

—capacity improvements at Aix-les-Bains

—capacity improvements at Chambéry

—grade separation in Montmélian

—securing the Lac du Bourget

—securing level crossings

—reinforcement of fixed Installations for Electric Traction.

(b)connectivity within the Lyon agglomeration – Lyon railway bypass between Saint-Pierre-de-Chandieu and Dagneux:

(i)detailed design studies by the end of 2027

(ii)environmental assessment

(iii)final studies

(iv)land acquisition in line with study and construction schedule

(v)works

(c)construction of the new lines between Lyon and Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne in line with parameters of the ‘grand gabarit’ as the main scenario explored at this stage:

(i)detailed design studies on the following operations, including a socio-economic analysis and studies related to reconnaissance works by mid-2028 (French accesses to the Lyon-Torino rail tunnel – detailed studies - APD):

—mixed line between Grenay and Avressieux;

—improvements at Ambérieu station;

—new freight railway line between Avressieux and Montmélian including a single-track freight tunnel under the Chartreuse massif, for which detailed design studies will be carried out in parallel with the construction of the reconnaissance structures;

—doubling the connection at Montmélian station;

—new freight railway line between Montmélian and Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne including single-track freight tunnels under the Belledonne massif and the Glandon massif, for which detailed design studies will be carried out in parallel with the construction of the reconnaissance structures;

(ii)Environmental assessment

(iii)Construction of reconnaissance structures

(iv)Final studies

(v)Land acquisition in line with study and construction schedule

(vi)Works.