(France )BREST

Brest
Brest has planned a new tramway line in order to solve its traffic congestion problems: in years '90s road traffic has risen more than 30% against a remarkable reduction of public transport ridership (8%).
The new tram line opened on June 2012; it is mostly aligned along the east-west axis, serving many crucial urban polarities: technopole, road of Conquet, Thales, Kergaradec parking area, the city center (Recouvrance and place de Strasbourg), the Froutven Mall.
Besides the main works concerning the properly-said tram line, the whole project is also constituted by functional integration actions (with the development of new modal interchange and parking points at Château d'Eau, Conquet, Prat Lèdan, Europe, Kergaradec and Froutven stops), by urbanistic plans (place de la Liberté, place de Strasbourg, North-South axius extension, place de la Porte) and complementary plans (plateau des Capucins et de Recouvrance, Saint-Martin district, Europe, Pontanezen and Froutven area).
Le Tram Brest(official site)

CHRONOLOGY
23-06-2012	Porte de Plouzane'-Porte de Gouesnoue/Porte de Guypavas

Country	France
Line	--
Inhabitants	City 150.000, District --
Date opening	2012
Future development:	--
Length (km)	14.3
Track sections	--
Stops	27, average distance m 500
Platforms	--
Platform doors	--
general characteristics	--
n. of vehicles	20
n. of cars per vehicle	--
Type	steel wheels bi-directional
Vehicle dimensions (m)	length 32, width --
Vehicle capacity (pax)	200
Frequency	5'/
Current/Voltage	750 V DC overhead
Guide/gauge	standard gauge rails (1435 mm)
Speed Km/h	Comm. 20, Max --
Accel./Decel. (m/sec2)	--
System capacity	--
Ridership	45.000 pax/day
Total cost	26 M Euro/km
Staff	--
System builder	ALSTOM
Model	Citadis
NOTE	--