Paris Tramway Line 3
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Tramway line T3 is the first modern tramway in :Paris proper. Opened on 16 December 2006, it is known as the tramway des Maréchaux because it follows the boulevards des maréchaux, a series of boulevards that encircle Paris along the route of the former Thiers Wall
(built 1841–44). The boulevards are, with three exceptions, named for Napoleon
's First Empire
marshals
(maréchaux). The tramway line connects Boulevard Victor – Pont du Garigliano RER station
in the western part of the XVe arrondissement
with Porte d'Ivry metro station
in the XIIIe arrondissement
.
The line carries 112 000 people per day. Work began in early 2009 on a 14.5 km extension from Porte d’Ivry to Porte de la Chapelle
, via Porte de Charenton
. This was expected to be completed by 2012. The extension project was then split into a smaller extension from Porte d’Ivry and a separate tramway line to Porte de la Chapelle.
The train
s, ordered in December 2003, are manufactured in factories at Le Creusot
(bogie
s), Tarbes
(electrical and electronic traction), Villeurbanne
(electronics), Ornans
(engines) and assembled at the factory of Aytré
, near La Rochelle
.
Their design
aesthetic has been the subject of extensive research by several designer
s: Régine Charvet-Pello (and designers of his company RCP Design Global
) for the general concept, the colorist for Vonnik Hertig tissues and indoor environments, Emmanuel Fedon and Luc Maillet for exterior trains. The livery
of trains is personalized, combining traditional jade green RATP various visual symbols of the city of Paris
.
, via Porte de Charenton
. This was expected to be completed by 2012. The extension project was then split into a smaller extension from Porte d’Ivry and a separate tramway line to Porte de la Chapelle.
Thiers wall
The Thiers wall was the last of the defensive walls of Paris. It was an enclosure constructed between 1841 and 1844 under a law enacted by the government of the French prime minister, Adolphe Thiers. It covered , along the 'boulevards des Maréchaux' of today...
(built 1841–44). The boulevards are, with three exceptions, named for Napoleon
Napoleon I of France
Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution.As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815...
's First Empire
First French Empire
The First French Empire , also known as the Greater French Empire or Napoleonic Empire, was the empire of Napoleon I of France...
marshals
Marshal of France
The Marshal of France is a military distinction in contemporary France, not a military rank. It is granted to generals for exceptional achievements...
(maréchaux). The tramway line connects Boulevard Victor – Pont du Garigliano RER station
Boulevard Victor (Paris RER)
Pont du Garigliano is a station in line C of the Paris Region's express suburban rail system, the RER. It is situated in the 15th arrondissement of Paris...
in the western part of the XVe arrondissement
XVe arrondissement
The 15th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France.Situated on the Rive Gauche of the River Seine and sharing the Montparnasse district with the 6th and 14th arrondissements, it is the city's most populous arrondissement...
with Porte d'Ivry metro station
Porte d'Ivry (Paris Métro)
Porte d'Italie is a station of the Paris Métro, serving Line 7 and Tramway Line 3.The station opened on 26 April 1931 when Line 7 took over the Line 10 route from Place Monge to Porte de Choisy and was extended to Porte d'Ivry. Tramway Line 3 opened on 16 December 2006...
in the XIIIe arrondissement
XIIIe arrondissement
The 13th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements of the capital city of France....
.
The line carries 112 000 people per day. Work began in early 2009 on a 14.5 km extension from Porte d’Ivry to Porte de la Chapelle
Porte de la Chapelle (Paris Metro)
Porte de la Chapelle is a station on line line 12 of the Paris Métro in the districts of La Chapelle and Goutte d'Or and the 18th arrondissement....
, via Porte de Charenton
Porte de Charenton (Paris Métro)
Porte de Charenton is a station on line 8 of the Paris Métro.The station opened on 5 May 1931 with the extension of the line from Richelieu - Drouot for the Paris Colonial Exposition, held in the nearby Bois de Vincennes. It was the eastern terminus of the line until its extension to Charenton -...
. This was expected to be completed by 2012. The extension project was then split into a smaller extension from Porte d’Ivry and a separate tramway line to Porte de la Chapelle.
Rolling stock
The material selected to power the T3 is the Alstom Citadis 402.The train
Train
A train is a connected series of vehicles for rail transport that move along a track to transport cargo or passengers from one place to another place. The track usually consists of two rails, but might also be a monorail or maglev guideway.Propulsion for the train is provided by a separate...
s, ordered in December 2003, are manufactured in factories at Le Creusot
Le Creusot
Le Creusot is a commune in the Saône-et-Loire department in the region of Bourgogne in eastern France.The inhabitants are known as Creusotins. Formerly a mining town, its economy is now dominated by metallurgical companies such as ArcelorMittal, Schneider Electric, and Alstom.Since the 1990s, the...
(bogie
Bogie
A bogie is a wheeled wagon or trolley. In mechanics terms, a bogie is a chassis or framework carrying wheels, attached to a vehicle. It can be fixed in place, as on a cargo truck, mounted on a swivel, as on a railway carriage/car or locomotive, or sprung as in the suspension of a caterpillar...
s), Tarbes
Tarbes
Tarbes is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.It is part of the historical region of Gascony. It is the second largest metropolitan area of Midi-Pyrénées, with 110,000 inhabitants....
(electrical and electronic traction), Villeurbanne
Villeurbanne
Villeurbanne is a commune in the Rhône department in eastern France.It is situated northeast of Lyon, with which it forms the heart of the second-largest metropolitan area in France after that of Paris. Villeurbanne is the second-largest city in the department.-History:The current location of...
(electronics), Ornans
Ornans
Ornans is a commune in the Doubs department in the Franche-Comté region in eastern France.-Personalities:Ornans is the birthplace of the French realist painter, Gustave Courbet . One of Courbet's most famous paintings is Burial at Ornans, which records the burial of his great uncle in September 1848...
(engines) and assembled at the factory of Aytré
Aytré
Aytré is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Poitou-Charentes region in southwestern France.Aytré is especially known for its long beach, which is easily accessible from neighbouring La Rochelle, or Les Minimes...
, near La Rochelle
La Rochelle
La Rochelle is a city in western France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department.The city is connected to the Île de Ré by a bridge completed on 19 May 1988...
.
Their design
Design
Design as a noun informally refers to a plan or convention for the construction of an object or a system while “to design” refers to making this plan...
aesthetic has been the subject of extensive research by several designer
Designer
A designer is a person who designs. More formally, a designer is an agent that "specifies the structural properties of a design object". In practice, anyone who creates tangible or intangible objects, such as consumer products, processes, laws, games and graphics, is referred to as a...
s: Régine Charvet-Pello (and designers of his company RCP Design Global
RCP Design Global
RCP Design Global or RCP is an independent design agency based in Tours and Paris fonded by Régine Charvet-Pello in . RCP is predominantly based in the transport and mobility design, and specialises in urban transport, High-speed rail, interiors, public spaces and street furniture...
) for the general concept, the colorist for Vonnik Hertig tissues and indoor environments, Emmanuel Fedon and Luc Maillet for exterior trains. The livery
Livery
A livery is a uniform, insignia or symbol adorning, in a non-military context, a person, an object or a vehicle that denotes a relationship between the wearer of the livery and an individual or corporate body. Often, elements of the heraldry relating to the individual or corporate body feature in...
of trains is personalized, combining traditional jade green RATP various visual symbols of the city of Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
.
Stops
| Tramway T3 | |
|---|---|
| Stop | Connection to |
| Pont du Garigliano | RER C |
| Balard Balard (Paris Métro) Balard is a station on line 8 of the Paris Métro and a stop on tramway line 3.-History:The station was opened on 27 July 1937 as part of the extension of line 8 from La Motte-Picquet - Grenelle. The tramway line 3 stop opened on 16 December 2006 as part of the initial section of the line between... |
Métro 8 Paris Metro Line 8 Paris Métro Line 8 is one of 16 metro lines in Paris, France. It connects the Balard station in southwestern Paris, to Créteil – Préfecture station in Créteil, a town south-east of the French capital, following a parabolic route on the right bank of Seine River... |
| Desnouettes | |
| Porte de Versailles Porte de Versailles (Paris Metro) Porte de Versailles is a station on line 12 of the Paris Métro and a stop on tramway lines 2 and 3.The station was opened on 5 November 1910 as part of the stage of the Nord-Sud Company's line C from Porte de Versailles to Notre-Dame-de-Lorette. The line was taken over by the metro in 1930 and... |
Métro 12 Paris Metro Line 12 Paris Métro Line 12 is one of sixteen metro lines in Paris, France. It links Issy-les-Moulineaux in southern Paris to Porte de la Chapelle in the north. With 72 million journeys per year, Line 12 is the eleventh busiest on the Parisian Métropolitan system... , Tramway 2 Paris Tramway Line 2 Tramway line T2 is a tramway in France. It connects Porte de Versailles, Paris, with La Défense, just outside the limit of Paris... |
| George Brassens | |
| Brancion | |
| Porte de Vanves Porte de Vanves (Paris Metro) Porte de Vanves is a station on line 13 of the Paris Métro and a stop on tramway line 3.The station was opened on 21 January 1937 on old Line 14, which was absorbed into 13 in 1976. It was the southern terminus of the line until its extension to Châtillon - Montrouge on 9 November 1976. In 2006,... |
Métro 13 Paris Metro Line 13 Line 13 is one of the sixteen lines of the Paris Métro rapid transit system. The result of the fusion of the now-extinct Line B of the Nord-Sud Company and the old Line 14 of the CMP. Their creation was destined to be replaced by a north-south RER line before the reorganisation of the... |
| Didot | |
| Jean Moulin | |
| Porte d'Orléans Porte d'Orléans (Paris Metro) Porte d'Orléans is a station and southern terminus of line 4 of the Paris Métro and a stop on tramway line 3. It is situated in the 14th Arrondissement, in the quartier of Petit-Montrouge. A terminal loop is provided at the station for trains to turn around to return north towards Porte de... |
Métro 4 Paris Metro Line 4 Line 4 is one of the sixteen lines of the Paris Métro rapid transit system. Situated entirely within the boundaries of the City of Paris, it connects Porte de Clignancourt in the north and Porte d'Orléans in the south, travelling across the heart of the city. As a result, it is sometimes called... |
| Montsouris | |
| Cité Universitaire Cité Universitaire (Paris RER) Cité Universitaire is a station of the Line B of the Paris Region's express suburban rail system, the RER. It is situated in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. The station serves the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris.-Adjacent station:... |
RER B RER B The RER B is one of the five lines in the RER rapid transit system serving :Paris, France.The line runs from the northern termini Aéroport Charles de Gaulle and Mitry-Claye to the southern termini Robinson and Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse .... |
| Stade Charléty | |
| Poterne des Peupliers | |
| Porte d'Italie Porte d'Italie (Paris Métro) Porte d'Italie is a station of the Paris Métro, serving Line 7 and Tramway Line 3.The station opened on 7 March 1930 as part of Line 10 when it was extended from Place d'Italie to Porte de Choisy. The station was integrated into line 7 on 26 April 1931. In 2006, Paris Tramway Line 3 opened, with a... |
Métro 7 Paris Metro Line 7 Paris Métro Line 7 is one of sixteen lines of the Paris Métro system. Crossing the capital from its north-eastern to south-eastern sections via a moderately curved path, it links La Courneuve – 8 Mai 1945 in the north with Mairie d'Ivry and Villejuif – Louis Aragon in the south, while passing... |
| Porte de Choisy Porte de Choisy (Paris Metro) Porte de Choisy is a station of the Paris Métro, serving Line 7 and Tramway Line 3.The station opened on 7 March 1930 as part of Line 10 when it was extended from Place d'Italie. The station was integrated into line 7 on 26 April 1931. In 2006, Paris Tramway Line 3 opened, with a stop at Porte de... |
Métro 7 |
| Porte d'Ivry Porte d'Ivry (Paris Métro) Porte d'Italie is a station of the Paris Métro, serving Line 7 and Tramway Line 3.The station opened on 26 April 1931 when Line 7 took over the Line 10 route from Place Monge to Porte de Choisy and was extended to Porte d'Ivry. Tramway Line 3 opened on 16 December 2006... |
Métro 7 |
Extension
Work began in early 2009 on a 14.5 km extension from Porte d’Ivry to Porte de la ChapellePorte de la Chapelle (Paris Metro)
Porte de la Chapelle is a station on line line 12 of the Paris Métro in the districts of La Chapelle and Goutte d'Or and the 18th arrondissement....
, via Porte de Charenton
Porte de Charenton (Paris Métro)
Porte de Charenton is a station on line 8 of the Paris Métro.The station opened on 5 May 1931 with the extension of the line from Richelieu - Drouot for the Paris Colonial Exposition, held in the nearby Bois de Vincennes. It was the eastern terminus of the line until its extension to Charenton -...
. This was expected to be completed by 2012. The extension project was then split into a smaller extension from Porte d’Ivry and a separate tramway line to Porte de la Chapelle.