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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Tramways de France - les années 1950/60 [includes Nice] - Length: 3:29 mins. |
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INSET: CENTRAL NICE
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ABBREVIATION ON THE MAP
| RHP | Rue de l'Hôtel des Postes |
TRAM ROUTES
NICE
Operator: Tramway de Nice et du Littoral (TNL)
| 1 | Port de Nice - Place Garibaldi - Place Masséna - Av. de la Victoire - Gare PLM - Place Gambetta - St. Maurice - St. Sylvestre |
| 2 | Port de Nice - Place Garibaldi - Place Masséna - Av. de la Victoire - Gare PLM - Place Gambetta - St. Maurice |
| 3 | Riquier - Port de Nice - Place Garibaldi - Place Masséna - Av. de la Victoire - Gare PLM - Av. Thiers - Blvd. Tzarevitch |
| 4 | Passage à niveau - Blvd. Gambetta - Av. Thiers - Gare PLM - Av. de la Victoire - Place Masséna - Place Garibaldi - Route de Turin - Nice Est |
| 5 | Passage à niveau - Blvd. Gambetta - Av. Thiers - Gare PLM - Av. de la Victoire - Place Masséna - Place Garibaldi - Route de Turin - Nice Est |
| 6 | Dépôt Ste. Agathe - Place Garibaldi - Place Masséna - Av. de la Victoire - Gare PLM - Place Gambetta - Passage à niveau - Blvd. Gambetta - Rue de France - Place Masséna - Place Garibaldi - Dépôt Ste. Agathe [Loop route, counterclockwise] |
| 7 | Dépôt Ste. Agathe - Place Garibaldi - Place Masséna - Rue de France - Blvd. Gambetta - Passage à niveau - Place Gambetta - Gare PLM - Av. de la Victoire - Place Masséna - Place Garibaldi - Dépôt Ste. Agathe [Loop route, clockwise] |
| 8 | Passage à niveau - Blvd. Gambetta - Av. Thiers - Gare PLM - Av. de la Victoire - Place Masséna - Place Garibaldi - Route de Turin - Nice Est |
| 9 | Place Masséna - Rue de France - St. Laurent du Var (Est) |
| 10 | Place Masséna - Rue de France - St. Laurent du Var (Ouest) |
| 11 | Place Masséna - Rue de France - Blvd. de la Madeleine - La Madeleine |
| 12 | Rue Barla - Rue de Lepante - Av. Thiers - Blvd. Gambetta - Rue de France - St. Laurent du Var - Cagnes |
| 14 | Place Masséna - R. Gioffredo - Ave. du Maréchal Lyautey - St André de la Roche |
| 15 | Rue de l'Hôtel des Postes - Cimiez |
| 20 | Place Masséna - R. Gioffredo - Place Garibaldi - Port de Nice - Villefranche |
| 21 | Place Masséna - R. Gioffredo - Place Garibaldi - Port de Nice - Villefranche - Beaulieu |
| 22 | Place Masséna - R. Gioffredo - Place Garibaldi - Port de Nice - Villefranche - St.Jean – Cap Ferrat |
| 24 | Place Masséna - R. Gioffredo - Place Garibaldi - Port de Nice - Villefranche - Beaulieu - Èze - Cap d’Ail - Monte-Carlo |
| 26 | Place Garibaldi - Route de Turin - Nice Est - La Trinité |
| 27 | Place Garibaldi - Route de Turin - Nice Est - La Trinité - Drap - Contes - Bendejun |
| 28 | Place Garibaldi - Route de Turin - Nice Est - La Trinité - Drap - Peillon - Grave de Peille |
| 30 | Place Garibaldi - Ave. du Maréchal Lyautey - St André de la Roche - Levens |
| 32 | Place Masséna - Rue de France - St. Laurent du Var - Cagnes |
| 33 | Place Masséna - Rue de France - St. Laurent du Var - Cagnes - Antibes |
| 34 | Antibes - Cap d'Antibes |
| 41 | Monte-Carlo - Monaco Ville |
| 43 | Monte-Carlo - Cap Martin - Menton - Italian frontier |
| 46 | Menton - Castillon - Sospel |
I have not been able to determine the exact location of the terminus of lines 4, 5 and 8 in "Nice Est". I placed he western terminus of line 12 in Cagnes - in fact, it could have been anywhere all the way to Antibes.
CANNES
Operator: Compagnie des Tramways de Cannes (CTC)
| Mandelieu - La Bocca - Cannes - Golfe Juan - Antibes | |
| Cannes - Le Cannet | |
| Golfe Juan - Vallauris | |
| Cannes - Mougens - Mouans-Sartoux - Grasse |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Tramway (Cannes): 38 km.
- Tramway (Nice): 144 km.
HISTORY
- Urban tramway (Cannes): 25 Feb. 1899 - 11 May 1933.
- Urban tramway (Nice, first generation): (horse-drawn): 28 Feb. 1878 - 3 Nov. 1902; (electric): 13 Jan. 1900 - 30 Jan. 1953.
- Urban tramway (Nice, second generation): 24 Nov. 2007 - today.
GAUGE
- Tramway (Nice and Cannes, first generation): 1000 mm.
- Tramway (second generation): 1435 mm.
SOURCES
- Courant, R. Le temps des tramways Menton: Éditions du Cabri, 1982.
- "Next-generation tramways: Nice", Tramways & Urban Transit, Sept. 2019 (82: 981), p.342-343.
- Pulling, N. "Systems Factfile No.191: Nice, France", Tramways & Urban Transit, Sept. 2023 (86: 1029), p.352-357.
- Robert, J. Les tramways de Nice et de la Côte d'Azur Neuilly-sur-Seine: Editeur Jean Robert, 1988.
WIKIS
- Lignes d'Azur
- Trams in Cannes
- Tramway de Nice
- Tramway de Nice et du Littoral
- Tramways des Alpes-Maritimes
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