France

Operating or Under Construction

Angers
Bordeaux
Bourg-St. Maurice-Les Arc
Caen
Clermont-Ferrand
Grenoble
Laon
Le Mans
Leyman
Lille
Lyon
Marseille 
Mont Blanc
Montpellier
Mulhouse
Nancy
Nantes
Nice
Orleans
Paris
Rennes
Rouen
Saint-Etienne (Paris)
Strassbourg
Tignes
Toulon
Toulouse
Val d'Isere
Ville Valenciennes
Villefranche-La Tour de Carol

Planned

Brest
Douai
Dunkerque
Fort-de-France (Martinique)
Le Havre
Reims
Tours

Honorable Mention
La Rochelle
Loire Region
Marne

Nantes
Light Rail

The tramway de Nantes opened in 1985 but is not Nantes' first tram, which actually opened in 1879 and closed in 1958. Until 2008, the 3 line, 41.4 km system was, however, France's busiest and largest light rail system, carrying over 256,000 passengers daily. A small extension connecting lines 1 and 2 is under construction and due to be completed in 2010. Other future plans include the integration of the system into a more regional-like Karlruhe model.

Official Home Page

Nante Trams (in French) with broken photo links
Mercurio photos
Article and photos (French)
Home Page (French)