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ROUTES
Operator: Compagnie des transports de la porte océane, on behalf of the Communauté de l'agglomération havraise.
TRAM ROUTES
A | La Plage - Hôtel de Ville - Gares (Stations) - Place Jenner - Mont-Gaillard - Grand Hameau |
B | La Plage - Hôtel de Ville - Gares (Stations) - Place Jenner - Verlaine - Caucriauville-Pré fleuri |
FUNICULAR ROUTE
Funiculaire du Havre | rue Gustave Flaubert - Sainte-Marie |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Tramway: 13 km.
- Funicular: 343 m.
HISTORY
- Horse–powered tramway 1 Feb. 1874 - 25 Sept. 1894.
- Electric tramway: 2 Feb. 1894 – 4 June 1951 (1st generation); 12 Dec. 2012 - today (2nd generation).
- Funicular: 18 Aug. 1890 - today.
GAUGE
- Tramway (Le Havre, old and new): 1435 mm.
- Tramway (Montivilliers): 1000 mm. (12 July 1899 - Oct. 1910)
- Funicular: 1200 mm.
SOURCES
- Jacquot, A. "Les Tramways du Havre", Connaissance du Rail, Mar.-Apr. 2009 (334-335), p.4-15.
- Laederich, P. "Un nouveau tramway pour Le Havre", Connaissance du Rail, Mar.-Apr. 2009 (334-335), p.16-18.
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