VIDEO
Above: YouTubeCA video - Tramways de France - les années 1950/60 [includes Grenoble] - Length: 3:29 mins. |
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MAPS
INSET: CENTRAL GRENOBLE
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TRAM ROUTES
Operator: Société Grenobloise de Tramways Électriques (SGTE) (all lines except 5, 5# and 9); Régie Départementale des Voies Ferrées du Dauphiné (VFD) (lines 5, 5# and 9)
1 | Gare PLM - Av. Félix Viallet - Blvd. Édouard Rey - Poulat - Grenette |
2 | Grenette - Rue Lesdiguières - Championnet - Surieux - Pont-de-Claix |
3 | Gare PLM - Av. Félix Viallet - Blvd. Édouard Rey - Poulat - Notre Dame - Pont de la Citadelle - La Tronche |
4 | Eybens - Pl. Paul Mistral - Poulat - Blvd. Édouard Rey - Pont de la Porte de France - St.-Martin-le-Vinoux - St. Robert / La Monta (4#) |
5 | Gare PLM - Quai Stéphane Jay - Av. Maréchal Randon - Meylan |
5# | Pl. Notre Dame - Av. Maréchal Randon - La Tronche - Meylan - Montbonnot |
6 | Gare PLM - Av. Félix Viallet - Blvd. Édouard Rey - Poulat - Place de Verdun - Cimetière Saint-Roch |
7 | Lafontaine - Cours Bernat - Seyssinet - Seyssins - Cossey - St. Nizier |
8 | Poulat - Cours Bernat - Fontaine - Sassenage |
9 | Gare PLM - Av. Félix Viallet - Blvd. Édouard Rey - Rue Lesdiguières - Pl. de Verdun - Rue Eugène Faure - St.-Martin-d’Hères - Gières |
10 | Poulat - Cours Bernat - Pont du Drac |
The route numbers above are for convenience only, they were not used by the operator.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Tramway: ? km.
HISTORY
- Urban tramway (First generation): (electric): 1897 - 31 Aug. 1952.
- Urban tramway (Second generation): (electric): 3 Aug. 1987 - today.
- Interurban tramways: (steam): 1894 - 1946; (electric): 1902 - 1948.
GAUGE
- Tramway (first generation): 1000 mm.
- Tramway (second generation): 1435 mm.
- Interurban tramways: 1000 mm.
SOURCES
- Guirimand, P. & Bouillin, P. Les tramways de Grenoble, 1858 - 1955. Grenobles, Librairies des Alpes, [?].
- Muller, G.& Wyse, W.J. "The TAG - Europe's newest tramway", Modern Tramway and Light Rail Transit, Jan. 1988 (51: 601), p.5-21.
- Pulling, N. "Systems Factfile No.25: Grenoble, France", Tramways & Urban Transit, Oct. 2009 (72: 862), p.387-389.
- Wansbeek, C.J. "Grenoble: Fast tramway growth in pioneering city", Tramways & Urban Transit, June 2006 (69: 822), p.220-233.
WIKIS
- Ancien tramway de Grenoble
- Société grenobloise de tramways électriques
- Tramway de Grenoble
- Tramway de Grenoble à Chapareillan
- Tramway Grenoble - Villard-de-Lans
- Transports de l'agglomération grenobloise
- Voies ferrées du Dauphiné
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