List of town tramway systems in France explained

This is a list of town tramway systems in France by 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 colored rows. Those tram systems that operated on other than standard gauge track (where known) are indicated in the 'Notes' column.

width=17% Name of Systemwidth=17% Locationwidth=12% Traction
Type		width=12% Date (From)width=12% Date (To)width=30% Notes
 Aix-les-BainsCompressed air18 Apr 18971908Gauge:
 AnnemasseSteam22 Oct 18831902Gauge:
Electric2 Jan 190231 Dec 1958Gauge:
Clermont-FerrandElectric7 Jan 189017 Mar 1956Gauge:
Clermont-Ferrand's modern transport system, the Clermont-Ferrand tramway (opened: 2006), is a Translohr system rather than a traditional rail-based tram system.
 Évian-les-BainsElectric18981908 
 GrenobleElectric17 Apr 189731 Aug 1952Gauge: [1]
Grenoble tramwayElectric5 Sep 1987 
 La BourbouleElectric19041914 
 Le Puy-en-Velayelectric12 Nov 18964 Aug 1914Gauge:
 LyonHorse21 Jun 1897? 
Steam1888?Gauge:
Electric26 Aug 189430 Jan 1956[2]
Lyon tramwayElectric23 Dec 2000  
 MoûtiersElectric18991929Gauge:
 RoanneElectric19011935 
 Saint-ChamondElectric19061931Gauge:
Saint-Étienne tramwaySaint-ÉtienneSteam4 Dec 18811912Gauge: [3]
Electric17 Apr 1897 Gauge:
 ValenceElectric19271950Gauge:
 VichyCompressed air15 Dec 189531 Mar 1927 
width=17% Name of Systemwidth=17% Locationwidth=12% Traction
Type		width=12% Date (From)width=12% Date (To)width=30% Notes
 BeaucourtElectric19041935Gauge:
 BelfortElectric29 May 18981952Gauge:
 BesançonElectric21 Mar 189724 Dec 1952 
Besançon tramwayElectric30 Aug 2014  
 DijonElectric1 Jan 18951 Dec 1961Gauge:
Dijon tramwayElectric2012[4] [5]   

Brittany (Bretagne)

width=17% Name of Systemwidth=17% Locationwidth=12% Traction
Type		width=12% Date (From)width=12% Date (To)width=30% Notes
 BrestElectric18981945Gauge:
Brest tramwayElectric23 Jun 2012 [6]
 LorientElectric19011944Gauge:
 Saint-MaloElectric19271948Gauge:
width=17% Name of Systemwidth=17% Locationwidth=12% Traction
Type		width=12% Date (From)width=12% Date (To)width=30% Notes
 BloisElectric19101934Gauge:
 BourgesElectric18981949Gauge:
 OrléansHorse6 May 1877?[7]
Electric28 Jun 189931 Mar 1938
Orléans tramwayElectric20 Nov 2000 [8]
 ToursElectric19001949Gauge:
Tours tramwayElectric31 Aug 2013  

Corsica (Corse)

width=17% Name of Systemwidth=17% Locationwidth=12% Traction
Type		width=12% Date (From)width=12% Date (To)width=30% Notes
 AjaccioHorse? ? 
width=17% Name of Systemwidth=17% Locationwidth=12% Traction
Type		width=12% Date (From)width=12% Date (To)width=30% Notes
 Electric18971938Gauge:
 Electric19001914Gauge:
 ColmarElectric16 Mar 190231 Jan 1960Gauge:
 ÉpinalElectric19061914Gauge:
 ForbachElectric19121950Gauge:
 Hagondange - Maizières-lès-MetzElectric19131964 
 LongwyElectric19021935Gauge:
 MetzElectric19021948 
 MulhouseSteam1 Oct 1892) -->1894Gauge:
Electric18942 May 1956 
Mulhouse tramwayElectric13 May 2006  
 NancyHorse12 Aug 1874c.1903 
Electric18982 Dec 1958[9]
 Electric19111933 
C.T.R.ReimsHorse19 Jun 1881Apr 1901Gauge: [10]
Electric1 Jun 190015 Oct 1939
Reims tramwayElectric16 Apr 2011  
 RibeauvilléHorse?? 
Steam?1937 
 Saint-AvoldElectric19101940Gauge:
 Electric18991914Gauge:
 StrasbourgHorse22 Jul 18781899Gauge:
Steam188312 Aug 1926Gauge:
ElectricMay 189530 Apr 1960Gauge: [11]
Strasbourg tramwayElectric25 Nov 1994 
 ThionvilleElectric9 May 191222 Sep 1952Gauge:
 TroyesElectric18991950Gauge:
 TurckheimElectric3 Jun 18991 Apr 1937Gauge:
width=17% Name of Systemwidth=17% Locationwidth=12% Traction
Type		width=12% Date (From)width=12% Date (To)width=30% Notes
 AmiensElectric18991940Gauge:
 ArmentièresElectric19011914Gauge:
 Boulogne-sur-MerElectric18971951 
 CalaisElectric19061940 
 CambraiElectric19031914Gauge:
 CasselElectric19001938Gauge:
 DouaiElectric18981950 
 DunkerqueHorse1 June 1880? 
Accumulator (storage battery)18991903 
Electric19033 Nov 1952 
 ÉtaplesElectric19001935Gauge:
 LaonElectric9 jul 189927 jan 1971Gauge:
 LilleHorse7 June 1874?Gauge: (?)[12]
Electric190029 Jan 1966Gauge: . Urban tramlines abandoned by 1966.
Lille tramwayElectric4 Dec 1909 Gauge: . Interurban lines not abandoned, and in continuous operation since 1909.
 MaubeugeElectric16 Mar 19021951Gauge:
 RoubaixHorse19 Mar 1877? 
Electric189415 July 1956
 Saint-QuentinElectric6 Mar 189927 May 1956Gauge:
 TergnierElectric19101939Gauge:
 TourcoingHorse19 March 1877? 
Electric189415 July 1956
 ValenciennesSteam1 Jan 18811914Gauge: [13]
Electric19142 July 1966Gauge:
Valenciennes tramwayElectric3 July 2006 

Île-de-France

width=17% Name of Systemwidth=17% Locationwidth=12% Traction
Type		width=12% Date (From)width=12% Date (To)width=30% Notes
Trams in FontainebleauFontainebleauElectric29 Sep 189631 Dec 1953Gauge:
 MelunElectric19011914Gauge:
Trams in ParisParisHorse1855? 
Electric189514 Aug 1938[14]
Tramways in Île-de-FranceElectric6 Jul 1992 Has grown to a system comprising 14 lines, 186.6km (115.9miles) of track and 278 stops (2024)
Trams in VersaillesVersaillesHorse11 Nov 18761896 
Electric18963 Mar 1957 
width=17% Name of Systemwidth=17% Locationwidth=12% Traction
Type		width=12% Date (From)width=12% Date (To)width=30% Notes
 ElectricApr 19072 Aug 1914Gauge:
Trams in CaenCaen Electric21 Dec 19011937Gauge:
Caen Guided Light TransitElectric15 Nov 200231 Dec 2017The Caen Guided Light Transit was a Bombardier Guided Light Transit system rather than a standard rail-based tram system.
Caen tramwayElectric27 Jul 2019Gauge: 1,435 mm. Caen's tramway replaced the former Bombardier Guided Light Transitsystem after one and a half year of upgrading works.
 Steam22 May 18972 Aug 1914Gauge:
Electric19101944Gauge:
 HorseOct 1876c.1905Gauge:
 ElbeufElectric18981926 
 Le HavreElectric18941951 
Le Havre tramwayLe Havre's old tramwayElectric12 Dec 2012  
 Le TréportElectric19021935Gauge:
Trams in RouenRouenHorse29 Dec 18771896 
Electric189628 Feb 1953[15]
Rouen tramwayElectric17 Dec 1994 [16]
width=17% Name of Systemwidth=17% Locationwidth=12% Traction
Type		width=12% Date (From)width=12% Date (To)width=30% Notes
 AngoulêmeElectric19001935Gauge:
 ArcachonElectric6 Aug 19111930Gauge:
B.A.BBayonne-Anglet-BiarritzSteam2 Jun 187723 Apr 1922 
Electric11 Jul 192231 Dec 1952 
B.L.BSteam18 Oct 1888 31 Jan 1914Gauge:
Electric1 Feb 19141 Oct 1948Gauge:
V.F.D.MElectric3 Dec 191731 Jan 1939 
 BordeauxHorse4 May 18801901 
Electric17 Feb 19008 Dec 1958 
Bordeaux tramwayElectric23 Dec 2003  
 HendayeHorse19061907Gauge:
Electric15 Aug 19081 Jan 1937Gauge:
 LimogesElectric6 Jun 18972 Mar 1951Gauge:
 PauElectric8 Sep 19001929Gauge:
 PoitiersElectric18991947Gauge:

Occitanie

width=17% Name of Systemwidth=17% Locationwidth=12% Traction
Type		width=12% Date (From)width=12% Date (To)width=30% Notes
 Aigues-VivesSteam?? 
 AlbiSteam?? 
Petrol?? 
 LourdesElectric18991930Gauge:
 MontpellierElectric1 Jan 189831 Jan 1949Gauge:
Montpellier tramwayElectric30 June 2000  
 Horse18801900 
Electric18991950 
 ElectricSep 1900Oct 1955Gauge:
 RodezElectric19021920Gauge:
 Electric19011935Gauge:
 ToulouseHorse31 Jul 1887?
ElectricMay 19067 July 1957 
Toulouse tramwayElectric11 Dec 2010 [17]
width=17% Name of Systemwidth=17% Locationwidth=12% Traction
Type		width=12% Date (From)width=12% Date (To)width=30% Notes
 AngersElectric21 May 1896May 1949 
Angers tramwayElectric25 June 2011 [18]
 Le MansElectric18971947Gauge:
Le Mans tramwayElectric17 Nov 2007  
 Les Sables d'OlonneElectric18981925Gauge:
 NantesCompressed air13 Feb 18791917 
Electric191325 Jan 1958 
Nantes tramwayElectric7 Jan 1985 [19]
width=17% Name of Systemwidth=17% Locationwidth=12% Traction
Type		width=12% Date (From)width=12% Date (To)width=30% Notes
Aubagne tramwayAubagneElectric1 sept 2014   
 AvignonElectric19011932Gauge:
New 1.435 metre standard gauge tramway due to be inaugurated on 19 October 2019.
 CannesElectric18991923Gauge:
 La CiotatElectric19351955 
 MarseilleHorse21 Jan 1876? 
Steam1892? 
Marseille tramwayElectric1900  
Trams in NiceNiceHorse27 Feb 1878?Gauge:
Electric190010 Jan 1953Gauge:
Nice tramwayElectric24 Nov 2007  
 ToulonHorseJul 1886? 
ElectricJul 189715 Apr 1954 

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Notes and References

  1. Hamal, p16
  2. Hamal, p44-45
  3. Hamal, p112
  4. Pioneering PPP energises Dijon tram . . 2010-07-22.
  5. Web site: Accueil :: Le Tram - Grand Dijon . letram-dijon.fr . 2010-07-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100718074708/http://www.letram-dijon.fr/ . 18 July 2010 . dmy-all.
  6. Brest tramway opens . . 26 June 2012 . 2012-06-29.
  7. Hamal, p140
  8. Urban rail news in brief - November 2008 . . 19 November 2008 . 2011-01-06.
  9. Hamal, p72
  10. Jaillard, Michel; Chenu, Marcel (1990). Plus d'un siècle de transports en commun à Reims (in French).
  11. Hamal, p123
  12. Hamal, p28-29
  13. Hamal, p147
  14. Hamal, p87
  15. Hamal, p106
  16. Hamal, p107
  17. False start for tram line T1 in Toulouse . . 16 December 2010 .
  18. Angers tram opens . . 29 June 2011 .
  19. Hamal, p78

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