Angers tramway

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Angers tramway

Overview
Native name	Tramway d'Angers
Locale	Angers, Pays de la Loire, France
Transit type	Tram
Number of lines	1
Number of stations	25[1]
Annual ridership	10.05 million (2018)[2]
Operation
Began operation	25 June 2011[1]
Operator(s)	Keolis[3]
Technical
System length	12 km (7.5 mi)[1]
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead line Ground level power supply in city centre
showSystem map Legend Avrillé — Ardenne A Bascule Saint-Gilles Acacias Bois du Roy Plateau Mayenne Terra Botanica Verneau Monplaisir Hauts-de-Saint-Aubin Europe Jean-Moulin Allonneau — Dunant Capucins Brisepotière CHU — Hôpital Deux-Croix Pont Confluences Montaigne Berges de Maine Conservatoire Saint-Serge — Université Centre de Congrès Hôtel de Ville Molière Ralliement Pont des Arts & Métiers Foch — Maison Bleue Doutre Foch — Haras Le Quai Les Gares Farcy Maine river Élysée Place la Fayette Patton Strasbourg La Barre Bamako Beaussier Jean XXIII Belle-Beille — Campus Jean-Vilar A Angers — Roseraie

The Angers tramway (French: Tramway d'Angers) is a single-line tramway in the French city of Angers in Pays de la Loire.

Opened on 25 June 2011,^[1] Line A is operated by Keolis^[3] and replaced some bus lines, with the buses redeployed throughout the rest of the metropolitan area. The Alstom APS ground-level power supply has been used on two parts of the line totalling 1.5 km^[1] in order to avoid overhead lines in the centre of Angers and Avrillé. Angers is the second city using such system, after Bordeaux.

Timeline[]

• April 2007: Works officially started.
• April 2010: Delivery of the Alstom Citadis 302 trams
• December 2010: Testing
• January 2011: Operation of shadow service without passengers
• 25 June 2011: Line A in service^[1]

Current Service - Line A[]

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The total budget for the first line, re-evaluated in 2008, is around €350m (€47m for the trams), up from the 2004 estimate of €250m.

Main features for Line A:

• North-South connection across the metropolitan area, connecting Avrillé (third most populous town ) to (most populous district in Angers).^[1]
• Non-stop service from 5.30 AM until 0.30 AM (19 hours a day)
• 12 kilometers (7.5 mi)^[1]
• 25 stations^[1]
• End to end journey time of 37 minutes;
• Average speed of 20 km/h (13 mph)
• 6 minute headways during peak hours.
• an estimated 35,000 passengers expected daily.

As the line goes on both banks of the Maine, a new bridge was built to allow the trams to cross the river. It connects Angers' University Hospital Centre to . This 270m bridge is accessible to bicycles and pedestrians as well as emergency vehicles.

Stations[]

Advantages[]

• Good public transport system for Avrillé (third town in the metropolitan area after Angers and Trélazé), bringing more life to the city centre and assisting with the development of new neighbourhoods
• Connecting new districts: and
• Tram station close to Terra Botanica
• Connecting important facilities such as the University Hospital Centre (4,500 employees and 3,000 visitors a day), railway station and the administrative city
• The new bridge on the Maine is used by trams, bicycles and pedestrians between the hospital and the Gaumont Film Company studios.
• A better connections to the Angers city centre and improved traffic flows
• A more attractive city centre (including a larger pedestrian area)
• Complementarity of different transport types around the central connection point, Angers Saint-Laud railway station and bus station
• Connecting as part of the urban renovation of the district.

Drawbacks[]

• No connection to the biggest campus of Angers in , which is to be connected by Line B.
• Line A passes through , which will still be accessible for pedestrians, emergency and delivery vehicles as well as bicycles, but buses will not have access to it, nor will other tram lines.

Rolling stock[]

Angers Loire Métropole awarded Alstom a €47m contract to supply 17 Citadis 302 trams on 15 November 2006.^[3]

Design of rolling stock[]

Design and personalization of the rolling stock is characterized by the front end "convergence" V-shape similar in form to a shield. The other major feature is the ubiquity of a rainbow, designed by the French agency RCP Design Global is found in the color scheme and interior design of the trams and other transportation in the city.^[3]

The interior of the trams is marked by floral figures in different colors on the ceiling, white walls and green seats to reflect the geological layers of Anjou.^[4]

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  External design - by RCP Design Global

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  The rainbow

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  Ceiling view with the floral figures

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  Ceiling view

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  Seat of the Angers tramway

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  Seat view - design by RCP Design Global

Future services[]

The 16 km (9.9 mi) Line B was expected to be opened by 2020. It was planned to run from Beaucouzé, via the Atoll shopping centre via the Campus Belle-Beille - Université Angers to the main railway station and Parc des Expositions (Saint-Sylvain-d'Anjou) through Monplaisir district. However, in 2016 the city presented a revised proposal for the future Line B. Stopping at the at the Universities Belle-Beille Campus, the lines length is stripped to 10 km (6.2 mi). Due to financial reasons, the start of construction has been postponed for 2019, so that a start of passenger transport can not be expected until 2022.

It has been announced^[5] that the Line A will be rerouted from September 2020 via Centre de Congrès, avoiding Place du Railiement, using new tracks, a new junction south of Saint-Serge - Université and an existing junction immediately north of Foch-Maison Bleue that was built with the original line to facilitate a future expansion. The new route will serve two new stops at Centre de Congrès and Hôtel de Ville. The existing route between Molière and Foch-Maison Bleue will be retained as part of Line C that will run between Line B's western terminus at Belle-Beille - Campus and Line A's southern terminus at Angers - Roseraie allowing a direct connection between Belle Beille and Angers-Saint-Laud station.

Network Map[]

See also[]

• Trams in France
• List of town tramway systems in France

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Trams in Angers.

• Angers Loire métropole tram website (in French)