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Lille VAL, France



Like many VAL stations, Les Prés on Line 2 is built on a viaduct. Permanent way combines guidance, power and control systems.


  • Lille was the first city in the world to adopt a new form of fully automated...

  • The VAL system operations schematic.

  • Controllers at work in the system's nerve centre.

  • VAL lines meet local and regional SNCF services at Lille Flandres and...

  • The earlier VAL206 vehicles operate all Line 1 services and operate Line 2...

  • Platform edges are covered by screens, with doors opening to coincide with...

  • Just under a third of Lille VAL is underground, mainly in the central area.

  • Like many VAL stations, Les Prés on Line 2 is built on a viaduct. Permanent...

  • Like many VAL stations, Les Prés on Line 2 is built on a viaduct. Permanent...

  • VAL links with the long-established ‘Mongy’ tramway at several points,...

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