FRANCE | Urban Transport Compilation

[FabriFlorence]

I like very much Marseille Metro! Is it possible to see any video of trains and stations?

[Minato ku]

Other pictures of Marseille metro.

Bougainville M2

[Minato ku]

The driverless line D of Lyon metro.



With 273,000 passengers per day it is the busiest metro line outside Paris.
This line has as the other line of Lyon metro the widest metro train of France and it has a high frequencies but the line D has problem of overcrowding due at its only two cars trains.

[Svartmetall]

Is there any way to use longer trains or will the platforms not allow it?

[Minato ku]

Platform can allow 4 cars trains but there isn't enouth cars to do this.
Anyway they have a solution for increasing capacity inside the train.



This solution is used in 80% of world subway.

[thib8500]

Actually, they are studying a way of getting partial service with 4 cars.

[paF4uko]

I've already had an occasion to try the line D test train with new furniture...
thib8500, and how they are going to manage... I don't think the platforms at all the stations are long enough to handle 4 cars...

[Minato ku]

Platforms are enouth big, every platforms of the lines A B and D were made for 4 cars train.
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Marseille light rail.
The system is 11.8 km long, it has 27 stations and two lines.

[paF4uko]

Hmm...I'm using those almost every day and I haven't noticed...
If they put 4 cars per train, then they'd have to change the door "marks" on the floor
Btw, the public transport in Lyon's agglomeration, including tramways and metros is free today because of "Fête des lumières". Validators doors on all metro stations are wide open, agents control people flow in order to prevent accidents. The first car of line A between Vaux-en-Velin and Charpennes is not used - there are barriers at the stations.

[Minato ku]

Pictures of Strabourg LRT, one of most famous in France.
Strasbourg is view as the most pedestrian friendly city in France, this is easy to understand when we say that Strasbourg is the most german looking city of France.



Opened in 1994, this system is 39 km long and has 5 lines.

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[Svartmetall]

I very much like the layout of the tram network in Strasbourg. It looks like there are plenty of opportunities to transfer between each line giving good connectivity.

[Linnea2]

Originally Posted by kub86

I forgot where I found this picture, but I think lyon has the coolest looking light rail. When I visited, I never saw the silver ones though.

I liked how in Marseille they had 4-car trains. Lyon only has 2 or 3-cars.

Is Marseille a lot poorer than France? When I visited, every time I'd exit the subway station, there'd be a group of people begging for my subway ticket (nothing has happened like that to me in Paris or Lyon...)

The silver one looks like a prop for a Bond movie : )

[Minato ku]

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[staff]

Thanks for the Strasbourg pics, Minato. There are some very good ones at trams-in-france.net too!

I'm especially interested in Strasbourg's system as it is the major influence for the new lightrail system in Malmö (together with Mulhouse, Lyon and Zürich).



Minato,

Which tram systems in France have underground sections with underground stations, apart from Strasbourg (one station)?

[trainrover]

Originally Posted by Minato ku

Strasbourg is the most german looking city of France

...thanks to its predominantly Germanic roots.

[thib8500]

Originally Posted by staff

Which tram systems in France have underground sections with underground stations, apart from Strasbourg (one station)?

Tram in Rouen has 5 underground station, I think.

[staff]

...btw, which tram model is the newer one of these two?

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[disturbman]

If my observations are correct the first one is an Eurotram and the second one is a Citadis. You can tell the difference by looking at the general structure of the tram.

So, to answer your question, the second one is the newest.

@minato : the system is more than 39km, the 5 lines adds to a total lengh of 53km. However there is 39km of tracks. Not exactly the same thing.

[staff]

Yup, I know which one is the Eurotram and which one is the Citadis, but I didn't know which one were the newest model in the fleet.

I definitely prefer the Eurotram. Has that exact model really been in operation since 1994? It looks absolutely fantastic in my opinion. Very timeless design.

[Augusto]

The Eurotram is in operation since the begining. Its doors are in one part. It's more aesthetic but slow to open and close. It's why the Citadis doesn't have the same door's design.