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DESCRIPTION
The original Strasbourg tram network opened in 1878 (initial horse tram); electrification took place in 1894. The tram service was finally closed in 1960.
In the early years '90s it was decided to realize a modern LRT/tram system; the first modern tram line (Line A) opened in 1994. Its north-south track connects Hautpierre-Maillon (north-west) with the city center (where a tunnel section runs under Gare Centrale railway station) and with the southern areas (serving the main hospital, the stadium, the university and Baggersee suburb). Line A has been extended in 1998 from Baggersee to Illkirch Lixenbuhllatter.
Line B-C opened in 2000; their track is articulated in 3 branches converging in the city centre (Place de la Republique). Line B runs from south (Lingolsheim terminal, opened in May 2008 after Elsau-Lingolsheim extension) to north (Hoenheim Gare); Line C connects south-west areas (terminating at Elsau) to south-east areas (terminating at Rodolphe Reuss stop, opened in August 2007 after Esplanade-Rodolphe Reuss extension). Line B and C serves many important urban polarities; among them, the tram depot area (Elsau), the university (south-east), the congress center (north), the suburbs of Schlitigheim, Bischheim (north) and Ostwald, Lingolsheim (south).
Line D opened in 1998; the current route runs west-east from Poteries to Kehl-Bahnhof. Line E opened in 2007 running from Baggersee (south-east) to Robersau Boecklin (north-east), serving the European Parlament.
Line F opened in 2010. It runs from Elsau (west) to Place d'Islande (east) and it's considered the urban section of a future tram-train line Strasbourg-Bruche-Piemont des Vosges (using the existing TER Alsace railway tracks); Line F partly runs along Line B tracks (Elsa-Homme de Fer), Line B-C tracks (Homme de Fer-Republique section) and Line C tracks (Republique-Observatorie).
(last modified June 26, 2018 )
HISTORY
datesection nameline
1878initial horse tram opening--
1894electrification completed--
1960tram network closure--
25-11-1994Cervantes/Hautepierre Maillon-BaggerseeLine A
04-07-1998Baggersee-Illkirch LixenbuhlLine A
30-11-2013Cervantes/Hautepierre Maillon-Parc des SportsLine A
23-04-2016Lixenbuhl.GraffenstadenLine A
01-09-2000Hoenheim Gare-Republique-ElsauLine B
30-01-2008Elsau-Ostwald Hotel de VilleLine B
23-05-2008Ostwald Hotel de Ville-Lingolsheim TiergaertelLine B
01-09-2000Esplanade-RepubliqueLine C
25-08-2007Esplanade-Neuhof Rudolphe ReussLine C
27-11-2010Homme de Fer-Gare CentraleLine C
30-11-2013Rotonde-PoteriesLine C
31-08-1998Etoile Polygone-RotondeLine D
25-08-2007Etolie Polygone-Aristide BriandLine D
30-11-2013Rotonde-PoteriesLine D
29-04-2017Aristide Briand-Kehl BahnhofLine D
25-08-2007Baggersee-WackenLine E
23-11-2007Wacken-Robertsau BoecklinLine E
28-11-2010Elsau-Place d'IslandeLine F
(last modified June 26, 2018 )
TECHNICAL DATA
Single line length (Km)
Line A:14.7
Line B:14.8
Line C:8.1
Line D:11.4
Line E:11.9
Line F:5.6
Single line stops
Line A:27
Line B:27
Line C:17
Line D:22
Line E:23
Line F:13
Single line avg. distance (km)
Line A:0.55
Line B:0.55
Line C:0.5
Line D:0.5
Line E:0.55
Line F:0.45
Total track length (km)
45.9
Total network stops
77
Avg. stop net distance (km)
0.6
Type
steel wheels
Current/Voltage
750 V DC overhead
Type of guide/gauge
standard gauge rails (1435 mm)
Vehicles builder
BOMBARDIER,ALSTOM
Model
Eurotram,Citadis 403
Operator
COMPAGNIE DES TRANSPORTS STRASBOURGEOIS (CTS)
(last modified June 26, 2018 )
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lrt-tram - strasbourg; By Maximilian Dorrbecker (Chumwa) (Self made, based on a transport map from the CTS) [CC BY-SA 2.5 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons
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