Angers tramway

Angers tramway
Overview
Native nameTramway d'Angers
LocaleAngers, Pays de la Loire, France
Transit typeTram
Number of lines3
Number of stations42
Annual ridership10.05 million (2018)[1]
Operation
Began operation25 June 2011[2]
Operator(s)RATP Dev
Technical
System length22.4 km (13.9 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
ElectrificationOverhead line
Ground level power supply in city centre

The Angers tramway (French: Tramway d'Angers) is the tramway network in the French city of Angers in Pays de la Loire.

Opened on 25 June 2011,[2] the system is operated by RATP Dev and replaced some bus lines, with the buses redeployed throughout the rest of the metropolitan area. The Alstom APS ground-level power supply has been used on two parts of the line totalling 1.5 km (0.93 mi)[2] in order to avoid overhead lines in the centre of Angers and Avrillé. Angers is the third city using such system, after Bordeaux and Reims.

  1. ^ "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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-04-21. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  2. ^ a b c "Angers tram opens". Railway Gazette International. 29 June 2011.