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The light rail was set take 18 months to construct and has an approximately €170 million price tag. The conversion to light rail also meant the termination of two concession contracts that Keolis and
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The system had been plagued with faults, due to design and operation; on 21 October 2004 a young boy named Nathan was run over and killed by a TVR vehicle in Rue Roger-Bastion. The vehicle, being bus-based, restricted to its guiding rail and lacking grip to brake in time, could not avoid the
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The total network was 15.7 kilometres long and comprised two lines, A and B, with a 5.7-kilometre (3.5 mi) common section running north–south in central Caen. The central section, between
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proceeded with infrastructure and vehicle construction. Due to financial contracts the municipality had no other choice but to push the project forward despite a relative lobby against the
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The new tramway which opened on 27 July 2019 follows the same route as the old system, including a new branch Presqu'île.
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meaning of that word, and the system is sometimes referred to as a "
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283:and were able to operate away from the
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790:Urban guided transit systems in France
379:D-120 (May 2002): Rolling stock tests.
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718:"€450m for urban transport projects"
382:D-60 (15 July 2002): First test run.
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191:Central guideway with rubber tyres
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476:List of rubber-tyred tram systems
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19:This article is about the former
318:It was in 1988 that the SMTCAC (
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1337:List of railway lines in France
667:"Frankreich" [France].
243:Bombardier Guided Light Transit
27:. For the current network, see
691:"Caen to switch to light rail"
610:. January 2006. Archived from
608:Light Rail Transit Association
521:Light Rail Transit Association
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723:Railway Gazette International
696:Railway Gazette International
275:. The vehicles had auxiliary
512:Tramways & Urban Transit
449:Replacement with light rail
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481:Nancy Guided Light Transit
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181:15.7 km (9.8 mi)
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749:Twisto – official website
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332:Bombardier Transportation
223:Caen guided light transit
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515:, January 2003, p. 23.
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249:in French) technology.
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1379:Transport in Normandy
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150:; 6 years ago
517:Ian Allan Publishing
301:rubber-tyred tramway
1349:Transport in France
563:Trolleybus Magazine
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1270:Saint-Denis
943:Montpellier
754:(in French)
265:electricity
187:Track gauge
163:Operator(s)
56:Native name
1363:Categories
1335:See also:
1245:cable cars
1189:Le Tréport
1164:funiculars
1099:Versailles
1089:Strasbourg
988:Strasbourg
730:2014-12-28
703:2014-12-28
618:2011-05-05
548:2010-05-05
492:References
285:guide rail
273:pantograph
271:through a
233:system in
231:guided bus
200:System map
92:guided bus
1044:Deauville
1019:Avranches
938:Marseille
823:Marseille
677:0173-0290
173:Technical
122:Operation
1265:Grenoble
1225:Besançon
1184:Le Havre
1054:Le Havre
1039:Grenoble
1024:Bordeaux
993:Toulouse
948:Mulhouse
918:Le Havre
913:Grenoble
893:Bordeaux
888:Besançon
858:Tramways
844:Toulouse
650:Source:
634:Source:
470:See also
352:Poincaré
348:Copernic
225:or Caen
74:Normandy
51:Overview
1304:Orlyval
1292:Present
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963:Orléans
883:Avignon
878:Aubagne
866:Present
827:Paris (
806:Present
640:website
433:⁄
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342:Network
314:History
153: (
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88:GLT/TVR
1347:, and
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1243:Urban
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873:Angers
839:Rennes
798:MĂ©tros
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538:Twisto
393:Safety
254:Twisto
239:France
167:Twisto
78:France
66:Locale
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1149:Nancy
1079:Rouen
1074:Paris
998:Tours
978:Rouen
973:Reims
968:Paris
928:Lille
908:Dijon
898:Brest
829:MĂ©tro
813:Lille
1374:Caen
1320:Laon
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958:Nice
933:Lyon
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818:Lyon
673:ISSN
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359:tram
357:The
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