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Palm Bus

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Palm Bus
Heuliez GX 337 from Line 1 stopping at Hôtel de Ville in September 2023.
HeadquartersCannes
LocaleCannes
Service areaFrance
Service typeUrban service
Routes45
OperatorRégie Palm Bus
Websitehttps://www.palmbus.fr/

Palm Bus is a brand of bus services serving the Southern French city of Cannes, France. The operator, Veolia Transport Cannes is responsible for operating the Bus Azur buses for SITP, grouping the communes of Cannes, le Cannet et Mandelieu-la-Napoule, Théoule-sur-Mer and Mougins.

History

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1933–2014: Cannes buses history

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Former logo
A now-retired Heuliez GX 317 vehicle from Bus Azur running on Palm Impérial (or Route 8).

The city of Cannes was, until 1933, served by an urban tramway system, the Tramway de Cannes, as well as an inter-urban tramway, the Tramway de Nice et du Littoral until 1953.

The first bus services within Cannes and between Cannes and le Cannet began in 1936. Cannes bus company operated four lines:

Each of the lines were divided in two fare zones. In 1954, the concession for operation of buses in Cannes was given to Société des Transports Urbains de Cannes by the Syndicat Intercommunal des Transports Publics for twenty years. Several lines were created during the 1960s, linking Cannes to la Californie, Cannes and le Cannet via République and Cannes to l'Aubarède. Lines were divided into four fare zones. In 1968, severe strikes forced the company to reduce its staff presence on buses to one.

The STUC's concession was extended by ten years in 1974 thanks to a grant to the STIP. The company adopted a new ticketing system, using magnetic strip cards. Lines were grouped into two global fare zones in replacement of the four per line. Service was increased with the purchase of more rolling stock. Within two years, stock and staff numbers doubled.

In 1978, the STUC purchased a diesel multiple unit X 94630 for use on the Cannes-Ranguin railway line. Service was eleven minutes in length and bus ticketing used.

The concession was once more extended, for five years, in 1984, with further bus purchases and the repainting of the X 94630 into the line's colours. rail services ended in 1995 due to loss of revenue. On 5 November 1996, CGFTE Cannes signed a contract delegating services. In 2004, Bus Azur introduced double-decker buses on its line 8 quai Laubeuf-La Croisette-Palm Beach.

2014–2018: New network

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On 1 January 2014, Bus Azur is extended to Mougins and Théoule-sur-Mer and officially becomes Palm Bus.

Palm Bus network is changed:[1] Sillages lines 24 and 27 are transferred to Cannes network, three lines named 22, 23 and 30 were created and departmental line 620 was transferred.

2018–2022: New buses

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Since mid-2010, Palm Bus started receiving new articulated and electric Heuliez buses :

  • In 2018, Palm Bus received their first Heuliez Bus GX 337 Linium prototype.
  • In end-2019, Palm Bus received their first three-articulated buses, (GX 437 Linium).
  • In 2021, Palm Bus received their first electric buses.

2022–present: New buses lines

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On 1 September 2022, Sillages line 18 were transferred to Cannes network.[2]

In September 2023, the network get into a high changement.[3]

Routes

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Image Bus Between And
Palm Express routes
 A  Mandelieu-la-Napoule – Centre Commercial Minelle Gare de Cannes
 B  Mouans-Sartoux — Centre
Palm Bus routes
 1  Le Cannet — Penh Chai Cannes — Ranguin
 2  Le Cannet — Blanchisserie Cannes — Les Bastides
 4  Le Cannet — Place Leclerc Cannes — Hôtel de Ville

 6A / 6B  Le Cannet — Le Colombier
Cannes — Saint-Michel Collines
 7  Cannes — Mare Monte Cannes — Polyclinique
 7A * Cannes — Hôtel de Ville Cannes — Villa Pont de Veyre
 8  Cannes — Quai Laubeuf Cannes — Palm Beach
 9  Gare de Cannes Vallauris — Fournas
 10  Le Cannet — Les Pins Parasols Cannes — Hôtel de Ville
 11  Le Cannet — Penh Chai Cannes — Gabians
 11A  Le Cannet — Mairie Le Cannet — Les Pins Parasols
 12  Le Cannet — Mirandoles II Cannes — Hôtel de Ville
 13 * Le Cannet — Place Leclerc Le Cannet — Les Collines
 14  Cannes — Gare du Bosquet Cannes — Gabians
 17  Cannes — Simone Veil Hospital Mandelieu-la-Napoule — Gare Routière
 18  La Roquette-sur-Siagne — Hameau Saint-Jean
 19  Saint-Raphaël — Le Trayas
Théoule-sur-Mer — Mairie
 21  Cannes — Hôtel de Ville
(circular line, via Notre-Dame-des-Pins and Gare SNCF)
 22  Saint-Raphaël — Le Trayas
Théoule-sur-Mer — Mairie
Gare de Cannes
 23  Mandelieu-la-Napoule — Parc d'activités de la Siagne
 24  Le Cannet — Place Leclerc Mougins — Place des Acades
 26  Mougins — Tournamy Cannes — Ranguin
 28  Mougins — Mairie Annexe de l’Aubarède
 29  Valbonne — Gare Routière
 35  Gare de Cannes Cannes — Ranguin
(via Le Cannet and Rocheville)
Special routes
 CP [A] Gare de Cannes
 NS [B] Cannes — Hôtel de Ville
 PM [C] Pont des Gabres
Summer routes
 LT [D] Mandelieu-la-Napoule — Espace Muller Mandelieu-la-Napoule — Port de la Rague
 MP [E] Mandelieu-la-Napoule — Canadière-Tassigny Mandelieu-la-Napoule — Cannes Marina
 BC [F] Cannes La Bocca — Résidence Coubertin
(circular line, via La Bocca-Verrerie, Place du Marché and la Roubine)
 MR [G] Cannes — Parking Roseraie-Port Canto
(circular line, via Base Nautique and Plage de l'Étang))
Palm Night routes
 N1  Le Cannet — Penh Chai Cannes — Ranguin
 N2  Le Cannet — Blanchisserie Cannes — Les Bastides
 N10  Le Cannet — Les Pins Parasols Cannes — Hôtel de Ville
 N20  Cannes – Boulevard du Midi Gare de Cannes
(via Centre Commercial Minelle, Gare Routière and Hôtel de Ville)
 N21  Cannes — Hôtel de Ville
(circular line, via Palm Beach, Notre-Dame-des-Pins and Gare SNCF)

Legends

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* Only on-demand route

Notes

  1. ^ City Palm
  2. ^ Navette du Suquet
  3. ^ Navette de la Presqu'île-Montfleury
  4. ^ La Littorale
  5. ^ Mimo Plage
  6. ^ Bocca Cabana
  7. ^ Mouré Rouge

References

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  1. ^ mougins.fr - Palm Bus, nouveau réseau
  2. ^ "Actualités : Nouvelle Ligne 18" (in French). Palm Bus. 2022-08-12. Retrieved 2022-08-26.
  3. ^ "Ça bouge à Mougins, trois nouvelles lignes" (in French). Palm Bus.
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