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Trams in France date from 1837 when a 15 km steam tram line connected Montrond-les-Bains and Montbrison in the Loire. [1] With the development of electric trams at the end of the 19th century, networks proliferated in French cities over a period of 15 years.
The tramway in Nice. Trams in Nice was the first-generation tramway system serving the city of Nice, France, which operated from 27 February 1879 to 10 January 1953.. The creation of the Compagnie des Tramways de Nice et du Littoral (TNL) was encouraged by the rapid rise in population of Nice and surrounding towns and villages.
Old lines, considered archaic, were then gradually replaced by buses. Tram networks disappeared almost completely from France, the UK, and altogether from Ireland, Denmark, Spain, as well as being completely removed from cities such as Sydney, which had one of the largest networks in the world with route length 291 km (181 mi) and Brisbane.
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 ...
The Caen Guided Light Transit was a Bombardier Guided Light Transit system rather than a standard rail-based tram system. Caen tramway: Electric 27 Jul 2019 Gauge: 1,435 mm. Caen's tramway replaced the former Bombardier Guided Light Transit system after one and a half year of upgrading works. Cherbourg: Steam 22 May 1897 2 Aug 1914
In central Buenos Aires, the Tranvía del Este (or Puerto Madero Tramway) was an experimental tramway which operated on a 2-kilometre (1.2 mi) route in the Puerto Madero District from 2007 to 2012 with a single-car Alstom Citadis tram—two cars during the first year—on loan from Madrid. Planned extensions did not come to fruition, and low ...
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).
An old Double decker tram preserved at the National Tramway Museum (from the former Leeds Tramway) Until 1935 there was a large and comprehensive network of tram systems. For example, one could travel by tram across northwest England, from Liverpool to Ashton-under-Lyne (approx. 43 miles) using connecting systems.