Enhancing the motorway experience

AREA

Société des autoroutes Rhone-Alpes (AREA), a 99.82%-owned subsidiary, operates an existing 394 km network in the Rhône-Alpes region, with connections to the APRR network and to the Mont Blanc tunnel (via ATMB) and Fréjus tunnel (via SFTRF), which respectively link the French motorway network into the Swiss and Italian networks. AREA AREA was created in 1971 (with the company's first section of road, between Lyon and Bourgoin Jallieu opening on 6 November 1973) and became a semi-public motorway operator in 1984. AREA has been a subsidiary of APRR since 1994. The company's network, which lies entirely within the Rhône-Alpes region and for which it holds the concession until 2032, interconnects a number of the region's most dynamic cities, including Lyon, Grenoble, Annecy, Chambéry and Valence, as well as affording access to the world's largest ski area.

OTHER SUBSIDIARIES

SIRA

Société d’Information Radio Autoroutière (SIRA) is a wholly-owned subsidiary established to run the radio station Autoroute Info. SIRA has introduced various technical and journalistic innovations to the field of motorway radio broadcasting since it was founded in 1991.
More information is available on the website www.autorouteinfo.fr

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GIE trafic

APRR owns a 24% stake in GIE Autoroutes Trafic, an economic interest grouping created by six motorway companies (ASF, AREA, Escota, SAPN, Sanef and APRR) in 2002. Autoroutes Trafic collects, processes and markets traffic information provided by its members for distribution to various media. Mobile telecom operators (Orange, SFR and Bouygues), TV stations, radio stations and online services are currently the main customers of Autoroutes Trafic, which supplies them with real-time data on traffic conditions and incidents.
Plus d'information sur le site www.autoroutes-trafic.fr

Park +: Secure parking for heavy goods vehicles

Park+ is an APRR subsidiary that develops, builds and operates secure heavy goods vehicle parking areas in France. The Park+ concept is breaking new ground in France in terms of the high level of security that it offers. It offers a well-targeted response to the expectations of road haulage companies and their customers and insurance companies.
More information is available on the website www.parkplus.fr

Axxès

As of 1 January 2007,Axxès, a subsidiary of several motorway concession companies*, has been marketing the new onboard remote toll system designed for heavy-goods vehicles across the French motorway network.
More information is available on the website www.axxes.eu

*APRR Group, ASF Group, ATMB and SFTRF..

SGTBA

This subsidiary created by C-Modalohr Express (SNCF Group) and AREA (a subsidiary of APRR) manages a freight terminal on the French side of the Autoroute Ferroviaire Alpine combined transport link. AFA has been operating since November 2003, using 11-wagon trains to carry trucks through the Alps in three hours on the existing rail line between Bourgneuf / Aiton (in the Morienne valley) and Orbassano (a suburb of Turin).