MARSEILLE

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Operator: Régie des transports de Marseille (RTM)

TRAM ROUTE

68	Noailles - La Blancarde - St. Pierre

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CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH

• Tramway: 3 km.



HISTORY

• Horse tramway: 21 Jan. 1876 - 1903?
• Steam tramway: 1891 - 1904.
• Urban electric tramway: May 1892 - today.
• Interurban electric tramway: 13 Aug. 1903 - 1948.
• Metro: 26 Nov. 1977 - today.

GAUGE

• Tramways (horse trams and first-generation electric): 1430 mm.
• Tramways (second-generation electric): 1435 mm.
• Metro: 1435 mm.

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SOURCES

PRINT

• Jackson, A.A. "The tramways of Marseille", The Modern Tramway, June 1950 (13: 150), p.134-139.
• Laupiès, J. & Martin, J. Les tramways de Marseille ont cent ans Marseille: P. Tacussel, 1990.
• Malterre, P. "The tramways of Marseille today", Modern Tramway & Light Railway Review, May 1963 (26: 305), p.160-163.
• Pulling, N. "Systems Factfile No.41 - Marseille, France", Tramways & Urban Transit, Feb. 2011 (74: 878), p.59-62.
• Wansbeek, C.J. "Light rail the key to mobility in Marseille", Tramways & Urban Transit, Dec. 1999 (62: 744), p.455-458.
• Wansbeek, C.J. "Marseille - Two new tramlines, another French light rail triumph", Tramways & Urban Transit, Oct. 2007 (70: 838), p.377-380.

WIKIS

• Ancien tramway de Marseille
• Compagnie des tramways électriques des Bouches-du-Rhône
• Métro de Marseille
• Régie des transports de Marseille
• Tramway de Marseille

WEB SITES

• RTM (Régie des Transports de Marseille)