Why a T7 tram between Athis-Mons and Juvisy-sur-Orge?

Tramway line 7 was initially designed for a link from Juvisy-sur-Orge (RER station) to Villejuif (Villejuif – Louis-Aragon metro station, metro line 7).

For operational, technical and financial reasons, the project was split into 2 phases.

• A first section, from Villejuif to Athis-Mons, was commissioned in October 2013.
• The second section, between Athis-Mons and Juvisy-sur-Orge, corresponds to the current extension project.

This extension to Juvisy-sur-Orge has several objectives:

• improve travel from suburb to suburb (serving employment centres such as Orly-Rungis as well as local shops and facilities) and from the suburbs to Paris.
• Promote more sustainable mobility by favouring public transport as an alternative to the private car.
• strengthen the public transport offer in Val-de-Marne and Essonne thanks to the numerous connections created with the various heavy modes (metro, RER C and D) and the numerous lines of the local bus network.
• reclassify Avenue François-Mitterrand and Avenue de la Cour-de-France as urban boulevards by removing the underpasses.
• redevelop public space to allow better cohabitation between the different modes of transport (tramway, cars, bicycles and pedestrians).
• allow the tramway to be integrated into the urban space of the city centre of Juvisy-sur-Orge.