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The Toulouse tramway () is a two-line
tram A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which Rolling stock, vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some ...
system in
Toulouse Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...
,
Midi-Pyrénées Midi-Pyrénées (; or ; ) 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 area, larger than the Netherlands or Denmark. ...
,
France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
, and operates from
Toulouse Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...
to the suburb of
Beauzelle Beauzelle (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France. Population See also *Communes of the Haute-Garonne department The following is a list of the 586 communes in the French department of Haute-Garonne. T ...
, passing through
Blagnac Blagnac (; ) is a Communes of France, commune of the greater Toulouse area in the Haute-Garonne Departments of France, department in southwestern France. The city hosts the aviation museum Aeroscopia. It is the third-largest suburb of the city o ...
. 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 Tisséo is the brand adopted in 2002 for the transport network of Toulouse, France. Operating under the authority of the '' Syndicat mixte des transports en commun'' (SMTC), Tisséo operates two metro lines, two tramway lines, a hundred buses ...
network of Toulouse, which also includes the
Toulouse Metro The Toulouse Metro (, ) is a rapid transit system serving Toulouse Métropole, France. It is the only metro system in Occitania. The city's public transport system was initially managed by the ''Société d'économie mixte des voyageurs de l'agglo ...
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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, opened 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 An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial Aviation, air transport. They usually consist of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surf ...
. 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 2026, line T2 will become the ''Aéroport Express'' (''Airport Express'') line between a new ''Blagnac'' station and Airport only. At ''Blagnac'' station, it will connect to current T1 tramway line and to new line C of
Toulouse Metro The Toulouse Metro (, ) is a rapid transit system serving Toulouse Métropole, France. It is the only metro system in Occitania. The city's public transport system was initially managed by the ''Société d'économie mixte des voyageurs de l'agglo ...
, which will be opened in 2028. Line T2 was closed in 2023 order to modify the line


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See also

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Toulouse Metro The Toulouse Metro (, ) is a rapid transit system serving Toulouse Métropole, France. It is the only metro system in Occitania. The city's public transport system was initially managed by the ''Société d'économie mixte des voyageurs de l'agglo ...
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List of Toulouse metro stations The following is the list of the Toulouse Metro stations in Toulouse, France. Line A Line A of the Toulouse Metro opened in June 1993 and later extended from Jolimont to Balma-Gramont in 2002. It currently serves 18 stations distributed along ...
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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 perio ...
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List of town tramway systems in France This is a list of town tramway systems in France by ''Regions of France, 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 c ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Toulouse Tramway Rapid transit in France Transport in Toulouse Railway lines opened in 2010 Tram transport in France Town tramway systems by city