Orlyval
Sign in to saveOrlyval () is a light metro shuttle service at Paris's Orly Airport using the Véhicule Automatique Léger (VAL, English: automatic light vehicle) driverless, rubber-tyred people mover technology. The line, which opened on 2 October 1991, offers free service between the two airport terminal stations, and premium fare service to Antony station, where passengers can connect to the city's RER B trains. Orlyval is the second line to use the VAL technology after the Lille Metro and the first airport people mover system to use VAL.
Key facts
- Rail line.name
- Orlyval
- Rail line.color
- ffcf00
- Rail line.logo
- Orlyval logo.jpg
- Rail line.logo_width
- 200px
- Rail line.image
- Orlyval (2).jpg
- Rail line.caption
- Orlyval train passing Orly Airport control tower in 2021
- Rail line.stations
- 3
- Rail line.ridership2
- 3,100,000 (annual, 2013)
- Rail line.type
- Light metro
- Rail line.operator
- RATP Group
- Rail line.stock
- VAL 206
- Rail line.linelength_km
- 7.3
- Rail line.map_state
- uncollapsed
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- Orly Airport
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Hauts-de-Seine
- Operator
- RATP
- Official website
- www.orlyval.com
- Image
- Orlyval - Orly-Sud - Station departs 02.jpg
- Length
- 7.3
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- Commons category
- Orlyval
- topic's main category
- Category:Orlyval
- sRGB color hex triplet
- FFCF00
- date of official opening
- 1991-10-02
- partnership with
- France 24
- has characteristic
- platform screen door
- vehicle normally used
- VAL 206
- type of electrification
- third rail
- product or material produced
- airport rail link
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Stations
- Fares
- Future
- See also
- References
- External links
Orlyval () is a light metro shuttle service at Paris's Orly Airport using the Véhicule Automatique Léger (VAL, English: automatic light vehicle) driverless, rubber-tyred people mover technology. The line, which opened on 2 October 1991, offers free service between the two airport terminal stations, and premium fare service to Antony station, where passengers can connect to the city's RER B trains. Orlyval is the second line to use the VAL technology after the Lille Metro and the first airport people mover system to use VAL.
The line was financed and initially operated by private companies including Matra, the company that developed the VAL technology, along with several international developers. The line was a commercial failure and the operators went bankrupt. RATP Group, the transportation operator for the Paris region, took over the line in 1992.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Orlyval” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.