Versailles bus operations centre
Exterior view of the COB of Versailles
Île-de-France Mobilités is building a new Bus Operational Centre (COB) in Versailles Saint-Cyr. This project, worth more than €34 million, financed entirely by Île-de-France Mobilités, is part of a High Environmental Quality approach, with an architectural design that respects the municipality's heritage. Landscaping is planned, as well as responsible rainwater management through underground basins.
Take part in the preliminary consultation!
The Versailles Bus Operational Centre project requires the compatibility of urban planning documents. As the project is subject to an environmental assessment, a consultation prior to this compatibility is organised in accordance with Article L. 103-2 of the Urban Planning Code.
This consultation is open to all. Throughout its duration, everyone can learn about the project and the main changes to the Local Urban Plan (PLU), then share their observations and contributions.
Un bâtiment essentiel au service de la mobilité
The future bus operations centre (COB) in Versailles will be able to accommodate a fleet of 140 electric buses (112 standard buses and 28 long midibuses) with improved maintenance conditions compared to current conditions. The aim of this project is to offer a modern, comfortable and pleasant working environment to the 450 employees who will work there, so that they can carry out their driving, maintenance and regulation missions in good conditions.
Au programme, pour ce nouveau COB
- Modern, spacious rooms for administration, operation and control
- More accessible and better sized car parks
- Green spaces and landscaping for a more pleasant environment
- Rest and circulation areas designed for comfort and safety.
Comprehensive equipment
The new COB will include:
- Administrative and operating premises
- A 12-station maintenance workshop
- A storage area for 140 buses
- A car park for employees
- A washing area
- Electrical transformer stations
- Redesigned landscaping and circulation spaces
A perfect integration into the Versailles heritage
By setting up the new Bus Operations Centre in the foothills of the Bois de Satory, the project reconnects with the history of Versailles to meet the requirements of the post-carbon century.
The project thus chooses a larger territory of exploration: to transform a technical infrastructure into an architecture that blends into the landscape, sculpted in the topography, dressed in stone and earthen concrete, invisible from the estate.
The calendar
2025-2026
Project management competition for the construction of the COB
June 2026
Award of the contract to the landForma-WSP-ANTEA-2B2M-EODD-ALLIANCE ÉCONOMIE consortium
12 November - 04 December 2026
MECDU consultation
2028-2029
Construction of the COB
Horizon 2030
Commissioning of the new COB to replace the one in Mortemets