Nice tramway

Nice tram
Tramway de Nice
Nice tram logo
Tram crossing Place Garibaldi, where it lowers its pantograph and is powered by batteries
Operation
LocaleNice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Lines3 (+1 under construction)
Operator(s)Transdev
Infrastructure
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification750 V DC Overhead line
Statistics
Stops46
2016100,000
Overview
La Trinité –
Anatole France
 1 
L’Ariane Nord
Place des Sitelles
Parc de l’Ariane
Chênes Blancs
Ponts Jumeaux
Hôpital Sainte Marie
Raybaud
Hôpital Pasteur  1 
Pont Michel Parking
 1  Henri Sappia
Saint-Charles
Conte de Falicon
Virgile Barel
Le Ray
Saint-Roch
Gorbella
Saint-Jean d'Angely
Université
Vauban Parking
Valrose Université
Palais des Exposition
Borriglione
Acropolis
Libération
Port Lympia  T2 
Parking Gare Thiers
Garibaldi
Durandy
Cathédrale Vieille Ville
Jean Médecin
Opéra Vieille Ville
Alsace Lorraine
Masséna
Centre Universitarie Méditerranéen
 T3 
Lingostière
Centre Commercial
Magnan
Lenval
Pôle multimodal
de Lingostière
Fabron
Saint Isidore
Sainte-Hélène
Grand Stade
Carras
Éco Parc
Ferber
Les Arboras
Cassin / Kirchner
Pontremoli
Parc Phœnix
Nice Méridia
Grand Arénas
 
 T4 
Paul Montel
Aéroport Terminal 1 Nice Côte d'Azur Airport
 T3  Digue des Français
Aéroport Terminal 2 Nice Côte d'Azur Airport  T2 
 T2  CADAM
Gare de Saint-
Laurent du Var
TER
Cyrnos
Vauban
Vespins
Gare du Cros TER PACA
Cyrille Besset
La Pinède
Hippodrome
Gare de Cagnes-sur-Mer TER PACA
11 novembre
Fernand Sastre  T4 

Key:
unelectrified section

The Nice tram (French: Tramway de Nice Italian: Tram di Nizza) is a 27.5-kilometre (17.1 mi), triple-line tram in the city of Nice in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. It is operated by the Société nouvelle des transports de l'agglomération niçoise division of Transdev[1] under the name Lignes d'azur.

Opened on 24 November 2007, it replaced bus lines 1, 2, 5 and 18. From the start, the system had 20 Alstom Citadis trams in service, providing a tram every seven minutes. Since its inception, the number of passengers has increased from 70,000 per day in 2008 to 90,000 per day in 2011. The frequency has gradually increased to a tram every four minutes in 2011.

Given the success of the T1 Line, Mayor Christian Estrosi decided to create additional lines. The West-East T2 Line serves the Nice Côte d'Azur Airport to the west through the construction of a multimodal centre and the Port of Nice to the east. This line runs through a tunnel in the centre of Nice. A future extension of the west–east line, north along the Var valley, is proposed. Another extension, running further west from the airport, across Var, is also proposed.[2] In addition, the Nice Côte d'Azur urban region decided to extend Line 1 to the Pasteur neighbourhood.

  1. ^ "Qui sommes-nous? : La gestion des transports La société S.T.2.N. filiale de Veolia Transdev" (in French). Lines d'azur. Archived from the original on 2013-05-15. Retrieved 2013-03-10.
  2. ^ "Le tracé de la ligne Ouest-Est" (in French). Tramway de la Métropole Nice Côte d’Azur. Retrieved 2016-09-21.