The SYTRAL tram network is expanding and requires a new tram maintenance center. The former Fagor industrial zone, located in the immediate vicinity of the heart of the Lyon metropolitan area and connected to the T6 line, will accommodate 66 trams.

Nearly 11,600 m² of storage space and more than 7,000 m² of maintenance workshops, combined with a service station, are planned across various buildings. Nearly 11,600 m² of storage space and more than 7,000 m² of maintenance workshops, combined with a service station, are planned across various buildings designed to meet high environmental and bioclimatic standards. The reinterpreted industrial architecture gives way to bio-sourced materials in a combination of wood, metal, and terracotta. The future operation of the site is being designed with a focus on functionality and ergonomics, as well as natural light. The development of a landscaped strip to the north of the site and extensive work on the facades and noise reduction measures will help to integrate the site into this dense urban environment, while maintaining its industrial character.

The main purpose of the building is to serve as a tram maintenance center, for which Ingerop’s expertise is being mobilized in all its dimensions: layout and track, tram platform, road and utility networks, SLT, hydraulics, LAC, GIS-f, energy/CFO, CFa, depot equipment, etc.

Special features

Following a project management competition, Ingerop was awarded the contract within a multidisciplinary consortium for the technical studies for the buildings, infrastructure, depot equipment and the tramway system as a whole. The acoustic/vibration aspects are being handled by the group’s specialists. Close collaboration with architects, landscape architects and experts in contaminated sites and soils.

Characteristics of the structure

• Tramway service station (sand pits, washing machine), 66 covered storage positions, pit tower, large washing track, tracks on slabs and pits with walkways, etc.
• Parking, landscaping, levelling and hydraulic management.
• Phasing of works with early commissioning of storage.
• Workshop and tertiary premises.

Since 2022, in partnership with the Jacqueline Osty et Associés agency, Ingerop has been responsible for the design and implementation of the public spaces at the heart of the Part-Dieu district in Lyon.

The team designs the developments from a pedestrian’s perspective to create human-scaled public spaces. This second phase of the project also aims to create new rest areas and to develop livable public spaces in a sector with very high pedestrian and traffic flow.

The urban redevelopment studies incorporate a strong commitment to sustainable city principles, addressing depaving, heat island mitigation, circular economy, biodiversity, resource efficiency and urban nature in an integrated manner. The project involves complex construction phasing management with significant interfaces and very dense soft-mobility traffic.

By the end of 2025, the Bois de la Part-Dieu and the place des Martyrs de la Résistance will be delivered, providing a concrete example of the neighbourhood’s “landscape revolution.”