ÃŽle-de-France tramway Line 3

The line of the Paris T3 tram was the first new streetcar line, which runs within the French capital ( 13th, 14th and 15th arrondissement ). It was commissioned in 2006, extended in December 2012, and connects in two sections with a length of 22.4 kilometers, the stations Pont du Garigliano in the southwest and Porte de la Chapelle in the north of Paris. Here, their route is on the boulevards of Maréchaux, a sequence of boulevards, Paris surrounded at its external borders parallel to the Périphérique, which is why it is also known as the Tramway Maréchaux.

History

After the bus lines along the boulevards of Paris Maréchaux circled (PC 1-3) pushed to their limits for a long time, started in 2000 with the planning of a improvement of the offer by increasing capacity. They opted for a standard gauge tramway, but which was quite controversial, since its construction of the inevitably consume scarce road space in Paris is further reduced. The above-ground lines that intersect all Parisian arterial roads must and new signal and traffic light systems limits the fluidity of road traffic was, therefore controversial.

Nevertheless, it began in 2004 with the construction of the first part of the piece of Tramway Maréchaux. The construction was not limited to the tram route, but was also used to transform these boulevards fundamentally. The tram runs continuously on its own line, which is mostly designed as a green track. The cost for the construction of the first piece and the remodeling of the affected streets amounted to approximately € 320 million. The commissioning took place on 16 December 2006.

2009 began construction on an extension on the East of Paris, to the north of the metro station Porte de la Chapelle. This 14.5 km long extension with 26 new stations was commissioned in December 2012. The construction costs amounted to € 652 million for the Tramway and € 149 million for the associated transformation of the busy streets. The costs are borne by the City of Paris and the Ile- de -France region. The T3a T3b between the Porte de Vincennes and Porte de la Chapelle runs between Pont du Garigliano and Porte de Vincennes: As a route of that length would have been very susceptible lateness, the T3 was divided into two lines with a change in Porte de Vincennes.

Line 3 (2006 - 2012)

For use came on the line 3 twenty-one 7-membered sets of Citadis 402 Alstom. You have 304 people, with 68 seats. The maximum speed of the vehicles is 60 km / h which are driven by six electric motors with a nominal power of 120 kW. Power is supplied via an overhead cable with 750 V DC ..

The line T3a

Route of the line T3a

The track with a length of 12.4 kilometers and 25 stations runs on the boulevards of Maréchaux the south and southeast of the city. Terminus to the west is the station Pont du Garigliano, is at which to transfer to the RER C. The line crosses subsequently several metro lines, tram line T2 and the RER B at the Cité Universitaire, a student village. Furthermore, Stade Charléty is connected by the line. From stop Porte d'Italie line 7 The three stops Porte d' Italie, Porte de Choisy and Porte d' Ivry runs to about 700 m in length directly above the underground metro line are served by two lines. Subsequently, the route crosses the Seine on the Pont National, continue to follow the course of the Boulevards des Maréchaux and finally reached their final destination Porte de Vincennes, where the tracks with which the line is connected T3b.

List of bus stops from west to east:

Depot and maintenance workshops

The depot ( called Ateliers de Lucotte after the nearby Rue du Général- Lucotte ) is located south of Tramway near the Boulevard périphérique. The site with an area of 1.8 ha has stabling for 21 tram sets and also houses the operating workshops for this line as well as the route control center ( Poste de commandement de la ligne (PCL) ).

Route of the line T3b

List of bus stops from south to north:

Technical innovations: Save energy with supercapacitor

As part of the STEEM project (Système de Tramway à Efficacité Energétique Maximisée = tram with maximized energy efficiency ) a web of line 3 was equipped with a supercapacitor, which for test purposes from May 2009 to September 2010 on a 300 m long section between stops Porte d 'Italie and Porte de Choisy drove each de-energized. With the super capacitor, it is possible to save a large part of the braking energy and to use it again in the following cycle. Here, an average energy saving of 16 % was achieved over the non- converted vehicles.

Operation

Since the Paris tram lines mutually have no track connection, has every line of their own fleet of vehicles. Then, the line T3, which is operated with 46 vehicles of the type Citadis 402 by the manufacturer Alstom. The vehicles have a length of 43.7 m and a width of 2.65 m and hold 304 people. The vehicles are designed as bi-directional vehicles, so doors are available at both ends cabs and on both sides. This line does not require turning loops, it is changed at the end points, only the direction of travel.

The line operates daily 5:00 to 00:30 on Fridays and Saturdays until 1:00. At rush hour, the interval is 4 minutes per day 112 000 passengers are carried.

Future

The transport policy of the city of Paris is to equip the long run most of the Boulevards des Maréchaux tram lines.

• An extension from Porte de la Chapelle west to Porte d' Asnières is planned.
• In the south, an extension west to Porte d' Auteuil will initially run, however, these plans come in the 16th arrondissement strong resistance of local people and traders and are currently not tracked.