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{{Short description|Tramway network in Angers, Pays de la Loire, France}}
{{Expand French|date=May 2020|topic=transport}}
{{Infobox Public transit
| name             = Angers tramway
| image            = 
| imagesize        = 
| image2           = 4,03 Hauts de St-Aubin Citadis n°1016 (tram Angers) par Cramos.JPG
| imagesize2       = 300px
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| native_name      = ''Tramway d'Angers''
| locale           = [[Angers]], [[Pays de la Loire]], [[France]]
| transit_type     = [[Tram]]
| lines            = 3
| stations         = 42
| annual_ridership = 10.05 million (2018)<ref name="strmtg">{{cite web |url=http://www.strmtg.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/rapport_annuel_tw_2018_v1-2.pdf |title=Rapport annuel 2018 sur le parc, le trafic et les événements d'exploitation des tramways |publisher=STRMTG - Service Technique des Remontées Mécaniques et des Transports Guidés |date=20 December 2019 |access-date=2020-09-02 |page=11 |language=French |archive-date=2021-04-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421230426/http://www.strmtg.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/rapport_annuel_tw_2018_v1-2.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| began_operation  = 25 June 2011<ref name=rgi20110629 />
| operator         = [[RATP Dev]]
| system_length    = {{convert|22.4|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}
| track_gauge      = {{RailGauge|1435 mm|allk=on}}
| el               = [[Overhead line]]<br>[[Ground level power supply]] in city centre
| map              = {{Angers Tramway|inline=1}}
| map_state        = collapsed
}}

The '''Angers tramway''' ({{langx|fr|Tramway d'Angers}}) is the [[tram]]way network in the [[France|French]] city of [[Angers]] in [[Pays de la Loire]]. 

Opened on 25 June 2011,<ref name=rgi20110629>{{cite news | url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/angers-tram-opens.html |title=Angers tram opens | date=29 June 2011 | work=[[Railway Gazette International]]}}</ref> the system is operated by [[RATP Dev]] and replaced some bus lines, with the buses redeployed throughout the rest of the metropolitan area. The [[Alstom APS]] [[ground-level power supply]] has been used on two parts of the line totalling {{Cvt|1.5|km}}<ref name=rgi20110629 /> in order to avoid [[overhead lines]] in the centre of [[Angers]] and [[Avrillé, Maine-et-Loire|Avrillé]]. Angers is the third city using such system, after [[Bordeaux]] and [[Reims]].

== Timeline ==
* April 2007: Works officially started.
* April 2010: Delivery of the [[Alstom Citadis]] 302 trams
* December 2010: Testing
* January 2011: Operation of shadow service without passengers
* 25 June 2011: Line A in service<ref name=rgi20110629 />
* 8 July 2023: Line B and C in service


== Current Service ==
{{Cleanup rewrite||section|date=May 2020}}The total budget for the first line, re-evaluated in 2008, is around €350m (€47m for the trams), up from the 2004 estimate of €250m. 

Main features for Line A: 
* North-South connection across the metropolitan area, connecting [[Avrillé, Maine-et-Loire|Avrillé]] (third most populous town ) to [[La Roseraie]] (most populous district in [[Angers]]).<ref name=rgi20110629 />
* Non-stop service from 5.30 AM until 0.30 AM (19 hours a day)
* {{convert|12|km|mi|sp=us}}<ref name=rgi20110629 />
* 25 stations<ref name=rgi20110629 />
* End to end journey time of 37 minutes;
* Average speed of 20&nbsp;km/h (13&nbsp;mph)
* 6 minute headways during peak hours.
* an estimated 35,000 passengers expected daily.

As the line goes on both banks of the [[Maine (river)|Maine]], a new bridge was built to allow the trams to cross the river.  It connects Angers' University Hospital Centre to [[Saint-Serge (Angers)|Saint-Serge]]. This 270m bridge is accessible to bicycles and pedestrians as well as emergency vehicles.

===Stations===
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*Angers-Roseraie
*Jean Vilar
*Jean XXIII
*Bamako
*Strasbourg
*Place Lafayette
*Les Gares
*Foch-Haras
*Foch-Maison Bleue
*Ralliement
*Molière
*Saint-Serge Université
*Berges de Maine
*C.H.U-Hôpital
*Capucins
*Jean Moulin
*Les Hauts De Saint Aubin
*Verneau
*Terra Botanica
*Plateau Mayenne
*Bois du Roy
*Acacias
*Saint Gilles
*Bascule
*Avrillé-Ardenne
{{div col end}}

===Advantages===
* Good public transport system for [[Avrillé, Maine-et-Loire|Avrillé]] (third town in the metropolitan area after [[Angers]] and [[Trélazé]]), bringing more life to the city centre and assisting with the development of new neighbourhoods
* Connecting new districts: [[Plateaux de la Mayenne]] and [[Les Capucins (Angers)|des Capucins]]
* Tram station close to [[Terra Botanica]]
* Connecting important  facilities such as the University Hospital Centre (4,500 employees and 3,000 visitors a day), [[Angers Saint-Laud]] railway station and the administrative city
* The new bridge on the [[Maine (river)|Maine]] is used by trams, bicycles and pedestrians between the hospital and the [[Gaumont Film Company]] studios.
* A better connections to the [[Angers]] city centre and improved traffic flows
* A more attractive city centre (including a larger pedestrian area) 
* Complementarity of different transport types around the central connection point, [[Angers-Saint-Laud station|Angers Saint-Laud]] railway station and bus station
* Connecting [[La Roseraie (Angers)|La Roseraie]] as part of the urban renovation of the district.

===Drawbacks===
*Line A passes through [[Place du Ralliement (Angers)|place du Ralliement]], which will still be accessible for pedestrians, emergency and delivery vehicles as well as bicycles, but buses will not have access to it, nor will other tram lines.

== Rolling stock ==
Angers Loire Métropole awarded [[Alstom]] a €47m contract to supply 17 [[Alstom Citadis|Citadis]] 302 trams on 15 November 2006.<ref name=rgi20090205>{{cite news | url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/mayor-of-angers-visits-first-tram.html | title=Mayor of Angers visits first tram | date=5 February 2009 | work=[[Railway Gazette International]] | access-date=4 July 2011 | archive-date=18 May 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518234906/http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/mayor-of-angers-visits-first-tram.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> A further 20 units were supplied for the expansion of the network.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=https://www.urban-transport-magazine.com/en/new-tram-lines-in-angers/ |title=New tram lines in Angers |publisher=Urban Transport Magazine |date=8 July 2023}}</ref>

===Design of rolling stock===

[[Design]] and [[personalization]] of the [[rolling stock]] is characterized by the front end "convergence" V-shape similar in form to a shield. The other major feature is the ubiquity of a [[rainbow]], designed by the French agency [[RCP Design Global]] is found in the color scheme and interior design of the trams and other transportation in the city.<ref name=rgi20090205 /> 

The interior of the trams is marked by [[Flower|floral]] figures in different colors on the ceiling, white walls and green seats to reflect the [[Stratum|geological layers]] of [[Duchy of Anjou|Anjou]].<ref>{{citation |lang=fr |last=Laval |first=Patrick |url=http://www.ville-rail-transports.com/content/le-deuxi%C3%A8me-citadis-%C3%A0-alimentation-par-le-sol-%C3%A0-angers-3 |title=Le deuxième Citadis à alimentation par le sol à Angers |publisher=Ville Rail & Transport |date=April 2010 |access-date=2011-07-13 |archive-date=2012-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022155834/http://ville-rail-transports.com/content/le-deuxi%C3%A8me-citadis-%C3%A0-alimentation-par-le-sol-%C3%A0-angers-3 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

<gallery class="center">
Image:Tramway-Angers-Maquette-extérieur.jpg | External design - by [[RCP Design Global]]
Image:Tramway-Angers-Maquette-extérieur2.jpg | The [[rainbow]]
Image:Tramway-Angers-Maquette-plafond2.jpg | Ceiling view with the floral figures
Image:Tramway-Angers-Maquette-plafond.jpg | Ceiling view 
Image:Tramway-Angers-Maquette-siège.jpg | Seat of the [[Angers]] tramway
Image:Tramway-Angers-Maquette-siège2.jpg | Seat view - design by [[RCP Design Global]]
</gallery>

== Future services == 

The {{convert|16|km|mi|abbr=on}} Line B was expected to be opened by 2020. It was planned to run from [[Beaucouzé]], via the Atoll shopping centre via the Campus Belle-Beille - [[University of Angers|Université Angers]] to the main railway station and Parc des Expositions ([[Saint-Sylvain-d'Anjou]]) through Monplaisir district. However, in 2016 the city presented a revised proposal for the future Line B. Stopping at the [[Angers Technopole|Technopole Angers]] at the Universities Belle-Beille Campus, the lines length is stripped to {{convert|10|km|mi|abbr=on}}. Due to financial reasons, the start of construction has been postponed for 2019, so that a start of passenger transport can not be expected until 2022. The line, along with Line C, finally opened on 8 July 2023.<ref name=":0" /> 

It has been announced<ref>{{Cite web|title=Le futur réseau|url=https://tramway.angersloiremetropole.fr/ligne-b-c/le-reseau-des-3-lignes/|website=Tramway lignes B&C|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-05-26}}</ref> that the Line A will be rerouted from January 2021 via Centre de Congrès, avoiding Place du Railiement, using new tracks, a new junction south of ''Saint-Serge - Université'' and an existing junction immediately north of ''Foch-Maison Bleue'' that was built with the original line to facilitate a future expansion. The new route will serve two new stops at ''Centre de Congrès'' and ''Hôtel de Ville''. The existing route between ''Molière'' and ''Foch-Maison Bleue'' will be retained as part of Line C that will run between Line B's western terminus at ''Belle-Beille - Campus'' and Line A's southern terminus at ''Angers - Roseraie'' allowing a direct connection between Belle Beille and [[Angers-Saint-Laud station]]. 

== Network Map ==
{{Rapid transit OSM map
| system_qid   = Q1535135
| frame-lat    = 47.475
| frame-long   = -0.56
| frame-width  = 750
| frame-height = 470
| zoom         = 12
| length       = yes
}}

== See also ==
* [[Trams in France]]
* [[List of town tramway systems in France]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons|Trams in Angers}}
*[http://www.angersloiremetropole.fr/tramway/ Angers Loire métropole tram website] {{in lang|fr}}
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