Bordeaux Tramway Line A

Line A
A train headed to Cenon
Overview
Native name	Tramway de Bordeaux A
Connecting lines	Line B        Line C
Stations	41
Ridership	14 million per year
Operation
Opened	2003
Last extension	2008
Operator(s)	TBC
Rolling stock	Citadis 300 type 402
Technical
Line length	20.6 km (12.8 mi)
Average inter-station distance	447 m

The A line of the Bordeaux tramway is operated by the Tram et Bus de la CUB, and connects Lormont and Floirac to Mérignac. It connects the left and right banks of the Garonne, passing by the Pierre bridge and the center of Bordeaux.

History

Line A was inaugurated on December 21, 2003 by Alain Juppé and Jacques Chirac, initially running between the stations of Bordeaux-Mériadeck and Lormont-Lauriers/Cenon-La Morlette. The line was extended on September 26, 2005 between Bordeaux-Mériadeck and Saint-Augustin in the west. In 2007, it was extended two more times, from Cenon-La Morlette to Floirac-Dravemont in the east on February 27, and again from Saint-Augustin to Mérignac Centre in the west on June 21. In summer 2008, the Lormont branch was extended further.

Trains

The trains used on the line A are Citadis 300s, type 402, made by Alstom. Each train is 40 meters long and can seat 300 persons. All trains have air conditioning, and are capable of running either on overhead wires or on ground-level power supply (APS in French). Line A uses both types of power supply, with APS in the center of Bordeaux as well as near Cenon-La Morlette, Lormont-Lauriers and Mérignac Centre, and overhead wires everywhere else.

List of Stations and Connections

			Station	Served City	Connections TBC Tramway & Bus	Connections Trans Gironde
	o		Mérignac Centre	Mérignac	1  ,  11  ,  16  ,  30  ,  33  ,  35  ,  42  ,  71    ---------------------	603  ,  701  ,  702
	o		Lycées de Mérignac	Mérignac	1  ,  30  ,  33  ,  35  ,  42  ,  70
	o		Quatre Chemins	Mérignac		601
	o		Pierre Mendès-France	Mérignac	35
	o		Alfred de Vigny	Mérignac
	o		Fontaine d'Arlac	Mérignac	23  ,  42  ,  54
	o		Peychotte	Mérignac	23  ,  42  ,  54
	o		François Mitterrand	Mérignac	42
	o		Saint-Augustin	Bordeaux	41
	o		Hôpital Pellegrin	Bordeaux	8  ,  11  ,  41	701  ,  702
	o		Stade Chaban-Delmas	Bordeaux	9
	o		Gaviniès	Bordeaux
	o		Hôtel de Police	Bordeaux	26
	o		Saint-Bruno - Hôtel de Région	Bordeaux	26
	o		Mériadeck	Bordeaux
	o		Palais de Justice	Bordeaux	4  ,  5  ,  6  ,  15  ,  16  ,  56exp
	o		Hôtel de Ville	Bordeaux	B  ,  47
	o		Sainte-Catherine	Bordeaux	47
	o		Place du Palais	Bordeaux
	o		Porte de Bourgogne	Bordeaux	C    24  ,  45
	o		Stalingrad	Bordeaux	10  ,  27  ,  28  ,  38  ,  45  ,  50  ,  62  ,  91  ,  92	401  ,  402  ,  403  ,  404  ,  405  ,  501
	o		Jardin Botanique	Bordeaux	45
	o		Thiers - Benauge	Bordeaux
	o		Galin	Bordeaux	10  ,  28  ,  51  ,  52
	o		Jean Jaurès	Cenon
	o		Cenon Gare	Cenon	27  ,  40  ,  51
	o		Carnot - Mairie de Cenon	Cenon	27  ,  40  ,  51
	o		Buttinière	Cenon, Lormont	27  ,  32  ,  40  ,  64  ,  67  ,  68	201  ,  202  ,  301  ,  302  ,  303
o			Palmer	Cenon
o			Pelletan	Cenon
o			La Morlette	Cenon	32
o			Jean Zay	Cenon	27  ,  51
o			La Marègue	Cenon	32	401  ,  402
o			Floirac - Dravemont	Floirac	28  ,  32  ,  52  ,  80
		o	Iris	Lormont
		o	Gravières	Lormont	40
		o	Bois Fleuri	Lormont	32  ,  40
		o	Lauriers	Lormont	40
		o	Mairie de Lormont	Lormont	7  ,  32  ,  40
		o	Carriet	Lormont
		o	La Gardette-Bassens-Carbon-blanc	Lormont, Bassens, Carbon-Blanc	7  ,  50  ,  90	201  ,  202  ,  301

Important Locations Served

Line A switching from APS to overhead power

Name	Station
Bordeaux Cathedral	Hôtel de Ville
Capital of the region of Aquitaine	Saint-Bruno - Hôtel de Région
Château du Hâ	Palais de Justice
Cimetière de la Chartreuse	Gaviniès
Correspondence: TER Aquitaine	Cenon Gare
Headquarters of the Urban Community of Bordeaux	Saint-Bruno - Hôtel de Région
Palais Rohan, Bordeaux (City Hall)	Hôtel de Ville
Patinoire de Mériadeck	Hôtel de Police
Stade Chaban-Delmas	Stade Chaban-Delmas
University of Bordeaux 2	Hôpital Pellegrin

See also

• Bordeaux
• Tramway de Bordeaux

External links

• InfoTBC - official site of the Bordeaux bus and tramway network (French)
• Plan Touristique Tbc - tramway and bus network map (pdf) (French)