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|[[Henri Dupuy de Lôme|Dupuy de Lôme]]
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|Les Capucins
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|[[Antoine de Saint-Exupéry|Saint-Exupéry]]
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|[[Pierre Mac Orlan|Mac Orlan]]
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|[[Recouvrance (Brest)|Recouvrance]]
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|[[Château de Brest|Château]]
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|[[Rue de Siam|Siam]]
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|Liberté
|Liberté
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|Pilier Rouge
|Pilier Rouge
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|Place de [[Strasbourg]]
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|Europe
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Revision as of 11:38, 6 October 2021

Brest tramway
Overview
Native nameTramway de Brest
LocaleBrest, Brittany, France
Transit typeTram
Number of lines1 (2 branches)
Number of stations28
Annual ridership10.50 million (2018)[1]
Operation
Began operation23 June 2012[1]
Operator(s)Keolis[2]
Technical
System length14.3 km (8.9 mi)
System map
Map of Brest tramway

The Brest tramway (French: Tramway de Brest) located in Brest, Brittany, France consists of a 28-stop, two-branch, 14.3-kilometre (8.9 mi) line connecting Porte de Plouzané in the west with Porte de Gouesnou and Porte de Guipavas northeast of the city centre. The end-to-end journey takes 38 minutes. The system began service on 23 June 2012.[3] It is expected to serve 50,000 passengers per day.[2] It is the successor to a tram network that operated in Brest from 1898 to 1944.

History

The old tram of Brest, around 1907

In 1898 the first line of the Brest tram opened. The network was in operation until the city was bombed in 1944. In 1947, it was replaced by trolleybuses, which operated on three lines, with 30 vehicles. From 1963, diesel-powered buses were purchased to modernize the vehicle fleet. From 1965, one-man operation was introduced on the buses, while the trolleybuses still had to be manned by two drivers. For reasons of personnel savings, the trolleybus operation was therefore discontinued on November 9, 1970.[4]

In 1984, the Urban Community of Brest (CUB), then chaired by Georges Lombard, evokes the return of the tram as part of the development of its urban transport plan. A study is financed by a state subsidy the following year. On December 19, 1988, the community council of the CUB unanimously votes to create a two-line network.[5] Next year, newly elected mayor of Brest and becoming president of the CUB, Pierre Maille takes over the file. On October 1, 1989 the urban community decides to complete the technical and financial studies leading to a project of two lines with a total length of 13.5 km. But the referendum of 1990, during which the population votes more than 80% against the project, buried it until the following decade.[6]

One line has been built following approval by elected officials in 2004. Work began 6 July 2009, and the line was inaugurated on 23 June 2012. Construction costs were 383 million euros. The construction phase of the platform began in March 2010. The network has the distinction of being trilingual (French, English and Breton).

Rolling stock

The line is operated with 20 Alstom Citadis trams, which were jointly purchased with the Dijon tramway to reduce cost.

Stations

Station Lat/Long Commune Correspondances
Porte de Plouzané 48° 22′ 34″ N, 4° 33′ 13″ O Brest
Fort Montbarey 48° 22′ 43″ N, 4° 32′ 39″ O Brest
Keranroux 48° 22′ 56″ N, 4° 32′ 22″ O Brest
Coat Tan 48° 23′ 10″ N, 4° 32′ 01″ O Brest
Vali Hir 48° 23′ 13″ N, 4° 31′ 37″ O Brest
Polygone 48° 23′ 14″ N, 4° 31′ 08″ O Brest
Dupuy de Lôme 48° 23′ 26″ N, 4° 30′ 37″ O Brest
Les Capucins 48° 23′ 26″ N, 4° 30′ 17″ O Brest
Saint-Exupéry 48° 23′ 14″ N, 4° 30′ 16″ O Brest
Mac Orlan 48° 23′ 05″ N, 4° 30′ 14″ O Brest
Recouvrance 48° 23′ 03″ N, 4° 29′ 58″ O Brest
Château 48° 23′ 07″ N, 4° 29′ 33″ O Brest
Siam 48° 23′ 17″ N, 4° 29′ 20″ O Brest
Liberté 48° 23′ 25″ N, 4° 29′ 07″ O Brest
Jean-Jaurès 48° 23′ 32″ N, 4° 28′ 58″ O Brest
Saint-Martin 48° 23′ 39″ N, 4° 28′ 48″ O Brest
Octroi 48° 23′ 47″ N, 4° 28′ 35″ O Brest
Pilier Rouge 48° 23′ 56″ N, 4° 28′ 22″ O Brest
Place de Strasbourg 48° 24′ 07″ N, 4° 28′ 05″ O Brest
Menez Paul 48° 24′ 24″ N, 4° 28′ 04″ O Brest
Europe 48° 24′ 40″ N, 4° 28′ 16″ O Brest
Pontanézen 48° 24′ 54″ N, 4° 28′ 18″ O Brest
Mesmerrien 48° 25′ 11″ N, 4° 28′ 04″ O Brest
Kergaradec 48° 25′ 29″ N, 4° 28′ 01″ O Brest
Porte de Gouesnou 48° 25′ 51″ N, 4° 28′ 05″ O Gouesnou
Eau Blanche 48° 25′ 01″ N, 4° 27′ 35″ O Brest
Kerlaurent 48° 25′ 07″ N, 4° 27′ 11″ O Brest
Porte de Guipavas 48° 25′ 09″ N, 4° 26′ 39″ O Guipavas

Network Map

Map


See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Rapport annuel 2018 sur le parc, le trafic et les événements d'exploitation des tramways" (PDF) (in French). STRMTG - Service Technique des Remontées Mécaniques et des Transports Guidés. 20 December 2019. p. 11. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Brest inaugure son tramway". L'Express (in French). 23 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Brest tramway opens". Railway Gazette International. 26 June 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2012.
  4. ^ Courant, René. (1982). Le temps des tramways. Michel Braun, André, ... Jacquot. Menton: Ed. du Cabri. ISBN 2-903310-22-X. OCLC 405630131.
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