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Several French cities were equipped with horse-tram networks towards the end of the 19th century. In Paris, Tramways Sud operated horse trams from 1875 to 1901. [5] In Marseille, horse trams operated by Compagnie Générale Française de Tramways entered service in 1876 on a number of routes including the Canebière. [6]
Plan of the Tramway de Fontainebleau in 1940 Place Denecourt (currently Napoléon-Bonaparte) with the tramway in the foreground and the Hôtel de l'Aigle Noir in the background. Tramway de Fontainebleau was the public transit system in Fontainebleau, France from 1896 until 1953. At its greatest extent the network comprised three lines.
Trams in Caen was the former public transit system serving the city of Caen, France.The original tramway network, operated by Compagnie des tramways électriques de Caen opened in 1901 and closed on 23 January 1937, after which buses took over as the primary means of public transport in Caen (until the 2002 opening of Caen Guided Light Transit replaced by the Caen tramway in 2019).
Founded in 1517 by Francis I of France, the city of Le Havre experienced strong economic and demographic growth from the Second French Empire onwards, when its walls were demolished. An outport of Paris at the mouth of the Seine , Le Havre, reached by rail transport in March 1847, became increasingly industrialized as its quays lengthened.
The last mule tram service in Mexico City ended in 1932, and a mule tram in Celaya, Mexico, survived until 1954. [11] The last horse-drawn tram to be withdrawn from public service in the UK took passengers from Fintona railway station to Fintona Junction one mile away on the main Omagh to Enniskillen railway in Northern Ireland.
Clermont-Ferrand's modern transport system, the Clermont-Ferrand tramway (opened: 2006), is a Translohr system rather than a traditional rail-based tram system. Évian-les-Bains: Electric 1898 1908 Grenoble: Electric 17 Apr 1897 31 Aug 1952 Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) [1] Grenoble tramway: Electric 5 Sep 1987 [1] La Bourboule ...
Peter Witt car Class 1500 tram in Milan Seattle - SLU streetcar on Terry Avenue. Although tram and Heritage streetcar systems date to the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many old systems were closed during the mid-20th century because of the advent of automobile (including bus) travel. This was especially the case in North America, but ...
The first tramline in Clermont-Ferrand was put into service on 7 January 1890 [6] by the Electric Tramway Company of Clermont Ferrand. The Clermont-Ferrand tramway distinguished itself from other systems as it was the first to use electricity in France. [7] The first 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) metre gauge tram track ran from Montferrand to ...