The Toulouse tramway (french: Tramway de Toulouse) is a two-line
tram
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system in
Toulouse
Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Pa ...
,
Midi-Pyrénées
Midi-Pyrénées (; oc, Miègjorn-Pirenèus or ; es, Mediodía-Pirineos) is a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region of Occitania. It was the largest region of Metropolitan France by ar ...
,
France
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, and operates from
Toulouse
Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Pa ...
to the suburb of
Beauzelle
Beauzelle (; oc, Bausèla) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Haute-Garonne department
*Beauzac
Beauzac () is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central F ...
, passing through
Blagnac. The Line T1 tramway serves 24 stations, and runs over of a route that is long. Including the three-station, branch line of Line T2 which opened in April 2015,
the entire Toulouse tramway serves 27 stations
and is based on the
Alstom Citadis 302 family of low-floor trains.
The system and its fare structure is incorporated into the
Tisséo network of Toulouse, which also includes the
Toulouse Metro
The Toulouse Metro (french: Métro de Toulouse, oc, Mètro de Tolosa) is a rapid transit system serving Toulouse Métropole, France. It is the only Metro system in Occitanie. The city's public transport system was initially managed by the ''Soci ...
.
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Line T1
Line T1 originally served 18 stations, and ran over of a route that is 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.
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.
A northern extension serving a new exposition centre opened in August 2020 and three existing stops had their names changed.
Line T2
Line T2 was originally a branch of line T1 called ''Line Envol'' (literally ''Takeoff'') running from ''Jean Maga'' roundabout, between stations ''Ancely'' and ''Servanty-Airbus'', to the
Airport
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. But before its opening, it was finally commercially dissociate from line T1 and opened on 11 April 2015.
The line is the same as line T1 between ''Palais de Justice'' and ''Ancely'', then it continues to the Airport with 2 new stations between, ''Nadot'' and ''Daurat''.
By the opening of third line of
Toulouse Metro
The Toulouse Metro (french: Métro de Toulouse, oc, Mètro de Tolosa) is a rapid transit system serving Toulouse Métropole, France. It is the only Metro system in Occitanie. The city's public transport system was initially managed by the ''Soci ...
in 2025, line T2 will become the ''Aéroport Express'' (''Airport Express'') line between a new ''Jean Maga'' station and Airport only.
Map
See also
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Toulouse Metro
The Toulouse Metro (french: Métro de Toulouse, oc, Mètro de Tolosa) is a rapid transit system serving Toulouse Métropole, France. It is the only Metro system in Occitanie. The city's public transport system was initially managed by the ''Soci ...
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List of Toulouse metro stations
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Trams in France
Trams in France date from 1837 when a 15 km steam tram line connected Montrond-les-Bains and Montbrison in the Loire. With the development of electric trams at the end of the 19th century, networks proliferated in French cities over a peri ...
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List of town tramway systems in France
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 ...
References
External links
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Rapid transit in France
Transport in Toulouse
Railway lines opened in 2010
Tram transport in France
Town tramway systems by city
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