Toulouse tramway

Toulouse tramway
Toulouse tramway
Overview
Native name	Tramway de Toulouse
Locale	Toulouse, Occitanie, France
Transit type	Tram
Number of lines	2
Number of stations	28
Annual ridership	12.86 million (2018)
Website	Tisséo
Operation
Began operation	11 December 2010
Operator(s)	Tisséo
Technical
System length	17.2 km (10.7 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC catenary
System map
System map
	Map of Toulouse tramway lines.

The Toulouse tramway (French: Tramway de Toulouse) is a two-line tram system in Toulouse, Midi-Pyrénées, France, and operates from Toulouse to the suburb of Beauzelle, passing through Blagnac. The Line T1 tramway serves 24 stations, and runs over of a route that is 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) long. Including the three-station, 2.4-kilometre (1.5 mi) branch line of Line T2 which opened in April 2015,^[3] the entire Toulouse tramway serves 27 stations^[1] and is based on the Alstom Citadis 302 family of low-floor trains.

The system and its fare structure is incorporated into the Tisséo network of Toulouse, which also includes the Toulouse Metro.

Line T1

Line T1 originally served 18 stations, and ran over of a route that is 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) long. It was originally planned that the Line T1 tramway would open on 27 November 2010, but industrial action delayed the opening to December 2010.^[4]

An extension of Tram Line T1 of almost four kilometers from the original southern terminus at Arènes to Garonne and Palais de Justice, allowing direct transfer between the tram and Toulouse Metro Line B, opened in December 2013.^[5]

A 500 m (550 yd) northern extension serving a new exposition centre^[6] opened in August 2020 and three existing stops had their names changed.^[7]

Line T2

Line T2 was originally a 2.4 km (1.5 mi) branch of line T1 called Line Envol (literally Takeoff) running from Jean Maga roundabout, between stations Ancely and Servanty-Airbus, to the Airport. But before its opening, it was finally commercially dissociate from line T1 and opened on 11 April 2015.^[3]^[8]

The line is the same as line T1 between Palais de Justice and Ancely, then it continues to the Airport with 2 new stations between, Nadot and Daurat.

By 2026, line T2 will become the Aéroport Express (Airport Express) line between a new Blagnac station and Airport only.^[9] At Blagnac station, it will connect to current T1 tramway line and to new line C of Toulouse Metro, which will be opened in 2028. Line T2 was closed in 2023 order to modify the line^[10]