List of town tramway systems in France

This is a list of town tramway systems in France by région. It includes all tram systems, past and present. Cities with currently operating systems, and those systems themselves, are indicated in bold and blue background colored rows. Those tram systems that operated on other than standard gauge track (where known) are indicated in the 'Notes' column.

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Clermont-Ferrand Translohr tramway

Grenoble

Lyon

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Aix-les-Bains	Compressed air	18 Apr 1897	1908	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Annemasse	Steam	22 Oct 1883	1902	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
		Electric	2 Jan 1902	31 Dec 1958	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Clermont-Ferrand	Electric	7 Jan 1890	17 Mar 1956	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) 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	Electric	1904	1914
	Le Puy-en-Velay	electric	12 Nov 1896	4 Aug 1914	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Lyon	Horse	21 Jun 1897	?
		Steam	1888	?	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
		Electric	26 Aug 1894	30 Jan 1956	[2]
Lyon tramway		Electric	23 Dec 2000
	Moûtiers	Electric	1899	1929	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Roanne	Electric	1901	1935
	Saint-Chamond	Electric	1906	1931	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Saint-Étienne tramway	Saint-Étienne*	Steam	4 Dec 1881	1912	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)[3]
		Electric	17 Apr 1897		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)[3]
	Valence	Electric	1927	1950	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Vichy	Compressed air	15 Dec 1895	31 Mar 1927

Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Besançon

Dijon

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Beaucourt	Electric	1904	1935	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Belfort	Electric	29 May 1898	1952	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Besançon	Electric	21 Mar 1897	24 Dec 1952
Besançon tramway		Electric	30 Aug 2014
	Dijon	Electric	1 Jan 1895	1 Dec 1961	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Dijon tramway		Electric	2012[4][5]

Brittany (Bretagne)

Brest

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Brest	Electric	1898	1945	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Brest tramway		Electric	23 Jun 2012		[6]
	Lorient	Electric	1901	1944	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Saint-Malo	Electric	1927	1948	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)

Centre-Val de Loire

Orléans

Tours

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Blois	Electric	1910	1934	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Bourges	Electric	1898	1949	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Orléans	Horse	6 May 1877	?	[7]
		Electric	28 Jun 1899	31 Mar 1938	[7]
Orléans tramway		Electric	20 Nov 2000		[8]
	Tours	Electric	1900	1949	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Tours tramway		Electric	31 Aug 2013

Corsica (Corse)

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Ajaccio	Horse	?	?

Grand Est

Strasbourg

Mulhouse

Nancy Guided Light Transit

Reims

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Châlons-en-Champagne	Electric	1897	1938	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Charleville-Mézières	Electric	1900	1914	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Colmar	Electric	16 Mar 1902	31 Jan 1960	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Épinal	Electric	1906	1914	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Forbach	Electric	1912	1950	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Hagondange - Maizières-lès-Metz	Electric	1913	1964
	Longwy	Electric	1902	1935	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Metz	Electric	1902	1948
	Mulhouse	Steam	1 Oct 1892	1894	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
		Electric	1894	2 May 1956
Mulhouse tramway		Electric	13 May 2006
	Nancy	Horse	12 Aug 1874	c.1903
		Electric	1898	2 Dec 1958	[9]
	Novéant-sur-Moselle	Electric	1911	1933
C.T.R.	Reims	Horse	19 Jun 1881	Apr 1901	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)[10]
		Electric	1 Jun 1900	15 Oct 1939
Reims tramway		Electric	16 Apr 2011
	Ribeauvillé	Horse	?	?
		Steam	?	1937
	Saint-Avold	Electric	1910	1940	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Sedan	Electric	1899	1914	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Strasbourg	Horse	22 Jul 1878	1899	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
		Steam	1883	12 Aug 1926	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
		Electric	May 1895	30 Apr 1960	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)[11]
Strasbourg tramway		Electric	25 Nov 1994		[11]
	Thionville	Electric	9 May 1912	22 Sep 1952	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Troyes	Electric	1899	1950	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Turckheim	Electric	3 Jun 1899	1 Apr 1937	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)

Hauts-de-France

Lille

Valenciennes

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Amiens	Electric	1899	1940	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Armentières	Electric	1901	1914	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Boulogne-sur-Mer	Electric	1897	1951
	Calais	Electric	1906	1940
	Cambrai	Electric	1903	1914	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Cassel	Electric	1900	1938	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Douai	Electric	1898	1950
	Dunkerque	Horse	1 June 1880	?
		Accumulator (storage battery)	1899	1903
		Electric	1903	3 Nov 1952
	Étaples	Electric	1900	1935	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Laon	Electric	9 jul 1899	27 jan 1971	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Lille	Horse	7 June 1874	?	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)(?)[12]
		Electric	1900	29 Jan 1966	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in). Urban tramlines abandoned by 1966.[12]
Lille tramway		Electric	4 Dec 1909		Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in). Interurban lines not abandoned, and in continuous operation since 1909.[12]
	Maubeuge	Electric	16 Mar 1902	1951	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Roubaix	Horse	19 Mar 1877	?
		Electric	1894	15 July 1956	[12]
	Saint-Quentin	Electric	6 Mar 1899	27 May 1956	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Tergnier	Electric	1910	1939	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Tourcoing	Horse	19 March 1877	?
		Electric	1894	15 July 1956	[12]
	Valenciennes	Steam	1 Jan 1881	1914	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)[13]
		Electric	1914	2 July 1966	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Valenciennes tramway		Electric	3 July 2006		[13]

Île-de-France

Paris:Line T3

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Trams in Fontainebleau	Fontainebleau	Electric	29 Sep 1896	31 Dec 1953	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Melun	Electric	1901	1914	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Trams in Paris	Paris	Horse	1855	?
		Electric	1895	14 Aug 1938	[14]
Tramways in Île-de-France		Electric	6 Jul 1992		Has grown to a system comprising 14 lines, 186.6 kilometres (115.9 mi) of track and 278 stops (2024)
Trams in Versailles	Versailles	Horse	11 Nov 1876	1896
		Electric	1896	3 Mar 1957

Normandie

Caen

Le Havre

Rouen

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Avranches	Electric	Apr 1907	2 Aug 1914	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Trams in Caen	Caen	Electric	21 Dec 1901	1937	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Caen Guided Light Transit		Electric	15 Nov 2002	31 Dec 2017	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	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
		Electric	1910	1944	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Deauville	Horse	Oct 1876	c.1905	Gauge: 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)
	Elbeuf	Electric	1898	1926
	Le Havre	Electric	1894	1951
Le Havre tramway Le Havre's old tramway		Electric	12 Dec 2012
	Le Tréport	Electric	1902	1935	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Trams in Rouen	Rouen	Horse	29 Dec 1877	1896
		Electric	1896	28 Feb 1953	[15]
Rouen tramway		Electric	17 Dec 1994		[16]

Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Bordeaux

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Angoulême	Electric	1900	1935	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Arcachon	Electric	6 Aug 1911	1930	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
B.A.B	Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz	Steam	2 Jun 1877	23 Apr 1922
		Electric	11 Jul 1922	31 Dec 1952
B.L.B		Steam	18 Oct 1888	31 Jan 1914	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
		Electric	1 Feb 1914	1 Oct 1948	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
V.F.D.M		Electric	3 Dec 1917	31 Jan 1939
	Bordeaux	Horse	4 May 1880	1901
		Electric	17 Feb 1900	8 Dec 1958
Bordeaux tramway		Electric	23 Dec 2003
	Hendaye	Horse	1906	1907	Gauge: 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in)
		Electric	15 Aug 1908	1 Jan 1937	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Limoges	Electric	6 Jun 1897	2 Mar 1951	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Pau	Electric	8 Sep 1900	1929	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Poitiers	Electric	1899	1947	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)

Occitanie

Toulouse

Montpellier

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Aigues-Vives	Steam	?	?
	Albi	Steam	?	?
		Petrol	?	?
	Lourdes	Electric	1899	1930	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Montpellier	Electric	1 Jan 1898	31 Jan 1949	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Montpellier tramway		Electric	30 June 2000
	Nîmes	Horse	1880	1900
		Electric	1899	1950
	Perpignan	Electric	Sep 1900	Oct 1955	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Rodez	Electric	1902	1920	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Sète	Electric	1901	1935	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Toulouse	Horse	31 Jul 1887	?
		Electric	May 1906	7 July 1957
Toulouse tramway		Electric	11 Dec 2010		[17]

Pays de la Loire

Nantes

Angers

Le Mans

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
	Angers	Electric	21 May 1896	May 1949
Angers tramway		Electric	25 June 2011		[18]
	Le Mans	Electric	1897	1947	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Le Mans tramway		Electric	17 Nov 2007
	Les Sables d'Olonne	Electric	1898	1925	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	Nantes	Compressed air	13 Feb 1879	1917
		Electric	1913	25 Jan 1958
Nantes tramway		Electric	7 Jan 1985		[19]

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Marseille

Nice

Aubagne

Name of System	Location	Traction Type	Date (From)	Date (To)	Notes
Aubagne tramway	Aubagne	Electric	1 sept 2014
	Avignon	Electric	1901	1932	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) New 1.435 metre standard gauge tramway due to be inaugurated on 19 October 2019.
	Cannes	Electric	1899	1923	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
	La Ciotat	Electric	1935	1955
	Marseille	Horse	21 Jan 1876	?
		Steam	1892	?
Marseille tramway		Electric	1900
Trams in Nice	Nice	Horse	27 Feb 1878	?	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
		Electric	1900	10 Jan 1953	Gauge: 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)
Nice tramway		Electric	24 Nov 2007
	Toulon	Horse	Jul 1886	?
		Electric	Jul 1897	15 Apr 1954

See also

• Trams in France
• List of town tramway systems in Europe
• List of tram and light rail transit systems
• List of metro systems
• List of trolleybus systems in France

References

Inline citations

1. Hamal, p16
2. Hamal, p44-45
3. Hamal, p112
4. "Pioneering PPP energises Dijon tram". Railway Gazette International. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
5. "Accueil :: Le Tram - Grand Dijon". letram-dijon.fr. Archived from the original on 18 July 2010. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
6. "Brest tramway opens". Railway Gazette International. 26 June 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
7. Hamal, p140
8. "Urban rail news in brief - November 2008". Railway Gazette International. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
9. Hamal, p72
10. Jaillard, Michel; Chenu, Marcel (1990). Plus d'un siècle de transports en commun à Reims (in French).
11. Hamal, p123
12. Hamal, p28-29
13. Hamal, p147
14. Hamal, p87
15. Hamal, p106
16. Hamal, p107
17. "False start for tram line T1 in Toulouse". Railway Gazette International. 16 December 2010.
18. "Angers tram opens". Railway Gazette International. 29 June 2011.
19. Hamal, p78

Bibliography

• Hamal, Thierry; De Coster, Roland; Stas, Dominique (1997). Flash 1997 - France (in French). Tram 2000.

Sources, references and external links:

• Books, Periodicals and External Links