Re-coating Paris Metro without disruption for passengers
Having worked with Hempel on RATP’s Line 6 project, LASSARAT has placed its trust in the company again. This time, it is taking care of the anticorrosive coatings required for an inter-station section of Line 2 between Colonel Fabien and Anvers.
Line 2 was built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its first section opened between Porte Dauphine and Étoile in December 1900, before it was extended in October 1902 to Anvers and, months later, to Rue de Bagnolet (now known as Alexandre Dumas). The line ran the entirety of its current length for the first time in April 1903, as it was able to open in full at that moment because its terminus, Nation, was ready for trains. During a recent meeting, RATP officials explained that the type of maintenance the tunnel required should be carried out every 18 to 20 years. The time had come.
The challenge
The solution
At a glance
Coating system:
- 1 primary layer (120μm) of Hempadur 47960 red-brown epoxy
- 1 intermediary layer (120μm) of Hempadur 47960 dark grey epoxy
- 1 topcoat (40μm) of Hempathane 55610 RAL 9006 aluminium polyurethane

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