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INSET: CENTRE OF GENEVA
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TRAM ROUTES
Operator: Compagnie Genevoise des Tramways Electriques (CGTE)
| 1 | Cornavin - rue du Chantepoulet - rue du Mont-Blanc - Pont du Mont-Blanc - rue du Rhône - blvd. des Tranchées - blvd. des Philosophes - rd-pt. de Plainpalais - Plainpalais - Stand - blvd. James-Fazy - Cornavin [circular route, both directions] |
| 2 | Cimetière / Jonction - rue du Stand - rue du Rive - Rive - rue des Eaux-Vives - Genève-Plage |
| 5 | Sécheron - rue de Lausanne - Cornavin - rue du Mont-Blanc - Pont du Mont-Blanc - Molard |
| 6 | Vernier - rte de Vernier - rue de Lyon - Cornavin - rue du Mont-Blanc - Pont du Mont-Blanc - rue du Rhône - blvd. des Tranchées - rte. de Florissant - Conches - Veyrier |
| 9 | Rive - rue des Eaux-Vives - Genève-Plage - Colognie - Vésenaz - Collonge - Hermance |
| 12 | Croix-de-Crozon - Carouge - rue de Carouge - rd-pt. de Plainpalais - Place Neuve - rue du Marché - rue du Rive - Rive - rue de la Terrassière - rte de Chêne - Chêne-Bougeries - Moillesullaz [Change of vehicle] - Annemasse (Gare) |
| 15 | Rive - rue du Rive - rue du Marché - rue du Stand - rte de Chancy - Onex - Bernex |
The date of cessation of Geneva tram routes between 1951 and 1969:
- 1954 May 23: 15 (merged with line 2)
- 1956 June: 6 (Rive - Veyrier section)
- 1958 Aug.: 9
- 1958 Sept.: 5
- 1958 Oct. 31: 12 (Moillesullaz - Annemasse)
- 1959 Oct.: 6 (Vernier-Cornavin section)
- 1961 Dec. 4: 2
- 1969 June 1: 1A/B
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- CGTE - 63 km.
HISTORY
- Horse-drawn tramways: 1862 - 1903.
- Steam tramways: 1877 - 1902.
- Electric tramways: 1894 - today.
- LRT (RER): 1994 - today.
GAUGE
TRAMS
- 1862 - 1902 :1435 mm.
- 1889 - today: 1000 mm.
LRT
- (mainline rail track): 1435 mm.
SOURCES
- Boegl, W., Dietschy, M., Kallmann, R., Lacreuse, J.-M., Longet, R. & Rahm, E. Le tram à Genève: histoire imagée de la Compagnie Genevoise des Tramways Electriques et de ses précurseurs. Genève: Ed. de Tricorne, 1976.
- Buckley, R.J. Tramways and Light Railways of Switzerland and Austria. Milton Keynes (England): Light Rail Transit Association, 1st ed., 1984.
- Buckley, R.J. Tramways and Light Railways of Switzerland and Austria. Milton Keynes (England): Light Rail Transit Association, 2nd ed., 2000.
- Choisy, M.E.G. "Modernization in Geneva" (translation), The Modern Tramway, Nov. 1950 (13:155), p.237-241.
- Eames, N.A. "The Swiss vicinal - Part 2: Trams in Genève - 1968", Modern Tramway & Light Railway Review, Apr. 1969 (32:376), p.133-135.
- Eisenbahnatlas Schweiz / Railatlas Suisse. Köln (Germany): Schweers + Wall, 2004.
- Kellett, N. "Genève: Where to go, and what you'll see", Tramways & Urban Transit, Sept. 2004 (67:801), p.336-338.
- Primatesta, A. Les tramways genevois - L'histoire continue demain. Genève: Mythraz, 2005.
- Pulling, N. "Systems Factfile No.102: Geneva, Switzerland", Tramways & Urban Transit, March 2016 (79 :939), p.104-108.
- Wansbeek, C.J. "Geneva: The city that puts quality first", Light Rail & Modern Tramway, July 1997 (60:715), p.250-252.
- Wansbeek, C.J. "Geneva: Ten years of solid expansion", Tramways and Urban Transit, Aug. 2002 (65:776), p.297-299.
- Wansbeek, C.J. "Geneva: International tramway?", Tramways and Urban Transit, Dec. 2007 (70:840), p.458-461.
- Wiseman, R.J.S. & Wyse, W.J. "The Swiss vicinal [Part 1]", Modern Tramway & Light Railway Review, Feb. 1969 (32:374), p.53-59.
WIKIS
WEB SITES
- SNOTPG (Site Non Officiel des Transports Publics Genevois)
- Transports publics genevois (TPG)
- UNIRESO
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