Bordeaux Tramway Line B

Line B
Tramway B proche des Quinconces
Overview
Native name	Tramway de Bordeaux B
Connecting lines	Line A    Line C
Service
Operator(s)	TBM
Ridership	19 million per year
History
Opened	2004 (2004)
Last extension	2015
Technical
Line length	15.2 km (9.4 mi)
Average inter-station distance	392 m

The B line of the Bordeaux tramway is operated by Transports Bordeaux Métropole, and connects Station Pessac Centre in Pessac to Claveau in north Bordeaux.

Equipment

Line B of the tramway uses Citadis 300 cars from Alstom. These type 402 cars are 44 meters long and offer 300 seats. These air conditioned cars operate both with overhead power lines and ground-level power supply (APS).

APS is used for part of line B, notably in the center of Bordeaux and when crossing Talence. The change between APS and overhead lines takes place at the station, Peixotto, at the entrance to the university area.

The line includes two swing bridges at Bassins à flot, including this one on Quai de Bacalan.

Route and stations

			Stations	Communes desservies	Réseau TBC Tramway & Réseau -Bus-	Réseau Trans Gironde
	o		Claveau	Bordeaux	76
	o		Brandenburg	Bordeaux	9, 15
	o		New-York	Bordeaux
	o		Rue Achard	Bordeaux
	o		Bassins à Flot	Bordeaux	32
	o		Les Hangars	Bordeaux
	o		Cours du Médoc	Bordeaux
	o		Chartrons	Bordeaux
	o		CAPC (Musée d'Art Contemporain)	Bordeaux
	o		Quinconces	Bordeaux	C, 1, 2, 3, 26, 29, 47, 53Exp, 83	601, 703
	o		Grand Théâtre	Bordeaux
	o		Gambetta	Bordeaux	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 15, 53Exp, 56Exp, 83	601
	o		Hôtel de Ville	Bordeaux	A, 47
	o		Musée d'Aquitaine	Bordeaux	24, 45
	o		Victoire	Bordeaux	5, 11, 15, 16, 20, 43, 45, 47, 58 --------------------------	701, 702
	o		Saint-Nicolas	Bordeaux
	o		Bergonié	Bordeaux	26
	o		Barrière Saint-Genès	Bordeaux, Talence	9, 26
	o		Roustaing	Talence
	o		Forum	Talence	8
	o		Peixotto	Talence (Campus)	8, 10, 21, 35, 58	502, 503, 504, 505
	o		Béthanie	Talence (Campus)
	o		Arts et Métiers	Talence (Campus)	34, 58, 87
	o		François Bordes	Talence (Campus)
	o		Doyen Brus	Pessac (Campus)
	o		Montaigne Montesquieu	Pessac (Campus)
	o		UNITEC	Pessac (Campus)	34, 35, 36, 44, 58	602
	o		Saige	Pessac	34, 36, 44
	o		Bougnard	Pessac	24, 36, 54
	o		Camponac Médiathèque	Pessac
	o		Pessac Centre	Pessac	4, 23, 24, 35, 36, 42, 44, 48, 54, 87

See also

• Bordeaux
• Tramway de Bordeaux

External links

• InfoTBC - official site of the Bordeaux bus and tramway network (in French)
• Plan Touristique Tbc - tramway and bus network map (pdf) (in French)