Brest Tramway
The tram Brest (French Tramway de Brest ) is a newly gone into operation 23 June 2012 tram system in the second largest city of Brittany. It is the successor of a tram network, operated from 1898 to 1944 in Brest.
- 3.1 Route
- 3.2 stops
- 3.3 Rolling stock
- 5.1 External links
History
In 1898, the first two lines of the tramway Brest were opened. The network was in operation up to the bombing of the city in 1944. From 1947 then trolleybuses frequented the city. These operated on three lines, for which 30 vehicles were available. From 1963, diesel-powered buses have been purchased for the modernization of the fleet. As of 1965, the one-man operation was introduced on the buses, while the trolleybuses still had to be manned by two drivers. For reasons of personal savings, therefore, the trolleybus on November 9, 1970, set.
The idea to build a new tram in Brest, brought in 1984 on Georges Lombard. In a consultative referendum in 1990, the construction of a new tram was rejected. Only François Cuillandre who is mayor of Brest since 2001, took the tram on his election program.
The first new route
The construction of the current line A was decided in 2004 by the deputies of the compression chamber Brest. The construction costs were estimated at 300 million euros, commissioning should take place on 23 June 2012. Construction of the line began in March 2010. A special feature of the tram network of Brest is that the information is trilingual in French, English and Breton. This includes both the announcements, target ads, stop names as well as the schedules.
Developers
Client tram is the SemTram océane in the name and on behalf of the Association of Local Authorities Brest métropole. It is a consortium of companies you TCSP SEM (SEM du transport en commun en site propre de la communauté urbaine de Brest) and Egis Rail. The SEM you TCSP is a mixed work company with a capital of € 150,000, was founded in April 2006 pursuant to a resolution of 16 December 2005. Their job is to ensure the project management of the construction of the first line of the tram Brest. It includes the following seven partners:
- Local Government Association Brest
- Finistère department
- Industry and Commerce Brest
- Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations
- Crédit Agricole Finistère
- Crédit Mutuel
- Savings Bank of Brittany.
Financing
The cost of the project amounts to 290 million euros (as of 2006), which are divided as follows:
- Engineering services and Projektmanangement: 53 million euros
- Construction of the depot: 19 million euros
- Purchase of rolling stock: 63 million euros
- Engineering structures: 7 million euros
- Track construction and equipment: 156 million euros
Funding is provided by the urban transport tax ( versement transport ) through loans, grants the State and the region, revenue of traffic operations and advertising.
Route
The route runs along an axis from southwest to northeast. Starting from the Route du Conquet in the southwest, it opens up the district of Saint -Pierre- Quilbignon and Recouvrance and then cross the lift bridge Pont de Recouvrance (which was extensively renewed). Recouvrance In the district of the route runs with a slope of 8.59% on the Rue Saint Exupéry, this is the steepest slope that is ridden in a french tram network. After the lift bridge to follow the Rue de Siam to the Place de la Liberté from where it follows the Rue Jean -Jaurès up to the Place de Strasbourg. Here, the route branches: a branch runs to the trade area Kergaradec, the other to Froutven.
Stops
The line serves 28 stations over a distance of 14.3 kilometers, which corresponds to an average distance between stops of 500 meters.
The final stop names were announced one year before the opening of the tram on 22 June 2011 with the exception of the station polygon.
Rolling stock
On 29 May 2008 a jury selected 123 people from the design of the future streetcar. The cars are painted aniseed green, the interior is decorated in blue and raspberry red. The exterior design is reminiscent of the shape of a wave, with large areas of glass.
After Brest had left the design of its trains Dijon, where a tram network was put into operation in autumn 2012, Brest and Dijon signed on 27 November 2008, an agreement for the joint procurement of rolling stock to an order for 53 trains instead of only 20 trains alone to tender for Brest.
On September 15, 2009, it was announced by the local associations of the metropolitan areas of Brest and Dijon that Alstom has won the tender for the delivery of the trams (20 for Brest, Dijon 33 ) for a total price of 106 495 483 euros. ( EUR 42.6 million for Brest and 63.8 million euros for Dijon ) This is a savings of 24% compared with the initial estimates, and almost 30% compared to the recently signed contracts, such as in Marseille, gave the deputies of both known associations of municipalities.
The planned second route
The Local Government Association Brest Métropole Océane announced in February 2010 that already studies were begun for the construction of a second track. Mayor François Cuillandre also added, "We are confident that you will call on the second line after the first is in operation. "
Route
The route could 8 km long run from north-west to south and connect the hospital Cavale Blanche, with the port. The line path would correspond to today's bus line 2 This tram route could be extended as tram-train after Relecq -Kerhuon or even up Landerneau or Morlaix, if an agreement with the General Council of the department of Finistère can be found.
During the construction of the first track in 2011 various inputs were provided to allow the construction of the second line without serious disruption of services on the first: So you can find on the Place de la Liberté a rectangular track crossing the Boulevard Clemenceau and a switch for a future connection of the two routes.
However, to face bigger problems than the construction of the first section ( in particular the conversion of the Place Albert I and its tunnels), and the crossing of the Robert Schuman Bridge and the Villeneuve- bridge, where the route continues to the hospital Cavale Blanche.
A possible alternative for the second line would be a common stretch from the port to the Place Albert I, from where a branch on the university campus, Bellevue, trade school to Hospital Cavale Blanche along the current number 5 bus would run. The second branch would run along the Rue Paul Doumer, boulevard Léon Blum and then open up the district Kerichen, Lambézellec and Loscoat.
Stops
Although the name and location of stops are not yet determined, the second line could be a large part of the current number 2 bus stops operate between the station and Bellevue.
They could include the following stops: Hospital Cavale Blanche, trade school, ice rink, universities, Place Albert I, Place de la Liberté (where a transition option for first line would be ), train station, port du château and Port de Commerce.
Rolling stock
If the second line is to be continued as a tram-train on railroad tracks, they must be equipped as a conventional trams with heavier vehicles.