Toulouse tramway

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,[3] the entire Toulouse tramway serves 27 stations[1] and is based on the Alstom Citadis 302 family of low-floor trains.

Toulouse tramway
Overview
Native nameTramway de Toulouse
LocaleToulouse, Occitanie, France
Transit typeTram
Number of lines2[1]
Number of stations28[1]
Annual ridership12.86 million (2018)[2]
WebsiteTisséo
Operation
Began operation11 December 2010[2]
Operator(s)Tisséo
Technical
System length17.2 km (10.7 mi)[1][3]
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification750 V DC catenary
System map
Map of Toulouse tramway lines.

The system and its fare structure is incorporated into the Tisséo network of Toulouse, which also includes the Toulouse Metro.

Line T1
Specific map of 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.[4]

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.[5]

A 500 m (550 yd) northern extension serving a new exposition centre[6] opened in August 2020 and three existing stops had their names changed.[7]

Tram at Palais de Justice station, east terminus of line T1 and T2.
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
Hippodrome (formerly Zénith) Toulouse
Zénith (formerly Cartoucherie) Toulouse
Cartoucherie (formerly 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
MEETT Beauzelle

Line T2
Specific map of line T2

Line T2 was originally a 2.4 km (1.5 mi) branch of line T1 called Line Envol (literally Takeoff) running from Jean Maga roundabout, between stations Ancely and Servanty-Airbus, to the Airport. But before its opening, it was finally commercially dissociate from line T1 and opened on 11 April 2015.[3][8]

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.

The Airport station, north terminus of line T2.

By 2026, line T2 will become the Aéroport Express (Airport Express) line between a new Blagnac station and Airport only.[9] At Blagnac station, it will connect to current T1 tramway line and to new line C of Toulouse Metro, which will be opened in 2028. Line T2 was closed in 2023 order to modify the line[10]

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
Nadot Blagnac
Daurat Blagnac
Airport Blagnac

Map

See also

References
  1. "Qui sommes-nous? - Nos réalisations" [Who are we? - Our achievements] (in French). Tisséo. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
  2. "Rapport annuel 2018 sur le parc, le trafic et les événements d'exploitation des tramways" (PDF) (in French). STRMTG - Service Technique des Remontées Mécaniques et des Transports Guidés. 20 December 2019. p. 11. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  3. "Trams start serving Toulouse airport". Railway Gazette International. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
  4. "False start for tram line T1 in Toulouse". Railway Gazette International. 16 December 2010. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
  5. "Ligne de tramway Garonne - Le calendrier des travaux" [Garonne tram line - Calendar of (project) work] (in French). Tisséo. Archived from the original on 2013-09-13. Retrieved 2013-09-29.
  6. "Ultime extension du tram de Toulouse" [Latest extension of Toulouse tramway]. www.railpassion.fr (in French). 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
  7. "Toulouse. Tram prolongé, arrêts et parcours modifiés: les nouveautés de Tisséo" [Toulouse. Extended tram, modified stops and routes: the novelties from Tisséo]. La Dépêche du Midi (in French). 2020-08-31. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  8. "La ligne T2 prend son envol". Mairie de Toulouse. 20 April 2015.
  9. Saint-Sernin, David (2017-07-07). "Mise en place du " tramway express " vers l'aéroport de Toulouse : ce qui va changer pour les usagers". Actu Toulouse.
  10. "Le tramway qui mène à l'aéroport de Toulouse à l'arrêt pendant trois ans à partir de ce lundi". ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). 2023-06-04. Retrieved 2023-07-08.
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