Tram of Saint-Etienne

The Tramway of Saint-Etienne is a network of Tram in the town of Saint-Etienne, France, functioning without interruption since its creation in 1881. The oars of trams have a metric spacing.

The old network

History

The first line was with vapor and was opened by the Railroads to Narrow gauge railway of Saint-Etienne the December 4th 1881, over a 5,5 km length of between the districts of the Terrace and of Bellevue. The CFVE was replaced by the Compagnie of the Electric Trams of Saint-Etienne , giving up in 1912 the use of the vapor. There existed in 1907 a line of the Five-Ways of Terrenoire to Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds, replaced on April 1st, 1932 by a service of bus. In 1930 the complete network counted 90 kilometers.

In 1932, Trolleybus replaced the trams on the lines with small patronage, the line most attended remainder open in front of the impossibility of the buses of crossing in the narrowest streets. In the years 1950, the decision to maintain the tram allowed the introduction of the famous PCC to replace the material of 1932, replaced in their turn in 1991-1992 by the Vevey-Alsthom trams.

Rolling stock

There were 4 waves of introduction of rolling stock, in particular in 1958 with the arrival of oars PCC.

Oars has

The trams standard were built by Graumont in 1897. 28 cars circulated of 1897 to 1952. The cars were long 7,50 m and broad of 2 Mr. They were able to transport forty passengers.

Oars H

The standard tram H was introduced in 1907, they were the first electric motor coaches. The cars made 10,21 m of length, 2 m broad, and weighed 12,3 T (with vacuum). They were actuated by a wattman and a poinconnor. They could transport 48 passengers.

Oars J

The standard tram J was established by the General Company of Construction of Saint-Denis in 1912. Each of the eight oars which circulated of 1912 to 1959 were able to transport about fifty passengers. The trams weighed 13 tons with vacuum and were long 9,35 m and broad of 2 Mr.

Oars PCC

The park was composed of 30 oars of Tramway PCC simple, built with Strasbourg and brought into service in 1958 after the decision to preserve the longest tram line. The last cars of this type were withdrawn in 1998.

Evolution in gallery

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