(France )LE-MANS

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Antares	La Fayette	Place Aristide Briand

Le Mans
Le Mans the first tramway line opened on 17 November 2007.
The north-south track (about 15 km long, University-Gares-Antares route) serves the city center and the railway station, besides other crucial urban areas (university, hospital).
An eastern branch of the line joins popular residential suburbs and many public structures. This kind of tram choice (modern rolling stock with steel wheels) was taken unless an initial option for a tram-on-tyres; the expected ridership is 50.000 pax/day, a significant value that is possible to obtain also thanks to urbanistic and traffic measures trying to reduce the cars congestion in the city center.
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CHRONOLOGY
17-11-2007	Universitè-Antares/Espal

Country	France
Line	--
Inhabitants	City 150.000, District 530.000
Date opening	2007
Future development:	--
Length (km)	15.4
Track sections	--
Stops	29 average distance 550 m
Platforms	--
Platform doors	--
general characteristics	--
n. of vehicles	23
n. of cars per vehicle	5
Type	steel wheels bidirectional
Vehicle dimensions (m)	length 32 - width 2.40
Vehicle capacity (pax)	209 (64 seated)
Frequency	3'/7'
Current/Voltage	750 V DC overhead
Guide/gauge	standard gauge rails (1435 mm)
Speed Km/h	Comm --, Max 80
Accel./Decel. (m/sec2)	--
System capacity	--
Ridership	50.000 pax/day
Total cost	20 M Euro/km
Staff	--
System builder	ALSTOM
Model	Citadis 302
NOTE	--