Île-de-France tramway Line 2

Tramway T2
Overview
Stations	24
Ridership	19,900,000 journeys per year
Operation
Opened	1997 (last extension in 2012)
Rolling stock	Alstom Citadis
Technical
Line length	17.9 km (11.1 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in)
Route map Legend Pont de Bezons Seine Parc Pierre Lagravère La Marine Shops Victor Basch Jacqueline Auriol Charlebourg Les Fauvelles Faubourg de l'Arche La Défense Puteaux Belvédère Suresnes Longchamp Seine Les Coteaux Les Milons Parc de Saint-Cloud Musée de Sèvres Brimborion Meudon-sur-Seine Les Moulineaux Issy-les-Moulineaux Shops Jacques-Henri Lartigue Issy – Val de Seine Seine Henri Farman Suzanne Lenglen Porte d'Issy Porte de Versailles

Tramway line T2 (Trans Val-de-Seine) is a tramway in Île-de-France. It connects Porte de Versailles, Paris, with Pont de Bezons via La Défense.

History

The stop Parc de Saint-Cloud in 2009

The same location in 1982

The line opened in 1997, mostly on converted SNCF right-of-way, and has since been extended twice. The first extension, in 2009, took the line into Paris, from the previous southern terminus of Issy Val-de-Seine to Porte de Versailles. In 2012 a northwest extension from La Défense to Bezons, along boulevard Mission Marchand (Courbevoie - La Garenne Colombes) and boulevard Charles de Gaulle (Colombes) opened. Journey time from Bezons to La Défense is expected to be 12 minutes.

Because of the success of this line (115,000 people use it daily^[1]) the trams were doubled in length in 2005, raising the capacity of each tram to 440 passengers.

Route

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  Geographically correct plan of line T2.

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  Track map of line T2.

Gallery

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  T2 tramways at Porte de Versailles station

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  T2 tramway at La Défense station.

References

1. Ligne 5 du tramway, bientôt sur les rails

Coordinates: 48°50′35″N 2°13′19″E / 48.8431°N 2.2219°E