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General Information

Beginning of works: 2002
Completion: 24 April 2004
Status: in use

Project Type

Function / usage: Tramway line

Location

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Technical Information

Dimensions

length 19.4 km
number of stations 33

Chronology

19 November 2007

The line is extended towards the station Grand Parc.

27 February 2008

Extensions of the line towards the stations les Aubiers and Terre Neuve in Bègles in both directions of the line.

1 February 2014

The line is extended from Les Aubiers to Berges du Lac.

24 January 2015

From Berges du Lac the line is further extended towards Parc des Expositions.

6 March 2015

The southern end of the line is extended from Bègles Terres Neuves to Václav Havel.

17 December 2016

The section from Gare de Blanquefort to Cracovie as well as five stations in between is put into service.

December 2018

Expected opening of the northern extension towards Villenave-d'Ornon.

Excerpt from Wikipedia

The C line of the Bordeaux tramway is operated by Transports Bordeaux Métropole, and connects Les Aubiers to Terres Neuves.

Being connected to the line A and line B, it will link Gare de Bordeaux Saint-Jean to different communes of the CUB.

History

Much like Line B, Line C experienced technical problems with the ground-level power supply (APS) which delayed its opening. It was inaugurated on 24 April 2004.

Line C was prolonged towards Grand Parc on 19 November 2007 pending completion of important work brought about by the replacement Cracovie bridge on the line in Médoc, then to the north terminus les Aubiers station on 27 February 2008 and also towards Terres Neuves (Bègles) 27 February 2008.

Material

The tramway uses Citadis 300 trams from Alstom. They are type 302, 33 meters long with 218 places for passengers. The cars are air conditioned both while using overhead lines and ground-level power (APS). But, given the large influx of passengers some days (périodes blanches SNCF), regular size trains have been claimed by users, but some quays are too short for regular trains, therefore are not used for security purposes. APS is used on the majority of line C.

Text imported from Wikipedia article "Bordeaux Tramway Line C" and modified on 22 July 2019 under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license.

Participants

Currently there is no information available about persons or companies having participated in this project.

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  • Structure-ID
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  • Published on:
    08/09/2009
  • Last updated on:
    28/05/2021
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