GENÈVE - GENEVA

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TRAM ROUTE

Operator: Compagnie genevoise des tramways électriques (CGTE)

CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM

NETWORK LENGTH

• Trams - 7 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

PRINT

• 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

• Tramway de Genève
• Transports publics genevois

WEB SITES

• SNOTPG (Site Non Officiel des Transports Publics Genevois)
• Transports publics genevois (TPG)
• UNIRESO

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