Lorraine
Name of System | Location | Date (From) | Date (To) | Notes |
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Forbach | 19 May 1951 | 1 Nov 1969 | ||
Metz | 14 Sep 1947 | 30 Apr 1966 | ||
Nancy | 27 Sep 1982 | Dual-mode (trolley/diesel) operation until about 2000. See note. |
- Note for Nancy: TVR opened 28 Jan 2001, replacing dual-mode bus operation. Operation suspended 9 Mar 2001 - 13 Mar 2002 because of technical problems. TVR, Transport sur Voie Réservée, is the Guided Light Transit system, using a centre guide rail and marketed as "Trams sur pneus" (trams on tyres). In Nancy, TVR surface guidance only covers a portion of the route, and the vehicles are able to operate away from the guide rail in electric mode, using trolley poles, and thus the system is trolleybus, despite the Nancy operator's marketing it as the tram. TVR systems elsewhere use pantographs, and consequently are not commonly regarded as trolleybus systems (see note at bottom of list).
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