Toulouse tramway
Overview | |||
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Native name | Tramway de Toulouse | ||
Locale | Toulouse, Midi-Pyrénées, France | ||
Transit type | Tram | ||
Number of lines | 2[1] | ||
Number of stations | 27[1] | ||
Website | Tisséo | ||
Operation | |||
Began operation | December 2010[1] | ||
Operator(s) | Tisséo | ||
Technical | |||
System length | 17.4 km (10.8 mi)[1][2] | ||
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The Toulouse tramway (French: Tramway de Toulouse) is a two-line tram system in Toulouse, Midi-Pyrénées, France, and operates from Toulouse to the suburb of Beauzelle, passing through Blagnac. The Line T1 tramway serves 24 stations, and runs over of a route that is 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) long. Including the three-station, 2.4-kilometre (1.5 mi) branch line of Line T2 which opened in April 2015,[2] the entire Toulouse tramway serves 27 stations.[1]
The system and its fare structure is incorporated into the Tisséo network of Toulouse, which also includes the Toulouse Metro.
Line T1
Line T1 originally served 18 stations, and ran over of a route that is 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) long. It was originally planned that the Line T1 tramway would open on 27 November 2010, but industrial action delayed the opening to December 2010.[3]
An extension of Tram Line T1 of almost four kilometers from the original southern terminus at Arènes to Garonne and Palais de Justice, allowing direct transfer between the tram and Toulouse Metro Line B, has been open in December 2013.[4]
Stations | Commune |
Palais-de-Justice | Toulouse |
Île du Ramier | Toulouse |
Fer à Cheval | Toulouse |
Avenue de Muret-Marcel Cavaillé | Toulouse |
Croix de Pierre | Toulouse |
Déodat-de-Séverac | Toulouse |
Arènes | Toulouse |
Zénith | Toulouse |
Cartoucherie | Toulouse |
Casselardit | Toulouse |
Purpan | Toulouse |
Arènes-Romaines | Toulouse |
Ancely | Toulouse |
Servanty – Airbus | Blagnac |
Guyenne – Berry | Blagnac |
Pasteur – Mairie-de-Blagnac | Blagnac |
Place-du-Relais | Blagnac |
Odyssud – Ritouret | Blagnac |
Patinoire – Barradels | Blagnac |
Grand-Noble | Blagnac |
Place-Georges-Brassens | Blagnac |
Andromède – Lycée | Blagnac |
Beauzelle | Beauzelle |
Aéroconstellation | Beauzelle |
See also
- Toulouse Metro
- List of Toulouse metro stations
- Trams in France
- List of town tramway systems in France
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Qui sommes-nous? - Nos réalisations" [Who are we? - Our achievements] (in French). Tisséo. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
- 1 2 "Trams start serving Toulouse airport". Railway Gazette International. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
- ↑ "False start for tram line T1 in Toulouse". Railway Gazette International. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
- ↑ "Ligne de tramway Garonne - Le calendrier des travaux" [Garonne tram line - Calendar of (project) work] (in French). Tisséo. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
External links
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- Tisséo – official website (French)