France
Operating or Under Construction
Angers
Aubagne
Bale (Basil Switzerland)
Bordeaux
Bourg-St. Maurice-Les
Arc
Caen
Clermont-Ferrand
Dijon
Grenoble
Laon
Le Havre
Le Mans
Leyman
Lille
Lyon
Marseille
Medoc
Mont Blanc
Montpellier
Mulhouse
Nancy
Nantes
Nice
Orleans
Paris
Reims
Rennes
Rouen
Saint-Etienne
(Rhone-Alpes)
Sarreguerinnes (Sarbrook Germany)
Strassbourg
Tignes
Toulon
Tours
Toulouse
Val d'Isere
Ville Valenciennes
Villefranche-La Tour de Carol
Vallee de la Deule (HT)
Planned
Ajaccio
Annecy
Annesmasse
Aubagne
Besançon
Bethune
Brest
Bruay-la-Buissière
Chambery Aix-les-Bains
Douai
Dunkerque
Fort-de-France (Martinique)
Grand Avignon
Liévin
Nimes
Thionville
Toulon
Tours
Honorable Mention
La Rochelle
Loire Region
Marne
Marseille
Metro, light rail subway
Marseille's metro opened in 1977. It uses the rubber tired technology used in the Pairs Metro. With 21.5 km, 2 lines and 28 stations, it is one of France's smaller metros, especially for a city of 1.6 million souls. Most of the routes are underground.
A 2.5 km extension opened ini April 2010. Another extension to Line 2 is under investigation, and two more lines arfe also planned..
Official Home Page
Metro
- Subway in Marseille
MSW
Transports
ERS
pics
Light Rail
The first section of a partially underground 15 km, 2 line light rail
system opened in 2007. The .6 km tram tunnel was built in 1893, and
some
purists suggest it was the true first subway on the European continent,
as opposed to the one in Budapest. Formerly used by Line 68,
the tunnel and tracks have been rebuilt and now serves Line 1.
Line 3 is expected to open in 2011.
One may note the unusual appearance of Marseille's trams, resembling
ships. This was apparently done to deliberately recognize the city as
France's largest seaport.
LRT
images from ERS
Official Site
of Le Tram
Trams
In France page
