List of town tramway systems in France
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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 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.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aix-les-Bains | Compressed air | 18 Apr 1897 | 1908 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Annemasse | Steam | 22 Oct 1883 | 1902 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Electric | 2 Jan 1902 | 31 Dec 1958 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||
| Clermont-Ferrand | Electric | 7 Jan 1890 | 17 Mar 1956 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Clermont-Ferrand's modern transport system, the Clermont-Ferrand tramway (opened: 2006), is a Translohr system rather than a traditional rail-based tram system. | |
| Évian-les-Bains | Electric | 1898 | 1908 | ||
| Grenoble | Electric | 17 Apr 1897 | 31 Aug 1952 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[1] | |
| Grenoble tramway | Electric | 5 Sep 1987 | [1] | ||
| La Bourboule | Electric | 1904 | 1914 | ||
| Le Puy-en-Velay | electric | 12 Nov 1896 | 4 Aug 1914 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Lyon | Horse | 21 Jun 1897 | ? | ||
| Steam | 1888 | ? | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||
| Electric | 26 Aug 1894 | 30 Jan 1956 | [2] | ||
| Lyon tramway | Electric | 23 Dec 2000 | |||
| Moûtiers | Electric | 1899 | 1929 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Roanne | Electric | 1901 | 1935 | ||
| Saint-Chamond | Electric | 1906 | 1931 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Saint-Étienne tramway | Saint-Étienne* | Steam | 4 Dec 1881 | 1912 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[3] |
| Electric | 17 Apr 1897 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[3] | |||
| Valence | Electric | 1927 | 1950 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Vichy | Compressed air | 15 Dec 1895 | 31 Mar 1927 |
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaucourt | Electric | 1904 | 1935 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Belfort | Electric | 29 May 1898 | 1952 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Besançon | Electric | 21 Mar 1897 | 24 Dec 1952 | ||
| Besançon tramway | Electric | 30 Aug 2014 | |||
| Dijon | Electric | 1 Jan 1895 | 1 Dec 1961 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Dijon tramway | Electric | 2012[4][5] |
Brittany (Bretagne)
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brest | Electric | 1898 | 1945 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Brest tramway | Electric | 23 Jun 2012 | [6] | ||
| Lorient | Electric | 1901 | 1944 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Saint-Malo | Electric | 1927 | 1948 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Centre-Val de Loire
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blois | Electric | 1910 | 1934 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Bourges | Electric | 1898 | 1949 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Orléans | Horse | 6 May 1877 | ? | [7] | |
| Electric | 28 Jun 1899 | 31 Mar 1938 | [7] | ||
| Orléans tramway | Electric | 20 Nov 2000 | [8] | ||
| Tours | Electric | 1900 | 1949 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Tours tramway | Electric | 31 Aug 2013 |
Corsica (Corse)
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajaccio | Horse | ? | ? |
Grand Est
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Châlons-en-Champagne | Electric | 1897 | 1938 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Charleville-Mézières | Electric | 1900 | 1914 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Colmar | Electric | 16 Mar 1902 | 31 Jan 1960 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Épinal | Electric | 1906 | 1914 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Forbach | Electric | 1912 | 1950 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Hagondange - Maizières-lès-Metz | Electric | 1913 | 1964 | ||
| Longwy | Electric | 1902 | 1935 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Metz | Electric | 1902 | 1948 | ||
| Mulhouse | Steam | 1 Oct 1892 | 1894 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Electric | 1894 | 2 May 1956 | |||
| Mulhouse tramway | Electric | 13 May 2006 | |||
| Nancy | Horse | 12 Aug 1874 | c.1903 | ||
| Electric | 1898 | 2 Dec 1958 | [9] | ||
| Novéant-sur-Moselle | Electric | 1911 | 1933 | ||
| C.T.R. | Reims | Horse | 19 Jun 1881 | Apr 1901 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[10] |
| Electric | 1 Jun 1900 | 15 Oct 1939 | |||
| Reims tramway | Electric | 16 Apr 2011 | |||
| Ribeauvillé | Horse | ? | ? | ||
| Steam | ? | 1937 | |||
| Saint-Avold | Electric | 1910 | 1940 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Sedan | Electric | 1899 | 1914 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Strasbourg | Horse | 22 Jul 1878 | 1899 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Steam | 1883 | 12 Aug 1926 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||
| Electric | May 1895 | 30 Apr 1960 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[11] | ||
| Strasbourg tramway | Electric | 25 Nov 1994 | [11] | ||
| Thionville | Electric | 9 May 1912 | 22 Sep 1952 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Troyes | Electric | 1899 | 1950 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Turckheim | Electric | 3 Jun 1899 | 1 Apr 1937 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Hauts-de-France
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| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amiens | Electric | 1899 | 1940 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Armentières | Electric | 1901 | 1914 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Boulogne-sur-Mer | Electric | 1897 | 1951 | ||
| Calais | Electric | 1906 | 1940 | ||
| Cambrai | Electric | 1903 | 1914 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Cassel | Electric | 1900 | 1938 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Douai | Electric | 1898 | 1950 | ||
| Dunkerque | Horse | 1 June 1880 | ? | ||
| Accumulator (storage battery) | 1899 | 1903 | |||
| Electric | 1903 | 3 Nov 1952 | |||
| Étaples | Electric | 1900 | 1935 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Laon | Electric | 9 jul 1899 | 27 jan 1971 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Lille | Horse | 7 June 1874 | ? | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".(?)[12] | |
| Electric | 1900 | 29 Jan 1966 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".. Urban tramlines abandoned by 1966.[12] | ||
| Lille tramway | Electric | 4 Dec 1909 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".. Interurban lines not abandoned, and in continuous operation since 1909.[12] | ||
| Maubeuge | Electric | 16 Mar 1902 | 1951 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Roubaix | Horse | 19 Mar 1877 | ? | ||
| Electric | 1894 | 15 July 1956 | [12] | ||
| Saint-Quentin | Electric | 6 Mar 1899 | 27 May 1956 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Tergnier | Electric | 1910 | 1939 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Tourcoing | Horse | 19 March 1877 | ? | ||
| Electric | 1894 | 15 July 1956 | [12] | ||
| Valenciennes | Steam | 1 Jan 1881 | 1914 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".[13] | |
| Electric | 1914 | 2 July 1966 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||
| Valenciennes tramway | Electric | 3 July 2006 | [13] |
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: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Melun | Electric | 1901 | 1914 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Trams in Paris | Paris | Horse | 1855 | ? | |
| Electric | 1895 | 14 Aug 1938 | [14] | ||
| Tramways in Île-de-France | Electric | 6 Jul 1992 | Has grown to a system comprising 14 lines, Script error: No such module "convert". of track and 278 stops (2024) | ||
| Trams in Versailles | Versailles | Horse | 11 Nov 1876 | 1896 | |
| Electric | 1896 | 3 Mar 1957 |
Normandie
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avranches | Electric | Apr 1907 | 2 Aug 1914 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Trams in Caen | Caen | Electric | 21 Dec 1901 | 1937 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Caen Guided Light Transit | Electric | 15 Nov 2002 | 31 Dec 2017 | The Caen Guided Light Transit was a Bombardier Guided Light Transit system rather than a standard rail-based tram system. | |
| Caen tramway | Electric | 27 Jul 2019 | Gauge: 1,435 mm. Caen's tramway replaced the former Bombardier Guided Light Transit system after one and a half year of upgrading works. | ||
| Cherbourg | Steam | 22 May 1897 | 2 Aug 1914 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Electric | 1910 | 1944 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||
| Deauville | Horse | Oct 1876 | c.1905 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Elbeuf | Electric | 1898 | 1926 | ||
| Le Havre | Electric | 1894 | 1951 | ||
| Le Havre tramway Le Havre's old tramway | Electric | 12 Dec 2012 | |||
| Le Tréport | Electric | 1902 | 1935 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Trams in Rouen | Rouen | Horse | 29 Dec 1877 | 1896 | |
| Electric | 1896 | 28 Feb 1953 | [15] | ||
| Rouen tramway | Electric | 17 Dec 1994 | [16] |
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angoulême | Electric | 1900 | 1935 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Arcachon | Electric | 6 Aug 1911 | 1930 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 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: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Electric | 1 Feb 1914 | 1 Oct 1948 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||
| 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: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Electric | 15 Aug 1908 | 1 Jan 1937 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||
| Limoges | Electric | 6 Jun 1897 | 2 Mar 1951 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Pau | Electric | 8 Sep 1900 | 1929 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Poitiers | Electric | 1899 | 1947 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Occitanie
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aigues-Vives | Steam | ? | ? | ||
| Albi | Steam | ? | ? | ||
| Petrol | ? | ? | |||
| Lourdes | Electric | 1899 | 1930 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Montpellier | Electric | 1 Jan 1898 | 31 Jan 1949 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Montpellier tramway | Electric | 30 June 2000 | |||
| Nîmes | Horse | 1880 | 1900 | ||
| Electric | 1899 | 1950 | |||
| Perpignan | Electric | Sep 1900 | Oct 1955 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Rodez | Electric | 1902 | 1920 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Sète | Electric | 1901 | 1935 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Toulouse | Horse | 31 Jul 1887 | ? | ||
| Electric | May 1906 | 7 July 1957 | |||
| Toulouse tramway | Electric | 11 Dec 2010 | [17] |
Pays de la Loire
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| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angers | Electric | 21 May 1896 | May 1949 | ||
| Angers tramway | Electric | 25 June 2011 | [18] | ||
| Le Mans | Electric | 1897 | 1947 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Le Mans tramway | Electric | 17 Nov 2007 | |||
| Les Sables d'Olonne | Electric | 1898 | 1925 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| Nantes | Compressed air | 13 Feb 1879 | 1917 | ||
| Electric | 1913 | 25 Jan 1958 | |||
| Nantes tramway | Electric | 7 Jan 1985 | [19] |
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
| Name of System | Location | Traction Type |
Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aubagne tramway | Aubagne | Electric | 1 sept 2014 | ||
| Avignon | Electric | 1901 | 1932 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". New 1.435 metre standard gauge tramway due to be inaugurated on 19 October 2019. | |
| Cannes | Electric | 1899 | 1923 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 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: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| Electric | 1900 | 10 Jan 1953 | Gauge: Script error: No such module "Track gauge".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||
| Nice tramway | Electric | 24 Nov 2007 | |||
| Toulon | Horse | Jul 1886 | ? | ||
| Electric | Jul 1897 | 15 Apr 1954 |
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
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- ↑ Jaillard, Michel; Chenu, Marcel (1990). Plus d'un siècle de transports en commun à Reims (in French).
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