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The Tours tramway is a tram network which is operated by the city of Tours, in Indre-et-Loire, in the French region of Centre-Val de Loire.Originally opening on 31 Aug 2013, the route is nearly 15 kilometers long and has 29 stations.
The final Tours tram ran on September 14, 1949. (Trams were reintroduced in 2013.) For almost a month, buses provided a replacement service while awaiting the trolleybuses' full operational status. [7] In the aftermath of the Second World War, the tramway was perceived as an anachronism, a symbol of a "bygone era" associated with the war years ...
Tours is located between two rivers, the Loire to the north and the Cher to the south. The buildings of Tours are white with blue slate (called Ardoise) roofs; this style is common in the north of France, while most buildings in the south of France have terracotta roofs. Tours is famous for its original medieval district, called le Vieux Tours.
The Rue de Nantes is replaced by the tramway, while the west facade of the station is open to facilitate access to the new Gare de Tours station. In 2018, according to SNCF estimates, the annual usage of the station was 4,690,784 passengers and if non-passengers are included, its usage rises to 5,863,480.
The station is served by trains to Paris, Angers, Blois, Bourges, Nantes, Nevers, Tours and Vierzon. The main station for long distance services is Fleury-Les Aubrais-Orléans which lies 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) to the north of the city.
The Melbourne tram network is the longest tram system by route length. The New Orleans streetcar system was one of the first in the world and it is the oldest system still in operation. The following is a list of cities that have current tram/streetcar (including heritage trams/heritage streetcars ), or light rail systems as part of their ...
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Modern map of Tours (amphitheater in brown). The city of Tours (known as Caesarodunum in Roman times) was established in the valley between Loire and Cher rivers, probably during the reign of Augustus or Tiberius (between 10 BC and 30 AD). The ancient city was at least 80 hectares in size and heavily populated along the Loire River.