''Les Aubiers'' tram stop is a tram stop on line C of the

Tramway de Bordeaux The Bordeaux tramway network (french: Tramway de Bordeaux) consists of four lines serving the city of Bordeaux in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. The system has a route length of , serving a total of 133 tram stops. The first line of ...

. It is located on ''Laroque Avenue'' in the north of the city of

Bordeaux Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefectur ...

. The stop opened on 27 February 2008, when Line C was extended north from ', and was the northern terminus of Line C until a further extension to ' opened on 1 February 2014. The stop is operated by

Transports Bordeaux Métropole Transports Bordeaux Métropole (or TBM, formerly Tram et bus de la CUB, or TBC) is a public transport system for the 28 ''communes'' of Bordeaux Métropole Bordeaux Métropole is the ''métropole'', an intercommunal structure, centred on t ...

. For most of the day on Mondays to Fridays, trams run at least every ten minutes in both directions. Services run less frequently in the early morning, late evenings, weekends and public holidays. When it was built, the stop was unique, in that the track bed is composed of

duckboard A boardwalk (alternatively board walk, boarded path, or promenade) is an elevated footpath, walkway, or causeway built with wooden planks that enables pedestrians to cross wet, fragile, or marshy land. They are also in effect a low type of bridge ...

. This is explained by the proximity of one of the sites of the , a research and development organisation specialising in the forest, cellulose, wood-construction and furniture sectors. Since ''Les Aubiers'' opened, several other newer stops on the northern end of line C have adopted the same flooring.

Interchanges

TBC Network

Trans Gironde Network

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* {{Tramway de Bordeaux C Tram stops in Bordeaux Bordeaux tramway stops Railway stations in France opened in 2008