Tramways d'Île-de-France
Overview
Locale	Paris, Île-de-France
Transit type	Tram
Number of lines	4
Number of stations	71
Operation
Began operation	1992
Operator(s)	RATP / SNCF
Technical
System length	41.5 km (25.8 mi)
Track gauge	1435
System map

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The French region of Île-de-France, encompassing the capital city of Paris, currently has four tram lines, and is planning an additional line. Of the existing lines, three are operated by its public transport authority, RATP, which also operates the Paris Métro and most bus services. The fourth line is operated by the SNCF, the French national rail operator. Two of the lines serve Paris. The four lines were unconnected, until the last extension of line T2 connected it with line T3.

Historically the city of Paris was served by an extensive tramway network, but this network had completely closed by the end of the 1950s. The current lines are all recent constructions, dating from the 1990s onwards.

From 1855 to 1938, Paris was served by an extensive tramway network, predating the metro by nearly a half-century. The last of these first generation tram routes, to Versailles, was closed in 1957.

Originally horse-powered, Paris trams used steam, and later pneumatic engines, and electricity.

The funicular that operated in Belleville from 1891 to 1924 is sometimes erroneously thought of as a tramway, but was actually a cable car system.

The first of a new generation of trams in Paris, line T1 opened in 1992, with line T2 opening in 1997, line T4 on November 18, 2006, and line T3 on December 16, 2006. As of January 2007, construction on the line T8 has not yet begun.

Line T1 connects Saint-Denis to Noisy-le-Sec, parallel to the Paris northern city limit. It opened in 1992, and the extension to Noisy-le-Sec was completed in December 2003. An extension west to Asnières and Gennevilliers opened in November 2012, and a continuation to Nanterre is planned. An eastwards extension to Montreuil and eventually to the Val de Fontenay RER station is planned.

Line T2 (Trans Val-de-Seine) connects La Défense with Porte de Versailles in the south of Paris. It opened in 1997, mostly on converted SNCF right-of-way.

Because of the success of this line (80,000 people use it daily) the trams were doubled in length in 2005, raising the capacity of each tram to 440 passengers.

An extension project is planned for completion in 2012, northward to Bezons.

Opened on December 16, 2006, line T3 is the first modern tramway in Paris proper. It is known as the tramway des Maréchaux because it follows the boulevards of the Marshals, which were built on the route of Thiers' fortifications around Paris (built 1841-45) and named after many of Napoleon's marshals (maréchaux). It connects the Pont du Garigliano RER station in the western part of the 15th arrondissement with Porte d'Ivry metro station in the 13th.

The line is expected to carry 100,000 passengers per day.

Planned extensions included a link to Porte de Charenton in 2011 and eventually to Porte de la Chapelle. This extension project was then split into a smaller extension from Porte d’Ivry and a separate tramway line to Porte de la Chapelle.

Line T4 is a tram-train line, operating in part on SNCF lines, connecting Bondy RER station with Aulnay-sous-Bois station. It opened on November 18, 2006. Unlike the other tramways in Île-de-France, T4 is operated by SNCF.

Several new lines of tramway and trams on tyres have been planned in the region and on 11 February 2009 every project was re-assessed and given a "T" number by the STIF (the regional transport council of the Île-de-France). Posters began to appear in the metro from April 2009 promoting the entire 8‑route T system.

Saint-Denis - Garges-Sarcelles

Tramway T5 will run on tyres along a mainly segregated "track" on the busy Route Nationale 1 (similar to the systems in Nancy or Caen), replacing the often busy bus lines 168 and 268. The 6.6 km route, already under construction, will serve 16 stops between Saint-Denis, Pierrefitte-sur-Seine, Sarcelles and Garges-lès-Gonesse by 2011. It will have an interchange with T1 at its southerly terminus marché de Saint-Denis.^[1]

Châtillon - Viroflay

A 14 km route on tyres (with 1.6 km in tunnel) serving 21 stations (including 2 underground) will be built from Châtillon - Montrouge (terminus of metro ligne 13) to Viroflay - Rive Droite (Transilien railway station). The line is scheduled to open in 2013.

Villejuif - Athis-Mons

Am 11 km route serving 18 stations between Villejuif (terminus of metro ligne 7) serving Rungis and Orly and terminating at Athis-Mons should open in 2013.^[2] Eventually the line could run further to Juvisy-sur-Orge.

Saint-Denis (Porte de Paris) - Épinay-sur-Seine (Quartier d'Orgemont) and a branch to Villetaneuse

Formerly to be known as "Tram'y", this 8.46 km line was planned to serve 17 stations by 2013. Villetaneuse is also planned to be a future station on the new Tangental North line. An extension was also planned to the future RER E station proposed at Évangile. Construction began in 2010, and services are expected to begin in 2014.^[3]

The fr [Trans-Val-de-Marne] bus line, which runs in a designated bus lane and is intended to provide rapid transit southeast of Paris in the département of Val-de-Marne, is operated by RATP. Despite beginning with a T, it is not a part of the tramway network.

• Transportation in Paris
• Trams in France
• List of town tramway systems in France

• Tram line routes at the RATP official website
• T3 official website
• RATP official extension information
• Template:Fr Comprehensive map of the Paris tramways network