Paris 1937

The Paris tram system just before the end. The last tram line in the Paris network was discontinued in 1938.

VIDEOS

Above: YouTube^CA video - L'histoire du tramway parisien - Length: 2:01 mins.

Above: YouTube^CA video - Paris Metro - Sprague Thomson - Ligne 12 - Length: 2:07 mins.

PHOTOS

MAPS

PARIS & WIDER SURROUNDINGS

Paris 1937 tram map

INSET: PARIS & INNER SURROUNDINGS

Paris 1937 inner surroundings tram map

INSET: PARIS - CORE

Paris 1937 downtown tram map

An	Place d'Anvers	PM	Porte Maillot / Port de Neuilly
Ch	Châtelet	PMi	Pont Mirabeau
GPD	Gare de Paris–Denfert	PN	Place de la Nation
PCh	Porte de la Chapelle	PSC	Porte de St.–Cloud
PCli	Place de Clichy	PTo	Pont de Tolbiac
PCo	Porte de Courcelles	PV	Porte de Vincennes
PdC	Porte de Champerret

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DISCONTINUATION DATES OF TRAM TRACKS in 1937-1949 (affected route numbers in parentheses).

1937 Jan. 11: Porte d’Orléans – Sceaux / Bagneux (80, 128)
1937 Jan. 25: Porte d’Orléans - Antony (88) [Last trams from Porte d’Orléans, and anywhere to the south of Paris]
1937 Feb. 15: Porte de Vincennes – Gournay (113); Rosny–sous–Bois – Neuilly–Plaisance (116)
1937 March 14: Porte de Vincennes – Porte de St.–Cloud (123/124) [Southern ceinture, last tram in Paris itself, last tram across the Seine]
1938 Aug. 14: Gare du Raincy – Le Raincy – Montfermeil (112) [The last tram line in the old Paris system]
1949 Feb. 16: Villiers le Bel Gare - Villiers le Bel village (TVB) [Very last traditional tram line in the Paris region]

ROUTES

TRAM ROUTES

Operator: Société des transports en commun de la région parisienne (STCRP)

80	Porte d'Orléans – Montrouge – Bagneux Cimetière Parisien
88	Porte d’Orléans – Montlhéry – Bourg–la–Reine – Pont d'Antony
112	Villemomble (Gare du Raincy) – Le Raincy – Montfermeil
113	Château de Vincennes – Nogent–sur–Marne – Fontenay-sous-Bois - Neuilly-Plaisance - Neuilly–sur–Marne – Gournay-sur-Marne
116	Rosny–sous–Bois – Neuilly–Plaisance (La Maltournée)
123/124	Porte de Vincennes – R. Michel–Bizot – R. de Dijon – Pont de Tolbiac – R. de Tolbiac – R. d’Alésia – R. de Vouillé – R. de la Convention – Pont Mirabeau – Auteuil – Porte de St.–Cloud [combined route]
128	Porte d'Orléans – Montrouge – Bagneux – Fontenay-aux-Roses – Sceaux – Gare de Robinson
TVB	Villiers le Bel Gare - Villiers le Bel village (metre gauge; not on the maps, NE of Pierrefitte)

FUNICULAR

Funiculaire de la place St.–Pierre

Pl. d’Anvers – Sacré–Cœur de Montmartre

MÉTRO (SUBWAY/UNDERGROUND) ROUTES OPERATED BY THE COMPAGNIE DU CHEMIN DE FER MÉTROPOLITAIN DE PARIS (CMP)

1	Château de Vincennes – Porte Maillot
2	Place de la Nation – Port Dauphine
3	Porte des Lilas – Porte de Champerret
4	Porte de Clignancourt – Porte d’Orléans
5	Gare du Nord – Place d’Italie – Place de l’Etoile
6	Place de la Nation – Place d’Italie
7	Porte d'Ivry – Porte de la Villette [7 bis: Rue Louis-Blanc – Porte du Pré-St-Gervais]
8	Porte de Charenton – Porte d'Auteuil
9	Porte de Montreuil - Pont de Sèvres
10	Invalides – Jussieu
11	Châtelet – République - Porte des Lilas
Nav	Porte des Lilas - Porte du Pré-St-Gervais
12	Mairie d’Issy – Porte de la Chapelle
13	Gare St-Lazare – Porte de St-Ouen / Porte de Clichy

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH

Tramway: ? km.
Montmartre funicular: 108 m.
Métro: 146 km.

HISTORY

Tramways

Horse–powered: 1855 – 12 Jan. 1913.
Steam: 1876 – 13 June 1914 (except on some suburban lines); the steam tram on the segment Longjumeau – Arpajon disappeared on 14 Dec. 1936.
Compressed air: 1879 – 2 Aug. 1914.
Batteries: 1892 – July 1914.
Conduit electric supply: 1896 – Aug. 1914.
Overhead electric supply: 1895 – 14 Aug. 1938.
Revived tramway (electric overhead): 21 Dec. 1992 – today. Inauguration of lines:
- T1: St. Denis - Courneuve - Bobigny: 21 Dec. 1992; prolonged to Noisy-le-Sec: 15 Dec. 2003.
- T2: La Défense - Saint-Cloud - Issy-Val de Seine: 2 July 1997; prolonged to Porte de Versailles: 21 Nov. 2009.
- T3a: Pont du Garigliano - Porte de Versailles - Porte d'Orléans - Porte d'Ivry: 16 Dec. 2006; prolonged to Porte de Vincennes: 15 Dec. 2012.
- T3b: Porte de Vincennes - Porte de la Chapelle: 15 Dec. 2012; prolonged to Porte d'Asnières: 24 Nov. 2018; prolonged to Porte Dauphine: 5 Apr. 2024.
- T4: Bondy - Le Raincy - Aulnay-sous-Bois: 20 Nov. 2006; Le Raincy – Montfermeil: 14 Dec. 2019.
- T5: St. Denis - Pierrefitte-sur-Seine - Garges-Sarcelles: 29 July 2013.
- T6: Châtillon-Montrouge - Châtillon - Meudon-la-Forêt - Vélizy-Villacoublay (Robert Wagner): 13 Dec. 2014; prolonged to Viroflay: 28 May 2016.
- T7: Villejuif-Louis Aragon - Rungis - Orly - Athis-Mons Porte de l'Essonne: 16 Nov. 2013.
- T8: St.Denis-Porte de Paris - St. Denis - Villetanneuse-Université / Orgemont: 16 Dec. 2014.
- T9: Porte de Choisy - Orly-Gaston Viens: 10 Apr. 2021.
- T10: Jardin Parisien - La Croix de Berny: 24 June 2023.
- T11: Epinay-sur-Seine - Le Bourget: 1 July 2017.
- T12: Massy-Palaiseau - Évry-Courcouronnes: 10 Dec. 2023.
- T13: St.Germain-en-Laye - St.-Cyr: 31 May 2022.

Funiculars

Belleville funicular: 25 Aug. 1891 – 18 July 1924.
Montmartre funicular: 1900 – today.

Heavy rapid transit

Métro: 19 July 1900 - today.
RER (Regional heavy rail): 1977 - today.
VAL (Automated light métro): 2 Oct. 1991 - today.

GAUGE

Tramway (1st generation): 1440 / 1000 mm.
Belleville funicular: 1000 mm.
Métro/RER/Modern tramways: 1435 mm.

SOURCES

PRINT

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"Ile-de-France: Le tram dans Paris", Connaissance du Rail - Spécial trams 2007, Oct.-Nov. 2007 (No.316-317), p.49-55.
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