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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Tramway de Marseille, France - Length: 10:10 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - The Metro of Marseille, France - Length: 11:52 mins. |
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MAP
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ROUTES
Operator: Régie des transports de Marseille (RTM)
TRAM ROUTES
| T1 | Noailles - La Blancarde - St. Pierre - Les Caillols |
| T2 | Euroméditerranée ARENC - Joliette - Canebière Garibaldi - Longchamp - La Blancarde |
MÉTRO ROUTES
| M1 | La Rose - St Juste - Longchamp - St-Charles (Gare SNCF) - Vieux Port - Castellane - La Blancarde - La Fourragère |
| M2 | Bougainville - Joliette - St-Charles (Gare SNCF) - Noailles - Castellane - Rond-Point du Prado - Ste-Marguerite Dromel |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Tramway: 12.6 km.
- Métro: 21.5 km.
HISTORY
- Horse tramway: 21 Jan. 1876 - 1903?
- Steam tramway: 1891 - 1904.
- Urban electric tramway (Marseille): May 1892 - today.
- Interurban electric tramway: 13 Aug. 1903 - 1948.
- Electric tramway (Aubagne): 1 Sept. 2014 - today
- Métro: 26 Nov. 1977 - today.
GAUGE
- Tramways (horse trams and first-generation electric): 1430 mm.
- Tramways (second-generation electric and Aubagne): 1435 mm.
- Metro: 1435 mm.
SOURCES
- 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.
- "Marseille: A plan for growth", Tramways & Urban Transit, Sept. 2024 (87: 1041), p.338-339.
- 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 métropolitains
- Tramway d'Aubagne
- Tramway de Marseille
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