Le Mans tramway

Le Mans tramway
Le Mans tramway
Overview
Native name	Tramway du Mans
Locale	Le Mans, Pays de la Loire, France
Transit type	Tram
Number of lines	2
Number of stations	35
Annual ridership	18.6 million (2017)
Operation
Began operation	17 November 2007
Operator(s)	Société d'Économie Mixte des Transports en Commun de l'Agglomération Mancelle (SETRAM)
Technical
System length	18.8 km (11.7 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
System map
System map
	Legend
	Hauts de
	Coulaines
	Théodore
	Monod
	Cité
	Plantagenêt
	Comtes du
	Maine

The Le Mans tramway (French: Tramway du Mans) is a tramway in the city of Le Mans, Pays de la Loire, France. It opened on the 17 November 2007 and currently consists of two lines with a seven station common section in the center of town. The most recent addition to the tramway occurred on the 30 August 2014 which added a connection to Bellevue and created the second line, before that there had been a single line with a branch. The original section of line is considered unusually cheap, costing 302 million euros for 15.4 km. There are no current plans to extend the network, but longer, 44 m, trams will be introduced in 2025.^[1]

Rolling stock

The design of the rolling stock was carried out by RCP Design Global agency, which formulated the general concept, fabrics, interior environment and the tram livery on behalf of Alstom.