List of town tramway systems in France
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This is a list of town tramway systems in France by région. It includes all tram systems, past and present. Cities with currently operating systems, and those systems themselves, are indicated in bold and blue background colored rows. Those tram systems that operated on other than standard gauge track (where known) are indicated in the 'Notes' column.
Contents
- 1 Alsace
- 2 Aquitaine
- 3 Auvergne
- 4 Basse-Normandie
- 5 Bourgogne
- 6 Bretagne
- 7 Centre
- 8 Champagne-Ardenne
- 9 Corsica (Corse)
- 10 Franche-Comté
- 11 Haute-Normandie
- 12 Île-de-France
- 13 Languedoc-Roussillon
- 14 Limousin
- 15 Lorraine
- 16 Midi-Pyrénées
- 17 Nord-Pas de Calais
- 18 Pays de la Loire
- 19 Picardie
- 20 Poitou-Charentes
- 21 Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- 22 Rhône-Alpes
- 23 See also
- 24 References
Alsace
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colmar | Electric | 16 Mar 1902 | 31 Jan 1960 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Mulhouse | Steam | 1 Oct 1892 | 1894 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Electric | 1894 | 2 May 1956 | |||
| Mulhouse tramway | Electric | 13 May 2006 | |||
| Ribeauvillé | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Steam | ? | 1937 | |||
| Strasbourg | Horse | 22 Jul 1878 | 1899 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Steam | 1883 | 12 Aug 1926 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | ||
| Electric | May 1895 | 30 Apr 1960 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)[1] | ||
| Strasbourg tramway | Electric | 25 Nov 1994 | [1] | ||
| Turckheim | Electric | 3 Jun 1899 | 1 Apr 1937 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) |
Aquitaine
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arcachon | Electric | 6 Aug 1911 | 1930 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| B.A.B | Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz | Steam | 2 Jun 1877 | 23 Apr 1922 | |
| Electric | 11 Jul 1922 | 31 Dec 1952 | |||
| B.L.B | Steam | 18 Oct 1888 | 31 Jan 1914 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Electric | 1 Feb 1914 | 1 Oct 1948 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | ||
| V.F.D.M | Electric | 3 Dec 1917 | 31 Jan 1939 | ||
| Bordeaux | Horse | 4 May 1880 | 1901 | ||
| Electric | 17 Feb 1900 | 8 Dec 1958 | |||
| Bordeaux tramway | Electric | 23 Dec 2003 | |||
| Hendaye | Horse | 1906 | 1907 | Gauge: 600 mm (1 ft 11 5⁄8 in) | |
| Electric | 15 Aug 1908 | 1 Jan 1937 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | ||
| Pau | Electric | 8 Sep 1900 | 1929 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) |
Auvergne
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clermont-Ferrand | Electric | 7 Jan 1890 | 17 Mar 1956 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) Clermont-Ferrand's modern transport system, the Clermont-Ferrand tramway (opened: 2006), is a Translohr system rather than a traditional rail-based tram system. |
|
| La Bourboule | Electric | 1904 | 1914 | ||
| Le Puy-en-Velay | electric | 12 Nov 1896 | 4 Aug 1914 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Vichy | Compressed air | 15 Dec 1895 | 31 Mar 1927 |
Basse-Normandie
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avranches | Electric | Apr 1907 | 2 Aug 1914 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Trams in Caen | Caen | Electric | 21 Dec 1901 | 1937 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) Caen's modern transport system, the Caen Guided Light Transit (opened: 2002), is a Translohr system rather than a traditional rail-based tram system. |
| Cherbourg | Steam | 22 May 1897 | 2 Aug 1914 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Electric | 1910 | 1944 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | ||
| Deauville | Horse | Oct 1876 | c.1905 | Gauge: 600 mm (1 ft 11 5⁄8 in) |
Bourgogne
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dijon | Electric | 1 Jan 1895 | 1 Dec 1961 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Dijon tramway | Electric | 2012[2][3] |
Bretagne
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brest | Electric | 1898 | 1945 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Brest tramway | Electric | 23 Jun 2012 | [4] | ||
| Lorient | Electric | 1901 | 1944 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Saint-Malo | Electric | 1927 | 1948 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) |
Centre
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blois | Electric | 1910 | 1934 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Bourges | Electric | 1898 | 1949 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Orléans | Horse | 6 May 1877 | ? | [5] | |
| Electric | 28 Jun 1899 | 31 Mar 1938 | [5] | ||
| Orléans tramway | Electric | 20 Nov 2000 | [6] | ||
| Tours | Electric | 1900 | 1949 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Tours tramway | Electric | 31 Aug 2013 |
Champagne-Ardenne
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Châlons-en-Champagne | Electric | 1897 | 1938 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Charleville-Mézières | Electric | 1900 | 1914 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| C.T.R. | Reims | Horse | 19 Jun 1881 | Apr 1901 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)[7] |
| Electric | 1 Jun 1900 | 15 Oct 1939 | |||
| Reims tramway | Electric | 16 Apr 2011 | |||
| Sedan | Electric | 1899 | 1914 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Troyes | Electric | 1899 | 1950 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) |
Corsica (Corse)
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajaccio | Horse | ? | ? |
Franche-Comté
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaucourt | Electric | 1904 | 1935 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Belfort | Electric | 29 May 1898 | 1952 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Besançon | Electric | 21 Mar 1897 | 24 Dec 1952 | ||
| Besançon tramway | Electric | 30 Aug 2014 |
Haute-Normandie
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elbeuf | Electric | 1898 | 1926 | ||
| Le Havre | Electric | 1894 | 1951 | ||
| Le Havre tramway | Electric | 12 Dec 2012 | |||
| Le Tréport | Electric | 1902 | 1935 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Trams in Rouen | Rouen | Horse | 29 Dec 1877 | 1896 | |
| Electric | 1896 | 28 Feb 1953 | [8] | ||
| Rouen tramway | Electric | 17 Dec 1994 | [9] |
Île-de-France
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trams in Fontainebleau | Fontainebleau | Electric | 29 Sep 1896 | 31 Dec 1953 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) |
| Melun | Electric | 1901 | 1914 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Trams in Paris | Paris | Horse | 1855 | ? | |
| Electric | 1895 | 14 Aug 1938 | [10] | ||
| Tramways in Île-de-France | Electric | 6 Jul 1992 | Has grown to a tramway of 8 lines and over 100 kilometres (62 mi) of network[10] | ||
| Trams in Versailles | Versailles | Horse | 11 Nov 1876 | 1896 | |
| Electric | 1896 | 3 Mar 1957 |
Languedoc-Roussillon
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aigues-Vives | Steam | ? | ? | ||
| Montpellier | Electric | 1 Jan 1898 | 31 Jan 1949 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Montpellier tramway | Electric | 1 July 2000 | |||
| Nîmes | Horse | 1880 | 1900 | ||
| Electric | 1899 | 1950 | |||
| Perpignan | Electric | Sep 1900 | Oct 1955 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Sète | Electric | 1901 | 1935 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) |
Limousin
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limoges | Electric | 6 Jun 1897 | 2 Mar 1951 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) |
Lorraine
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Épinal | Electric | 1906 | 1914 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Forbach | Electric | 1912 | 1950 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Hagondange - Maizières-lès-Metz | Electric | 1913 | 1964 | ||
| Longwy | Electric | 1902 | 1935 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Metz | Electric | 1902 | 1948 | ||
| Nancy | Horse | 12 Aug 1874 | c.1903 | ||
| Electric | 1898 | 2 Dec 1958 | [11] Nancy's modern transport system, the Nancy Guided Light Transit (opened: 2000), is a Translohr system rather than a traditional rail-based tram system. | ||
| Novéant-sur-Moselle | Electric | 1911 | 1933 | ||
| Saint-Avold | Electric | 1910 | 1940 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Thionville | Electric | 9 May 1912 | 22 Sep 1952 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) |
Midi-Pyrénées
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albi | Steam | ? | ? | ||
| Petrol | ? | ? | |||
| Lourdes | Electric | 1899 | 1930 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Rodez | Electric | 1902 | 1920 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Toulouse | Horse | 31 Jul 1887 | ? | ||
| Electric | May 1906 | 7 July 1957 | |||
| Toulouse tramway | Electric | 11 Dec 2010 | [12] |
Nord-Pas de Calais
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armentières | Electric | 1901 | 1914 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Boulogne-sur-Mer | Electric | 1897 | 1951 | ||
| Calais | Electric | 1906 | 1940 | ||
| Cambrai | Electric | 1903 | 1914 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Cassel | Electric | 1900 | 1938 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Douai | Electric | 1898 | 1950 | ||
| Dunkerque | Horse | 1 June 1880 | ? | ||
| Accumulator (storage battery) | 1899 | 1903 | |||
| Electric | 1903 | 3 Nov 1952 | |||
| Étaples | Electric | 1900 | 1935 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Lille | Horse | 7 June 1874 | ? | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)(?)[13] | |
| Electric | 1900 | 29 Jan 1966 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in). Urban tramlines abandoned by 1966.[13] | ||
| Lille tramway | Electric | 4 Dec 1909 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in). Interurban lines not abandoned, and in continuous operation since 1909.[13] | ||
| Maubeuge | Electric | 16 Mar 1902 | 1951 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Roubaix | Horse | 19 Mar 1877 | ? | ||
| Electric | 1894 | 15 July 1956 | [13] | ||
| Tourcoing | Horse | 19 March 1877 | ? | ||
| Electric | 1894 | 15 July 1956 | [13] | ||
| Valenciennes | Steam | 1 Jan 1881 | 1914 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)[14] | |
| Electric | 1914 | 2 July 1966 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | ||
| Valenciennes tramway | Electric | 3 July 2006 | [14] |
Pays de la Loire
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angers | Electric | 21 May 1896 | May 1949 | ||
| Angers tramway | Electric | 25 June 2011 | [15] | ||
| Le Mans | Electric | 1897 | 1947 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Le Mans tramway | Electric | 17 Nov 2007 | |||
| Les Sables d'Olonne | Electric | 1898 | 1925 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Nantes | Compressed air | 13 Feb 1879 | 1917 | ||
| Electric | 1913 | 25 Jan 1958 | |||
| Nantes tramway | Electric | 7 Jan 1985 | [16] |
Picardie
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amiens | Electric | 1899 | 1940 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Saint-Quentin | Electric | 6 Mar 1899 | 27 May 1956 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Tergnier | Electric | 1910 | 1939 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) |
Poitou-Charentes
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angoulême | Electric | 1900 | 1935 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Poitiers | Electric | 1899 | 1947 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) |
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aubagne | Electric | 2014 | |||
| Avignon | Electric | 1901 | 1932 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) Reintroduction planned (2016). |
|
| Cannes | Electric | 1899 | 1923 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| La Ciotat | Electric | 1935 | 1955 | ||
| Marseille | Horse | 21 Jan 1876 | ? | ||
| Steam | 1892 | ? | |||
| Marseille tramway | Electric | 1900 | |||
| Trams in Nice | Nice | Horse | 27 Feb 1878 | ? | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) |
| Electric | 1900 | 10 Jan 1953 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | ||
| Nice tramway | Electric | 24 Nov 2007 | |||
| Toulon | Horse | Jul 1886 | ? | ||
| Electric | Jul 1897 | 15 Apr 1954 |
Rhône-Alpes
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aix-les-Bains | Compressed air | 18 Apr 1897 | 1908 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Annemasse | Steam | 22 Oct 1883 | 1902 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Electric | 2 Jan 1902 | 31 Dec 1958 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | ||
| Évian-les-Bains | Electric | 1898 | 1908 | ||
| Grenoble | Electric | 17 Apr 1897 | 31 Aug 1952 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)[17] | |
| Grenoble tramway | Electric | 5 Sep 1987 | [17] | ||
| Lyon | Horse | 21 Jun 1897 | ? | ||
| Steam | 1888 | ? | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | ||
| Electric | 26 Aug 1894 | 30 Jan 1956 | [18] | ||
| Lyon tramway | Electric | 23 Dec 2000 | |||
| Moûtiers | Electric | 1899 | 1929 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Roanne | Electric | 1901 | 1935 | ||
| Saint-Chamond | Electric | 1906 | 1931 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | |
| Saint-Étienne tramway | Saint-Étienne* | Steam | 4 Dec 1881 | 1912 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)[19] |
| Electric | 17 Apr 1897 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)[19] | |||
| Valence | Electric | 1927 | 1950 | Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) |
See also
- Trams in France
- List of town tramway systems in Europe
- List of tram and light rail transit systems
- List of metro systems
- List of trolleybus systems in France
References
Inline citations
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Hamal, p123
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- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Hamal, p140
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- ↑ Jaillard, Michel; Chenu, Marcel (1990). Plus d'un siècle de transports en commun à Reims (in French).
- ↑ Hamal, p106
- ↑ Hamal, p107
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Hamal, p87
- ↑ Hamal, p72
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- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 Hamal, p28-29
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Hamal, p147
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- ↑ Hamal, p78
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Hamal, p16
- ↑ Hamal, p44-45
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Hamal, p112
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