SYSTRA Group is a consulting and engineering firm that offers multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy for rail and urban transport. As a world leader in transport infrastructure, SYSTRA is involved from the initial stages of a project, advising authorities on strategy, policy and planning. It also provides design, construction supervision, system integration, testing and commissioning, project management, asset management, and operation and maintenance. The company’s fields of activity include, among others:
- bus rapid transit
- mass rapid transit
- metro
- tramways
- light rail transit (LRT)
- heavy rail
- high speed rail.
Headquartered in Paris, France, SYSTRA has regional offices in Europe, Africa, America, Asia and the Middle East.
Rail engineering technical consultancy
SYSTRA offers a wide range of technical consultancy services on areas such as transport planning, feasibility studies, project management, construction supervision, civil engineering (tunnels, bridges and viaducts), rail infrastructure and systems design, signalling and telecommunications, rail traction power supply, system integration, and testing and commissioning.
Rail project management
SYSTRA’s project management department manages all stages of a public transport project: planning, construction, commissioning, and operation and maintenance. The company takes care of all aspects of the project, including planning, bids preparation, cost control, risk management, contract management, contingency management, time management, and quality management.
Rail civil engineering
SYSTRA is involved in every stage of rail civil engineering from feasibility studies, preliminary design, detailed design, tender document preparation, evaluation of bidding, construction design supervision, construction supervision, and analysis of existing structures.
Rail projects in Africa
SYSTRA has provided consulting and engineering services for several rail projects in Africa. From trams, metros and LRTs to conventional rail and high-speed rail lines, SYSTRA has established its presence in several countries including Egypt, Morocco, Algeria, Senegal, Ethiopia, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Gabon, Nigeria and DRC.
Some of these rail projects are listed below.
- Algiers Metro Line 1, Algeria: SYSTRA provided project management and construction supervision services.
- Algiers Tram, Algeria: SYSTRA was responsible for project management, construction supervision, and testing and commissioning.
- Ouargla Tram, Algeria: Project management, design and detailed design.
- Casablanca Tramway Line 1, Morocco: Project management.
- Rabat–Salé Tramway, Morocco: Project advisor, project management, design, detailed design, and testing and commissioning.
- Tangier–Casablanca high-speed rail line, Morocco: Project management, design, detailed design, and testing and commissioning.
- Awash–Kombolcha–Hara Gebeya Railway, Ethiopia: Project management and construction supervision of the conventional railway line.
- Trans-Gabon railway modernisation, Gabon: Consulting, project management, design and construction supervision.
- Greater Cairo Metro, Egypt: Project management, design, detailed design, construction supervision, and testing and commissioning of Line 1, 2 and 3.
- Alexandria Tram Rehabilitation, Egypt: Project management, design and construction supervision.