Tram of Strasbourg

The Tram of Strasbourg , property of CTS, comprises five lines: WITH B C, D and E, open in 1994 for has and D, in 2000 for B and C and in 2007 for the E.

History

The tram of Strasbourg was created in 1878, at the origin with horse-drawn Traction.

In 1930, the 234 km of ways of the tram ensured more than 55 million voyages per annum, and connected the city to the foot of the the Vosges, with Colmar like with the Germany. The network goes until transporting 71,5 million passenger in 1943. During the Years 1950, the tram, already weakened by the war, must face the competition of other transport like the Automobile, the Bicyclette or the Autobus. The tram does not satisfy any more the need for comfort of the users, and the last oar is relegated to the deposit on May 1st 1960. The lines of tram all were then replaced by lines of bus, while the number of cars increased.

It is by becoming aware of the misdeeds of the abusive use of the car (Pollution, difficult circulation, anarchistic parking) that the municipality Socialiste of the time evoked the construction of a new network of tram, for thus piétoniser and to refit the center town, to unchoke and close with the car the traditional transversals, and to reduce the parking to the profit of the Carpark-relay. The line has new network is inaugurated in 1994.

End 2006 started to circulate the new oars of the tram, initially on the lines has and D then on the totality of the 4 lines.

Until August 2007, the network comprised 25 km of ways (31.5 km commercial length), and the 4 lines which composed it (has, B, C and D) formed a cross whose center was the Homme of Iron, near the Place Kléber.

Existing lines

Since August 25th, 2007 the network comprises 53 km of ways, and the 5 lines which compose it form a loop now connecting the principal districts of the city between them. With the downtown area, the principal station Homme of Iron (near the Place Kléber) sees the first 4 lines crossing.

The 5 lines of the network are:

the line has as a terminus Hautepierre Maillon in the North-West and Illkirch Lixenbuhl in south (12,5 km).
the line B has as a terminus Hoenheim Gare in north and Elsau in south-west (9,8 km).
the line a.c. for terminus Elsau in the western south and Neuhof Rodolphe Reuss in south-east.
the line D has as a terminus Rotonde in the North-West and Aristide Briand in south-east.
the line E has as a Robertsau-Bœklin terminus in north and Baggersee in the south, it makes it possible to avoid the Homme pole of Iron.

Certain stations are in correspondence with the network of bus of CUS, managed by CTS.

Extensions envisaged

Here the point on the extensions 2007-2008 as well as the other projects:

Line a: Towards Cronenbourg (New Zenith of Strasbourg and future Exhibition site) in the North-West. No date envisaged.
Line b: Towards Lingolsheim (Southern West) (2 phases: To Town hall/Ostwald in January 2008 then until Lingolsheim Tiergaertel).
Line D: A possible extention of the line towards Kehl could be born, no date envisaged.
Line F: This new line will be; in 2009, the urban portion of the tram-train. Only 3 new stations for 1,5 km of new ways, it will connect the Place of the station (new station on the surface), will join sections B/C right before Iron Homme then will have 2 termini: Boecklin (Robertsau) which will be also the terminus of the E, and Vauban (Esplanade) which will be one of the 3 new station of this line.
a line of tram-train: This line will connect Gresswiller and Barr to the Downtown area where it will use the line F (even terminus that this one). This line should be born from here horizon 2012/2013.

External bonds

the section on the tram of the site of Strasbourg
www.tc-alsace.info
the site of the CTS, www.cts-strasbourg.fr
Card of the tram of Strasbourg on WikiSara

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