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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Tramways de France - les années 1950/60 [includes Toulouse] - Length: 3:29 mins. |
PHOTOS
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MAPS
INSET: CENTRAL TOULOUSE
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TRAM ROUTES
Operator: Société des Transports en Commun de la région Toulousaine (STCRT)
| 1 | Ponts-Jumeaux - Jeanne d’Arc - Jean Jaurès - François Verdier - Grand Rond - St. Michel |
| 1bis | Ponts-Jumeaux - Jeanne d’Arc - Jean Jaurès |
| 2 | Gare Matabiau - Capitole - Esquirol - St. Michel - Gare St. Agne |
| 4 | Gare Matabiau - Capitole - Esquirol - Pont Neuf - Place St. Cyprien - Patte d'Oie - Gare St. Cyprien |
| 5 | Gare Matabiau - Capitole - Esquirol - Pont Neuf - Place St. Cyprien - Patte d'Oie - Cépière |
| 6 | Gare Matabiau - Capitole - Esquirol - Pont Neuf - Place St. Cyprien - Patte d'Oie - Cartoucherie |
| 8 | Place St Cyprien - Pont St. Michel - St. Michel - Gare St. Agne |
| 10 | Barrière de Paris - Pont des Minimes - Jeanne d’Arc - Capitole - Esquirol - Jean Jaurès - François Verdier - Grand Rond - Pont des Demoiselles |
| 12 | Barrière de Croix-Daurade - Jeanne d’Arc - Capitole - Esquirol - Quai de Tounis - Pont St. Michel - Croix de Pierre |
| 14 | Pont des Minimes - Gare Matabiau - François Verdier - Esquirol - Pont Neuf - Place St Cyprien - Gare Roguet |
| 15 | Moscou - Guilhemery - François Verdier - Esquirol - Pont Neuf - Place St. Cyprien - Patte d'Oie - Cartoucherie |
| 16 | Moscou - Guilhemery - Gare Matabiau - Capitole |
| 18 | Cimetière - Gare Matabiau - Capitole |
| 22 | Capitole - Esquirol - François Verdier - Côte Pavée |
| 24 | Capitole - Esquirol - Jardin des Plantes - Le Busca |
| 26 | Gare Matabiau - Capitole - Esquirol - St. Michel - Empalot |
| 40 | Capitole - Jeanne d'Arc - Barrière de Croix-Daurade - Pont de l'Hers |
| 42 | Capitole - Esquirol - Jean Jaurès - François Verdier - Grand Rond - Pont des Demoiselles - Montaudran |
| 44 | Capitole - Esquirol - St. Michel - Pont St. Michel - Croix de Pierre - Lafourguette |
| 46 | Esquirol - Pont Neuf - Place St. Cyprien - Patte d'Oie - Hippodrome - Lardenne |
| 48 | Esquirol - Pont Neuf - Place St. Cyprien - Patte d'Oie - Cépière - St. Simon |
| 50 | Capitole - Jeanne d'Arc - Pont des Minimes - Barrière de Paris - Lalande |
| 60 | Capitole - Jeanne d'Arc - Pont des Minimes - Barrière de Paris - Lalande - Aucamville - Castelginest |
| 62 | Esquirol - St. Michel - Gare St. Agne - Ramonville–St.Agne - Castanet |
| 64 | Esquirol - Pont Neuf - Place St. Cyprien - Patte d'Oie - Cartoucherie - Purpan - Oratoire - Colomiers |
| 66 | Capitole - Esquirol - Pont Neuf - Place St. Cyprien - Patte d'Oie - Cartoucherie - Purpan - Blagnac |
| 68 | Esquirol - St. Michel - Pont St. Michel - Croix de Pierre - Braqueville |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Tramway: ? km.
HISTORY
- Horse–powered tramway: 31 July 1887 - 1910.
- Electric tramway (first generation): 7 May 1906 - 7 July 1957.
- Electric tramway (second generation): 11 Dec. 2010 - today.
- Metro: 26 June 1993 - today.
GAUGE
- Tramway: 1435 mm.
- Metro: 1435 mm.
SOURCES
- Dietrich, M. "Les anciens tramways de Toulouse", Connaissance du Rail, Feb.-March 2010 (346-347), p.16-25.
- Lacombe, Ch. & Malterre, P. Omnibus, tramways et autobus de Toulouse. Breil-sur-Roya: Cabri, 1983.
- Robert, J. Histoire des transports dans les villes de France. Neuilly-sur-Seine: J. Robert, 1974.
- "Systems Factfile No.77 - Toulouse, France", Tramways & Urban Transit, Feb. 2014 (77: 914), p.81-85.
- "The Tramways of Toulouse", The Modern Tramway, May 1954 (17: 197), p.95-96.
- Vielhescaze, S. & Montaron, Y. "Toulouse creates new connections", Tramways & Urban Transit, July 2019 (82: 979), p.256-257.
WIKIS
WEB SITES
- ASPTUIT (Association pour la Sauvegarde du Patrimoine des Transports Urbains et Interurbains Toulousains)
- MidiMobilités
- Tisséo
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