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Toulouse tramway

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Native name
  
Tramway de Toulouse

Locale
  
Toulouse

Number of stations
  
27

Began operation
  
December 11, 2010

System length
  
17.4 km (10.8 mi)

Website
  
Tisséo

Number of lines
  
2

Transit type
  
Tram

Operator
  
Tisséo

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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, the entire Toulouse tramway serves 27 stations.

Contents

Map of Tramway de Toulouse, 31700, France

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

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.

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.

References

Toulouse tramway Wikipedia