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NANTES

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1932

Nantes at the height of its first tramway network.




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Nantes tram map 1932




I created the above map by overlaying an OpenStreetMap (OSM) map with my own data. Copyright on the OSM map is © OpenStreetMap & Contributors, licensed under a CC-BY-SA (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 licence).

Please note that the OSM map used as a template for this map corresponds to the situation at the time the map was downloaded and may show features that did not exist at the time the GS Tram Site is supposed to show. In particular, it may show bridges and highways that were built later.

ABBREVIATIONS ON THE MAP

PdR Place de la République PR Place Royale
PM Pont Morand PSP Place St.Pierre

TRAM ROUTE

Operator: Compagnie des tramways de Nantes

  1 Chantenay Gare - Gare Maritime - Commerce - Gare C.F.A. & P.O. - Dalby - Doulon
  4 Gare Etat - Place de la République - Commerce - Gare C.F.A. & P.O.
11 Pl. E.Zola - Pl. Mellinet - Pl. Royale - Pl. St.Pierre - Rond-Point de Paris - St. Joseph
12 Pl. E.Zola - Pl. Mellinet - Pl. Royale - Pl. St.Pierre - Rond-Point de Paris
21 Pl. J.Macé - Pl. Mellinet - Pl. Canclaux - Gare C.F.A. & P.O. - Dalby
26 Pl. Mellinet - Pl. Canclaux - Pont Morand - Michelet
31 Pont du Cens - Rond-Point de Rennes - Pont Morand - Commerce - Place de la République - Pont de Pirmil - Pont-Rousseau - 3 Moulins
41 Longchamp - Rond-Point de Vannes - Pont de Pirmil - Bonne Garde - Lion d'Or
43 Rond-Point de Vannes - Pont de Pirmil - Bonne Garde - Sèvres
51 Monselet - Commerce - Pont Morand - Rond-Point de Rennes - La Morrhonnière
52 Monselet - Commerce - Pont Morand - Michelet - La Morrhonnière

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH

  • Tramway: ? km.


HISTORY

  • Urban tramway (First generation): (compressed air): 13 Dec. 1879 - 1917; (electric): 1911 - 25 Jan. 1958.
  • Urban tramway (Second generation): 7 Jan. 1985 - today.

GAUGE

  • Tramway (first generation): 1435 mm.
  • Tramway (second generation): 1435 mm.

SOURCES

PRINT

  • Fox, P. "French pioneer: Nantes opens northern section of Line 2", Light Rail Review 6, 1994, p. 37-40.

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