(France )MARSEILLE

Marseille
Marseille has a 2 lines metro netwaork, with rubber tyres vehicles. Track total length is 21.8 km (30 stops), mostly underground (about 18 km). Line 1 and 2 share the interchange stops of Castellane and Gare St. Charles. Line 1 opened in 1977, running along Malpasse-St. Just route (10.4 km), completely underground with the exceptions of a ground level intermediate section located in the middle of a motorway and of the terminal section of La Rose (viaduct). Line 2 opened in 1984 from Bourgainville to Ste.Margarite-Dromel (8.9 Km), with a fully underground track, except for the 2 terminal sections on viaduct. An extension of Line 1 (La Timone-La Fourragere, 2.5 km, 4 stops; totally underground) opened on May 2010; an extension of L2 has also been planned from Ste.Margarite-Dromel to St. Loup-Pagnol.
Marseille also has an historical tramway network (since 1876 with the first horse tram, electrified at the beginning of '900) which achieved a remarkable extension in years '30 before being constantly reduced and dismantled after the second world war, with the exception of Line n. 68 (Noailles-Alhambra). In 2004 this trend has been reversed: works have been started in order to realize a modern tram network consisting in 3 lines (T1: Euromediterranee-Blancharde, T2: Noailles-Les Caillols, T3: Bougainville-Castellane). A first phase of T1 and T2 lines opened on 30 June 2007; both lines have been completed on 26 September 2008. In their final asset, metro and tramway will interchange at Bougainville, Joliette, Noailles, Belsance, Castellane and Blancharde stops.
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CHRONOLOGY
30-06-2007	Euromediterranee Gantes-La Blancarde-Les Caillols (T2)
08-11-2007	Eugene Pierre-La Blancarde (T1)
27-09-2008	Noailles-Eugene Pierre (T1)
29-09-2008	La Blancarde-Les Caillols (T1)
29-09-2008	T2 cutted back to La Blancarde

Country	France
Line	T1, T2, T3
Inhabitants	City 800.000, District 1.500.000
Date opening	2007
Future development:	--
Length (km)	16
Track sections	--
Stops	35,average distance m 400
Platforms	length 40 m
Platform doors	--
general characteristics	--
n. of vehicles	26
n. of cars per vehicle	5
Type	steel wheels bi-directional
Vehicle dimensions (m)	length 32.5 - width 2.60
Vehicle capacity (pax)	204 (44 seated)
Frequency	4'/
Current/Voltage	750 V DC overhead
Guide/gauge	standard gauge rails (1435 mm)
Speed Km/h	Comm. 20, Max 70
Accel./Decel. (m/sec2)	0.9/1.5
System capacity	4000 pphpd
Ridership	--
Total cost	29.5 M Euro/km
Staff	--
System builder	BOMBARDIER
Model	Flexity Outlook
NOTE	construction phases: 2007-2008 (T1, T2); 2011 (T3)