All France articles – Page 2
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Thello
Open-access operator of overnight services between Paris and Italy, established in 2011. Originally a joint venture of Trenitalia and Transdev, in September 2016 Trenitalia assumed full ownership. Thello launched with an overnight service between Paris and Venice, but between 2012-2013 also ran a night train between Paris and Roma. In ...
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Rhônexpress
Single interurban tram route, opened 2010. See Lyon network map. This premium-fare interurban tram-train route links central Lyon at Part Dieu station with the airport and TGV station at Saint-Exupéry with two intermediate stops. It shares the inner 15 km of route with Métro de Lyon’s tram route T3, and ...
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SNCF Réseau
National track authority for maintainenance and operation of rail infrastructure. See France network map. In 1997 Réseau Ferré de France (RFF) was separated from national railway SNCF and given ownership and financial control over rail infrastructure; it remained state-owned and assumed SNCF’s infrastructure debt. Under reforms approved in June 2014, ...
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TAN Nantes
Société d’Economie Mixte des Transports en commun de l’Agglomeration nantaise (Semitan)
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Tisséo Réseau Urbain (Toulouse metro)
Opened 1993. Two-line light metro serving 37 stations, plus tram serving 27 stops. See Toulouse network map. First line of VAL automated metro opened June 26, 1993 from Basso Cambo northeast to Jolimont via the main station (10·2 km, 15 stations); an extension further northeast to Balma Gramont opened on ...
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Semitag (Grenoble)
Société d’Economie Mixte des Transports de l’Agglomération Grenobloise
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Syndicat des Entrepreneurs de Travaux de Voies Ferrées de France (SETVF)
Syndicate of French Rail Infrastructure Contractors
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Régie des Transports de Marseille (RTM)
Opened in 1977. Two lines with 29 stations. See Marseille network map. Rubber-tyred metro Line 1 was opened in 1977-78, with the southern leg extended from Castellane to La Timone in September 1992. A further extension from La Timone to La Fourragère opened on May 6 2010 (2·5 km, 4 ...
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Tours Métropole Val de Loire
Opened 2013. Single tram line serving 29 stops. Work on Line A began in early 2011, and the north-south route from Vaucanson north of the Loire to Lycée Jean Monet in the southwest opened on August 31 2013. Proposals to expand the system are in planning. An extension of Line ...