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| Nancy guided light transit | |
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 Nancy TVR in 2015 | |
| Overview | |
| Native name | Tramway de Nancy |
| Locale | Nancy, Lorraine |
| Transit type | Rubber-tyred tram dual-mode bus trolleybus |
| Number of lines | 1 |
| Number of stations | 28 |
| Daily ridership | 45.000 daily[1] |
| Operation | |
| Began operation | 8 December 2000 |
| Ended operation | 12 March 2023 |
| Operator(s) | Service de Transport de l'Agglomération Nancéienne (STAN) |
| Technical | |
| System length | 10 km (6.2 mi)[2] |
The Nancy Guided Light Transit or TVR was a guided trolleybus system in Nancy, France. The system used Bombardier's TVR (French: Transport sur Voie Réservée) technology. It encompassed one era, from 2000 to 2023, of the Nancy trolleybus system and replaced the conventional trolleybus service in Nancy during that period.[1] The GLT/TVR system was closed on 12 March 2023 and it was decided to replace it with conventional trolleybuses serving the same route.[3] The new system was opened on 5 April 2025.[4]
Vehicles
[edit]The system used rubber-tyred, three-section articulated vehicles. The vehicles used trolley poles to collect current from parallel overhead lines, and also ran independently without the central guide rail.[1]
TVR running with central guide rail
TVR running without rail
History
[edit]The system was implemented as a replacement for the trolleybus network.[1] Operation of the 10-kilometre-long (6.2 mi) line began in 2000. The system had problems with derailing vehicles, as well as heavy wear and tear of the pavement.[1] In 2018, 12 vehicles from Caen were transferred to Nancy for use as spare parts donors.[5]
Closure and replacement
[edit]The TVR system was planned to be replaced by a conventional low-floor tram system;[1] however, due to high costs and steep gradients the TVR was replaced by conventional bi-articulated trolleybuses entering service on 5 April 2025.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Budach, Dirk (August 27, 2019). "Die neue Tram: Nancy bereitet sich vor" [The new tram: Nancy prepares itself]. Urban Transport Magazine (in German). Archived from the original on August 29, 2019. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
- ↑ Trolleybus Magazine No. 279 (May–June 2008), pp. 64–65. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN 0266-7452
- ↑ "Grand Nancy. Tracé de la ligne, mise en service... Voici tout ce que l'on sait sur le futur trolley". www.estrepublicain.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-12-12.
- 1 2 "Arrivée du nouveau trolleybus de la Ligne 1". Métropole Grand Nancy (in French). Retrieved 9 April 2025.
- ↑ "Frankreich" [France]. Blickpunkt Straßenbahn (in German). Vol. 4/2018, no. 238. Arbeitsgemeinschaft Blickpunkt Straßenbahn e.V. 2018. p. 129. ISSN 0173-0290.
External links
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- Nouveau Tramway : l'essentiel du projet Archived 2019-08-29 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
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