Current Tramway Systems
The following French towns and cities now have light rail or tram systems:
- Angers - since 2011;
- Bordeaux - since 2003;
- Brest - since 2012;
- Caen - since 2002, 'trams on tyres' system featuring a single guide rail;
- Clermont-Ferrand - since 2006, 'trams on tyres';
- Dijon - since 2012;
- Grenoble - since 1987;
- Le Havre - since 2012;
- Le Mans - since 2007;
- Lille - non-stop since 1909;
- Lyon - since 2001;
- Marseille - since 2007;
- Montpellier - since 2000;
- Mulhouse - since 2006;
- Nancy - since 2000, 'trams on tyres' system featuring a single guide rail;
- Nantes - since 1985;
- Nice - since 2007;
- Orléans - since 2000;
- Paris and Île-de-France (Paris metropolitan area) - since 1992;
- Reims - since 2011;
- Rouen - since 1994;
- Saint-Étienne - non-stop since 1881;
- Strasbourg - since 1994;
- Toulouse - since 2010 and
- Valenciennes - since 2006
In addition to the above French tram systems, two tramways cross the border into France from neighbouring countries, although in both cases the proportion of the system in France is quite small:
- Baselland Transport route 10 connects Leymen in Alsace with Basel in Switzerland - since 1910
- The Saarbahn connects Sarreguemines with Saarbrücken in Germany
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