Pole study — Val d'Europe Montévrain train station

The station of Val d'Europe Montévrain Constitutes a strategic travel hub, serving both a major employment area and a changing territory marked by the presence of Four ZACs.
Faced with these dynamics, the Agglomeration Community and its partners wanted to have a global and structured vision of the station hub, integrating all modes of transport and future urban developments.

Explain has developed an in-depth analysis of the exchange center and its environment, based on a approach strongly rooted in field experience.
The approach combined:

• Of user surveys, making it possible to understand the practices, expectations and difficulties encountered;
• Of detailed site visits, in order to identify functional, spatial and operational constraints;
• a perspective of these observations with the current and future travel needs, at the territorial level.

Based on this, several scenarios for the evolution of the trading center were developed and compared.
The scenario selected was then thoroughgoing, in order to specify the strategic choices, the organization of flows and the arrangements necessary for the proper functioning of the station hub.

The last phase of the mission consisted of formalization of the reference diagram for the Val d'Europe cluster, a framework document intended to guide future development operations and public decisions.

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• Define a prospective and coherent vision of the Val d'Europe station hub.
• Articulate mobility issues with surrounding urban projects.
• Improve the multimodal functioning of the trading hub.
• Provide a shared reference framework to support the development of the sector.

At the end of the study, the Communauté d'Agglomération de Marne et Gondoire Has a structuring reference document, facilitating coordination between mobility and development actors.The field approach developed by Explain Guarantees proposals realistic, operational and adapted to uses, while anticipating future developments in the territory. The reference schema constitutes a decision support tool to prioritize actions and guide investments around the station.

This mission illustrates the ability toExplain To drive studies of complex trade centers, at the interface between mobility and urbanism.The study of the station cluster of Val d'Europe Montévrain highlights the importance of an integrated and prospective vision to support the development of fast-growing territories, while guaranteeing the performance and readability of transport systems.