Transdev
Initial route opened 2000; network of five lines serving 103 stops. See Montpellier network map.
Monpellier’s first modern tram line opened on July 1 2000 (15·7 km, 30 stops). Line 2 (19·8 km) opened on December 16 2006, with Lines 3 and 4 following on April 7 2012. On July 2 2016 a connecting link from Louis Blanc to Saint-Denis around the west side of the city centre was opened, completing ring Line 4 (1·2 km, 3 stops).
After a hiatus of over nine years the network has begun to grow again, with an extension of Line 1 from Odysséum to Gare Sud de France opening on October 18 2025, serving the high speed station (1·1 km, 1 stop).
Work on Line 5 was deferred, but construction work began in early 2023 with opening on December 20 2025 using two new branches operating over a 3·1 km of existing Lines 1 and 3 (new sections are north to Clapiers: 4·5 km, 7 stops; and west to Grés de Montpellier: 6·6 km, 11 stops). CAF is supplying 60 LRVs, of which 22 are for Line 5 and a further 30 replace the original Alstom Citadis 302 fleet on Line 1.
TaM is a Transdev company.
- Address
- CS 60014
34075 Montpellier CEDEX 3
Occitanie
France - Phone
- +33 4 67 07 61 00
- Fax
- +33 4 67 07 61 61
- contact@tam-way.com
- Website
- www.tam-way.com
Traffic
| Year | Passenger journeys (million) |
|---|---|
| Opened 2000-07-01 | |
| 2022 | 45·10 |
| 2021 | 40·58 |
| 2020 | 34·44 |
| 2019 | 67·27 |
| 2018 | 66·32 |
| 2017 | no data |
| 2016 | no data |
| 2015 | no data |
| 2014 | no data |
| 2013 | no data |
| 2012 | 69·5 |
Network data
- Employees
- 897
- Gauge
- 1435 mm
- Length
- 72·7 km
- Electrification
- 72·7 km - 750 V DC
- Rolling stock
- 98 LRV/tram cars (27 x Alstom Citadis 302, 29x Alstom Citadis 401, 30 x Alstom Citadis 402, 12* x CAF Urbos 100X)
* as of 2025-12-20 (part of fleet of 60 vehicles being delivered)
