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
Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Aix-les-Bains Compressed air 18 Apr 1897 1908 Gauge: Annemasse Steam 22 Oct 1883 1902 Gauge: Electric 2 Jan 1902 31 Dec 1958 Gauge: Clermont-Ferrand Electric 7 Jan 1890 17 Mar 1956 Gauge: 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: Hamal, p16 Grenoble tramway Electric 5 Sep 1987 La Bourboule Electric 1904 1914 Le Puy-en-Velay electric 12 Nov 1896 4 Aug 1914 Gauge: Lyon Horse 21 Jun 1897 ? Steam 1888 ? Gauge: Electric 26 Aug 1894 30 Jan 1956 Hamal, p44-45 Lyon tramway Electric 23 Dec 2000 Moûtiers Electric 1899 1929 Gauge: Roanne Electric 1901 1935 Saint-Chamond Electric 1906 1931 Gauge: Saint-Étienne tramway Saint-Étienne Steam 4 Dec 1881 1912 Gauge: Hamal, p112 Electric 17 Apr 1897 Gauge: Valence Electric 1927 1950 Gauge: Vichy Compressed air 15 Dec 1895 31 Mar 1927
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Beaucourt Electric 1904 1935 Gauge: Belfort Electric 29 May 1898 1952 Gauge: Besançon Electric 21 Mar 1897 24 Dec 1952 Besançon tramway Electric 30 Aug 2014 Dijon Electric 1 Jan 1895 1 Dec 1961 Gauge: Dijon tramway Electric 2012
Brittany (Bretagne)
Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Brest Electric 1898 1945 Gauge: Brest tramway Electric 23 Jun 2012 Lorient Electric 1901 1944 Gauge: Saint-Malo Electric 1927 1948 Gauge:
Centre-Val de Loire
Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Blois Electric 1910 1934 Gauge: Bourges Electric 1898 1949 Gauge: Orléans Horse 6 May 1877 ? Hamal, p140 Electric 28 Jun 1899 31 Mar 1938 Orléans tramway Electric 20 Nov 2000 Tours Electric 1900 1949 Gauge: Tours tramway Electric 31 Aug 2013
Corsica (Corse) Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Ajaccio Horse ? ?
Grand Est
Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Châlons-en-Champagne Electric 1897 1938 Gauge: Charleville-Mézières Electric 1900 1914 Gauge: Colmar Electric 16 Mar 1902 31 Jan 1960 Gauge: Épinal Electric 1906 1914 Gauge: Forbach Electric 1912 1950 Gauge: Hagondange - Maizières-lès-Metz Electric 1913 1964 Longwy Electric 1902 1935 Gauge: Metz Electric 1902 1948 Mulhouse Steam 1 Oct 1892 1894 Gauge: Electric 1894 2 May 1956 Mulhouse tramway Electric 13 May 2006 Nancy Horse 12 Aug 1874 c.1903 Electric 1898 2 Dec 1958 Hamal, p72 Novéant-sur-Moselle Electric 1911 1933 C.T.R. Reims Horse 19 Jun 1881 Apr 1901 Gauge: Jaillard, Michel; Chenu, Marcel (1990). Plus d'un siècle de transports en commun à Reims (in French). Electric 1 Jun 1900 15 Oct 1939 Reims tramway Electric 16 Apr 2011 Ribeauvillé Horse ? ? Steam ? 1937 Saint-Avold Electric 1910 1940 Gauge: Sedan Electric 1899 1914 Gauge: Strasbourg Horse 22 Jul 1878 1899 Gauge: Steam 1883 12 Aug 1926 Gauge: Electric May 1895 30 Apr 1960 Gauge: Hamal, p123 Strasbourg tramway Electric 25 Nov 1994 Thionville Electric 9 May 1912 22 Sep 1952 Gauge: Troyes Electric 1899 1950 Gauge: Turckheim Electric 3 Jun 1899 1 Apr 1937 Gauge:
Hauts-de-France
Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Amiens Electric 1899 1940 Gauge: Armentières Electric 1901 1914 Gauge: Boulogne-sur-Mer Electric 1897 1951 Calais Electric 1906 1940 Cambrai Electric 1903 1914 Gauge: Cassel Electric 1900 1938 Gauge: Douai Electric 1898 1950 Dunkerque Horse 1 June 1880 ? Accumulator (storage battery) 1899 1903 Electric 1903 3 Nov 1952 Étaples Electric 1900 1935 Gauge: Laon Electric 9 jul 1899 27 jan 1971 Gauge: Lille Horse 7 June 1874 ? Gauge: (?)Hamal, p28-29 Electric 1900 29 Jan 1966 Gauge: . Urban tramlines abandoned by 1966. Lille tramway Electric 4 Dec 1909 Gauge: . Interurban lines not abandoned, and in continuous operation since 1909. Maubeuge Electric 16 Mar 1902 1951 Gauge: Roubaix Horse 19 Mar 1877 ? Electric 1894 15 July 1956 Saint-Quentin Electric 6 Mar 1899 27 May 1956 Gauge: Tergnier Electric 1910 1939 Gauge: Tourcoing Horse 19 March 1877 ? Electric 1894 15 July 1956 Valenciennes Steam 1 Jan 1881 1914 Gauge: Hamal, p147 Electric 1914 2 July 1966 Gauge: Valenciennes tramway Electric 3 July 2006
Île-de-France
Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Trams in Fontainebleau Fontainebleau Electric 29 Sep 1896 31 Dec 1953 Gauge: Melun Electric 1901 1914 Gauge: Trams in Paris Paris Horse 1855 ? Electric 1895 14 Aug 1938 Hamal, p87 Tramways in Île-de-France Electric 6 Jul 1992 Has grown to a system comprising 14 lines, of track and 278 stops (2024) Trams in Versailles Versailles Horse 11 Nov 1876 1896 Electric 1896 3 Mar 1957
Normandie
Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Avranches Electric Apr 1907 2 Aug 1914 Gauge: Trams in Caen Caen Electric 21 Dec 1901 1937 Gauge: 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: Electric 1910 1944 Gauge: Deauville Horse Oct 1876 c.1905 Gauge: 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: Trams in Rouen Rouen Horse 29 Dec 1877 1896 Electric 1896 28 Feb 1953 Hamal, p106 Rouen tramway Electric 17 Dec 1994 Hamal, p107
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Angoulême Electric 1900 1935 Gauge: Arcachon Electric 6 Aug 1911 1930 Gauge: 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: Electric 1 Feb 1914 1 Oct 1948 Gauge: 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: Electric 15 Aug 1908 1 Jan 1937 Gauge: Limoges Electric 6 Jun 1897 2 Mar 1951 Gauge: Pau Electric 8 Sep 1900 1929 Gauge: Poitiers Electric 1899 1947 Gauge:
Occitanie
Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Aigues-Vives Steam ? ? Albi Steam ? ? Petrol ? ? Lourdes Electric 1899 1930 Gauge: Montpellier Electric 1 Jan 1898 31 Jan 1949 Gauge: Montpellier tramway Electric 30 June 2000 Nîmes Horse 1880 1900 Electric 1899 1950 Perpignan Electric Sep 1900 Oct 1955 Gauge: Rodez Electric 1902 1920 Gauge: Sète Electric 1901 1935 Gauge: Toulouse Horse 31 Jul 1887 ? Electric May 1906 7 July 1957 Toulouse tramway Electric 11 Dec 2010
Pays de la Loire
Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Angers Electric 21 May 1896 May 1949 Angers tramway Electric 25 June 2011 Le Mans Electric 1897 1947 Gauge: Le Mans tramway Electric 17 Nov 2007 Les Sables d'Olonne Electric 1898 1925 Gauge: Nantes Compressed air 13 Feb 1879 1917 Electric 1913 25 Jan 1958 Nantes tramway Electric 7 Jan 1985 Hamal, p78
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Name of System Location TractionType Date (From) Date (To) Notes Aubagne tramway Aubagne Electric 1 sept 2014 Avignon Electric 1901 1932 Gauge: New 1.435 metre standard gauge tramway due to be inaugurated on 19 October 2019. Cannes Electric 1899 1923 Gauge: 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: Electric 1900 10 Jan 1953 Gauge: 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 Eu–Mers-les-Bains / Le Tréport tramway
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