All France articles – Page 3
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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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TAN Nantes
Société d’Economie Mixte des Transports en commun de l’Agglomeration nantaise (Semitan)
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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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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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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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Bureau d’Enquêtes sur les Accidents de Transport Terrestre (BEA-TT)
Created in 2004, BEA-TT is France’s land transport accident investigation bureau, including in its remit main line railways, metros and tramways. AddressGrande Arche - Paroi Sud - 29e étage92055 CEDEX Paris La DéfenseFrancePhone+33 1 40 81 21 83Fax+33 1 40 81 21 50Emailcgpc.beatt@developpement-durable.gouv.frWebsitewww.bea-tt.developpement-durable.gouv.fr
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Association Ferroviaire Française des Ingénieurs et Cadres (AFFI)
French Railway Engineers & Executives Association
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Agence de Financement des Infrastructures de Transport de France (AFIT France)
The agency, established in 2005, allocates to transport infrastructure projects funding derived from taxation and royalties from motorway concession and road transport companies, and from government grants. AddressLa Grande ArcheParoi Sud92055 La DéfenseFrancePhone+33 1 40 81 10 61Fax+33 1 40 81 14 98Emailcontact@afit-france.frWebsitewww.afit-france.fr
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Association des Industries Ferroviaires des Hauts-de-France (AIF)
Established in 1995, AIF represents around 90 railway suppliers located in the Hauts-de-Frances region, and promotes the region as a location for railway development. Formerly the ’Association des Industries Ferroviares Nord-Pas de Calais - Picardie’, AIF renamed with the establishment of the Hauts-de-France region in 2016. AddressTechnopôle Transalley180 rue Joseph-Louis ...
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Angers Tramway - Angers Loire Métropole (ALM)
Opened 2011, three operating routes serving 43 stops. See Angers network map. Line A runs from Roseraie in the south via the main station and city centre to Avrillé-Ardenne in the northwest, and was opened on June 25 2011. Work on a second line began in late-2018 from Belle-Beille Campus ...
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Conseil Régional Provence - Alpes - Côte d’Azur
Regional councils are responsible for subsidising and specifying service levels for local railways, receiving a grant from central government towards the subsidy. They also finance purchase of new trains. Address27 place Jules Guesde13481 MarseilleFrancePhone+33 4 91 57 50 57Fax+33 4 91 57 51 51E-mailcontact@maregionsud.frWebsitewww.maregionsud.fr
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Autorité de Régulation des Transports (ART)
Established by National Assembly agreement in September 2009 to facilitate access and competition on the French rail network, it was renamed Autorité de Régulation des Activités Ferroviaires et Routières (Arafer) in October 2015, with its remit extended to road passenger transport, and further renamed to ART in October 2019. On ...
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Fédération Nationale des Associations d’Usagers des Transports (FNAUT)
National Federation of Transport User Associations
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Groupement des Authorités Responsables de Transports (GART)
Association of Municipal Transport Authorities
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Autorité Française de Sécurité Ferroviaire (EPSF)
Established in 2006, EPSF is responsible for railway safety and interoperability, audits and inspection, and safety certification of open access operators. On July 7 2020 it agreed a co-operation arrangement with rail access and competition regulator ART prior to opening up of the domestic rail market. Address60 rue de la ...
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Conseil Régional Auvergne - Rhône-Alpes
Regional councils are responsible for subsidising and specifying service levels for local railways, receiving a grant from central government towards the subsidy. They also finance purchase of new trains. The 2014 French regions reform resulted in merger of Auvergne and Rhône-Alpes on January 1 2016. Address101 cours CharlemagneCS 2003369269 Lyon ...
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Avignon Tramway
Single tramway route opened 2019 serving 10 stops. Work on Line T1, a single route from Saint Roch by the old city to Saint Chamand in the southeast, began in October 2016; test running started in May 2019 and the line opened on October 19 2019 as part of the ...