Two public transportation agencies serve the city of Rouen

Rouen

Rouen , in northern France on the River Seine, is the capital of the Haute-Normandie region and the historic capital city of Normandy. Once one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe , it was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy in the Middle Ages...

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The Transports en Commun de l'Agglomération Rouennaise (TCAR) (Rouen public transport in French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

) (usually referred to as TCAR) is the Rouen

Rouen

Rouen , in northern France on the River Seine, is the capital of the Haute-Normandie region and the historic capital city of Normandy. Once one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe , it was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy in the Middle Ages...

 public transport

Public transport

Public transport is a shared passenger transportation service which is available for use by the general public, as distinct from modes such as taxicab, car pooling or hired buses which are not shared by strangers without private arrangement.Public transport modes include buses, trolleybuses, trams...

 agency. TCAR is a subsidiary of Veolia Transport

Veolia Transport

Veolia Transport is the international transport services division of the French-based multinational company Veolia Environnement...

 and covers 45 communes of the CREA

Agglomeration community of Rouen-Elbeuf-Austreberthe

The Agglomeration community of Rouen-Elbeuf-Austreberthe is the intercommunal structure gathering the commune of Rouen and that part of the Rouen metropolitan area that lies in France....

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TCAR, provides public transport

Public transport

Public transport is a shared passenger transportation service which is available for use by the general public, as distinct from modes such as taxicab, car pooling or hired buses which are not shared by strangers without private arrangement.Public transport modes include buses, trolleybuses, trams...

ation in the form of light rail, TEOR

Transport Est-Ouest Rouennais

The TEOR is a bus rapid transit system operating in the city of Rouen, France. The service was inaugurated on February, 2001. TEOR was the second BRT system implemented in France ....

 and buses. TCAR is a subsidiary of Veolia Transport

Veolia Transport

Veolia Transport is the international transport services division of the French-based multinational company Veolia Environnement...

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Veolia Transport Normandie interurbain (VTNI), a subsidiary of Veolia Transport

Veolia Transport

Veolia Transport is the international transport services division of the French-based multinational company Veolia Environnement...

, provides public transportation in the form of intercity buses (39 lines).

Métro

In 1991, construction of a new tramway system began. This new tramway operates on one line with two southern branches to Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray

Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray

-Population:-Twin towns:Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray is twinned with Nordenham , Nova Kakhovka , and Gateshead, Tyne and Wear .-Places of interest:* The sixteenth century church of St.Étienne.* The church of St...

 and Le Grand-Quevilly

Le Grand-Quevilly

- Heraldry :-Places of interest:* The ‘Zénith de Rouen’ concert hall.* The fifteenth century manor house at Grand Aulnay.* The church of St. Pierre, dating from the sixteenth century.-Notable people:* Laurent Fabius, politician....

. The network runs for 1.7 km underground in the city centre and the remainder on the road surface and reserved track

Reserved track

In tram transport terminology reserved track is track on ground exclusively for trams. Unlike track on streets and roads, reserved track does not need to take into account the transit of other wheeled vehicles, pedestrians, bicyclists or horses...

. Rolling stock is of light rail type; the Tramway Français Standard (TFS)

Tramway Français Standard

The Tramway Français Standard, or TFS, is a type of tramcar used on tramway systems in France. It was manufactured by Alstom, the France-based multinational company whose businesses are power generation and transport...

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Métrobus was opened on 17 December 1994. In light of the fact that the new mode of transport technically is a light railway/tramway, inhabitants of Rouen and its suburbs have taken the habit of calling it the 'métro'. In 1997, the tramway was extended to the technopôle du Madrillet.

TEOR

TCAR operates 3 TEOR

Transport Est-Ouest Rouennais

The TEOR is a bus rapid transit system operating in the city of Rouen, France. The service was inaugurated on February, 2001. TEOR was the second BRT system implemented in France ....

 lines (T1, T2 et T3) :
Two TEOR

Transport Est-Ouest Rouennais

The TEOR is a bus rapid transit system operating in the city of Rouen, France. The service was inaugurated on February, 2001. TEOR was the second BRT system implemented in France ....

 lines were opened on February 2001. The third line was opened on April 2002.

Bus

Veolia Transport Normandie Interurbain or VTNI, a subsidiary of Veolia Transport

Veolia Transport

Veolia Transport is the international transport services division of the French-based multinational company Veolia Environnement...

, provides public transportation in the form of intercity buses (39 lines).