Nice tramway
in Nice, FranceCategory: Attraction
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Avenue Jean Médecin, 06000 Nice, France Print route »
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The Nice tramway (French: Tramway de Nice) is a 9.2-kilometre (5.7 mi), single-line tramway in the city of Nice in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. It is operated by the Société nouvelle des transports de l'agglomération niçoise division of Transdev under the name Lignes d'azur.Opened on 24 November 2007, it replaced bus lines 1, 2, 5 and 18. From the start, the system had 20 Alstom Citadis trams in service, providing a tram every seven minutes. Since its inception, the number of passengers has increased from 70,000 per day in 2008 to 90,000 per day in 2011. The frequency has gradually increased to a tram every four minutes in 2011.
Given the success of the T1 line, mayor of Nice Christian Estrosi decided to create additional lines. The West-East Line is to serve the Nice Côte d'Azur Airport to the west through the construction of a multimodal center and the Port of Nice to the east. This line will run through a tunnel in the center of Nice. A future extension of the West-East line, north along the Var valley, is proposed. Another extension, running further west from the airport, across the Var, is also proposed. In addition, the Nice Côte d'azur urban region decided to extend line 1 to the Pasteur neighborhood.
