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ﾃ四e-de-France Tramway Line 1
ﾃ四e-de-France tramway Line 1 (usually called simply T1) is part of the modern tram network of the ﾃ四e-de-France region of France. Line T1 connects Noisy-le-Sec station and Asniﾃｨres-sur-Seine with a suburban alignment running in parallel to the Northern city limits of Paris. The line has a length of and 36 stations. It opened in 1992 as the first modern tram line in the Paris region. The line was extended in December 2003 and November 2012. Daily ridership reaches 188,000 passengers (in 2015) making it the second busiest line of the tram network. The line has been operated by the RATP Group since its opening, under the authority of ﾃ四e-de-France Mobilitﾃｩs. Future operation of line will become subject to a competitive bidding process in November 2029. A 1-stop extension to the west towards ''Quatre Routes'' opened to the public in mid-2019. A further extension to the west towards Colombes (which would allow for a transfer with Line T2) is currently at the planning sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Track
Green track (also grassed track or lawn track) is a type of railway track in which the track bed and surrounding area are planted with sod, grass turf or other vegetation as ground cover. It is a popular way of making railways more visually appealing, particularly for trams and light rail, and providing additional urban green space. Aside from the visual improvement, the vegetation provides a number of positive effects, such as noise control, noise reduction, less air pollution, Surface runoff, rainwater runoff mitigation, and reduced urban heat island, urban heat island effect. History The first green tracks were installed in 1905 along in Berlin. Due to the technical challenges they posed, many green tracks were phased out in the following decades, but beginning in the mid-1980s, green tracks have seen a resurgence. Impact Green tracks have a number of positive impacts on the urban environment. Green tracks reduce surface runoff by retaining an estimated 50-70% of precipitati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis
Montreuil (), also known unofficially as Montreuil-sous-Bois (), is a Communes of France, commune in the eastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the Kilometre zero, centre of Paris, in the Seine-Saint-Denis department and in the Mﾃｩtropole du Grand Paris. With a population of 111,367 as of 2020, Montreuil is the third most populous suburb of Paris after Boulogne-Billancourt and Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis. It is located north of Paris's Bois de Vincennes (in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, 12th arrondissement), on the border with Val-de-Marne. Name The name Montreuil was recorded for the first time in a royal edict of 722 as , meaning "little monastery" in Medieval Latin. The settlement of Montreuil started as a group of houses built around a small Merovingian dynasty, Merovingian monastery. History A small monastery was recorded on the site during the Merovingian dynasty, Merovingian period on a hill that overlooked Vincennes, which is most likely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris Mﾃｩtro
The Paris Mﾃｩtro (, , or , ), short for Mﾃｩtropolitain (), is a rapid transit system serving the Paris metropolitan area in France. A symbol of the city, it is known for its density within the capital's territorial limits, uniform architecture and Paris Mﾃｩtro entrances by Hector Guimard, historical entrances influenced by Art Nouveau. The system is long, mostly underground. It has 321 stations of which 61 have transfers between lines. The Montmartre funicular is considered to be part of the metro system within which is represented by a 303rd fictive station, "Funiculaire".Statistiques Syndicat des transports d'ﾃ四e-de-France rapport 2005' (in French) states 297 stations + Olympiades + Les Agnettes + Les Courtilles The Mﾃｩtro has sixteen lines (with an additional Grand Paris Express, four under construction), numbered 1 to 14, with two lines, Paris Mﾃｩtro Line 3bis, Line 3bis and Paris Mﾃｩtro Line 7bis, Line 7bis, named because they used to be part of Paris Mﾃｩtro Line 3, Lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobigny
Bobigny () is a commune, or town, in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, ﾃ四e-de-France, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Bobigny is the prefecture (capital city) of the Seine-Saint-Denis department, as well as the seat of the Arrondissement of Bobigny. It is the 11th most populous ''commune'' in Seine-Saint-Denis (2019). Inhabitants are called ''Balbyniens''. Bobigny is the seat of the Seine-Saint-Denis prefecture. The first IKEA store in France was located in this commune. Urbanism Typology Bobigny is an urban commune, as it is one of the dense or intermediate density communes, as defined by the Insee communal density grid. It belongs to the urban unit of Paris, an inter-departmental conurbation comprising 407 communes and 10,785,092 inhabitants in 2017, of which it is a suburban commune. The commune is also part of the functional area of Paris where it is located in the main population and employment centre of the functional area. This area comprises 1,9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Dﾃｩfense
La Dﾃｩfense () is a major business district in France's Paris metropolitan area, west of the city limits. It is located in ﾃ四e-de-France region's Departments of France, department of Hauts-de-Seine in the Communes of France, communes of Courbevoie, La Garenne-Colombes, Nanterre, and Puteaux. La Dﾃｩfense is Europe's largest purpose-built business district, covering , for 180,000 daily workers, with 72 glass and steel buildings (of which 20 are completed skyscrapers, out of 24 in the Paris region), and of office space. Around its Grande Arche and Parvis de la Dﾃｩfense, esplanade ("le Parvis"), La Dﾃｩfense contains many of the Paris Paris aire urbaine, urban area's List of tallest buildings in France, tallest high-rises. Les Quatre Temps, Westfield Les Quatre Temps, a large shopping mall in La Dﾃｩfense, has 220 stores, 48 restaurants and a 24-screen movie theatre. Paris La Dﾃｩfense Arena, the largest indoor arena in Europe, was inaugurated in 2017. The district is located at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A86 Autoroute
The A86 (sometimes called "Paris super-pﾃｩriphﾃｩrique") is the second ring road around Paris, France. It follows an irregular path around Paris with the distance from the city centre (Notre Dame de Paris, Notre Dame) varying in the range. The south-western section of A86 contains one of Europe's longest urban motorway tunnels ( of continuous tunnel) known as the , opened in two parts in 2009 and 2011. The tunnel is limited to a height of and commercial vehicles are prohibited as a result. Although now a complete motorway-standard loop, the A86 is a product of its heavily urban route and piecemeal construction, meaning that there are several points at which one has to Glossary_of_road_transport_terms#TOTSO, turn-off-to-stay-on (TOTSO) and sections which are briefly parts of the a3 autoroute, A3 and A4 autoroutes. A86 is a part of the three-ring-road system surrounding Paris and ﾃ四e-de-France: * Boulevard Pﾃｩriphﾃｩrique, completed in 1973, roughly an ellipse and limits of Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Route Nationale
A ''route nationale'', or simply ''nationale'', is a class of trunk road in France. They are important roads of national significance which cross broad portions of the French territory, in contrast to departmental or communal roads which serve more limited local areas. Their use is free, except when crossing certain structures subject to a toll. They are open to all vehicles, except on certain sections having motorway ('' autoroute'') or express road (''voie express'') status, both of these categories being reserved for motorized vehicles only. France at one time had some 30,500 km of ''routes nationales'' and publicly owned motorways, but this figure has decreased with the transfer of the responsibility for many routes to the '' dﾃｩpartements'' so that by 2010 the total length of motorways and other national roads was around 21,100 km. By way of comparison, ''routes dﾃｩpartementales'' in the same year covered a total distance of 378,000 km. The layout of the ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seine-Saint-Denis
() is a department of France located in the Grand Paris metropolis in the region. In French, it is often referred to colloquially as ' or ' ("ninety-three" or "nine three"), after its official administrative number, 93. Its prefecture is Bobigny. In 2019, it had a population of 1,644,903 across 39 communes.Populations lﾃｩgales 2019: 93 Seine-Saint-Denis INSEE In French, the learned but rarely used demonym for the inhabitants of Seine-Saint-Denis is ; more common is . Geography The department is surrounded by the departments of Hauts-de-Seine, Val-de-Marne, |
Les Courtilles (Paris Mﾃｩtro)
Les Courtilles () is the Terminal train station, terminus of the northwestern branch of Paris Mﾃｩtro Line 13, Line 13 of the Paris Mﾃｩtro. Location The station is located on the border of the municipalities of Communes of France, communes of Asniﾃｨres-sur-Seine and Gennevilliers, at the intersection formed by the axis of the Avenue de la Redoute and Avenue Lucien-Lanternier on the one hand, and the axis Boulevard Pierre-de-Coubertin and Boulevard Intercommunal on the other hand. The name of each of these two towns can be found above the name of the station on the maps and in the station. History The station opened on 14 June 2008 upon completion of the extension of Line 13 from Gabriel Pﾃｩri (Paris Mﾃｩtro), Gabriel Pﾃｩri. Reversing sidings are provided to the north of the station for trains to change direction. In November 2012, ﾃ四e-de-France tramway Line 1 was extended to the west to terminate at Les Courtilles. In 2020, with the Covid-19 crisis, 2,194,218 passengers entered t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Denis Station
Saint-Denis station is a railway station serving Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris in Seine-Saint-Denis department, France. It is on the lines from Paris-Nord to Pontoise, Beauvais and Creil Creil () is a Communes of France, commune in the Oise Departments of France, department, northern France. The Creil station is an important railway junction. History Archaeological remains in the area include a Neolithic site as well as a late .... The station was the terminus of tramway T1 between 1992 and 2012 when the line was extended to Asniﾃｨres窶敵ennevilliers窶鏑es Courtilles. In 2014, a stop on tramway T8 was opened. Gallery File:Gare de Saint-Denis 04.jpg, Platforms File:Saint-Denis - Station gare de Saint-Denis T1 03.jpg, T1 tram stop References External links * * Railway stations in Seine-Saint-Denis Rﾃｩseau Express Rﾃｩgional stations Railway stations in France opened in 1846 Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis {{IledeFrance-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trolley Wire
The Sydney Tramway Museum, operated by the South Pacific Electric Railway Co-operative Society, is Australia's oldest tramway museum and the largest in the southern hemisphere. It is located at Loftus in the southern suburbs of Sydney. History Construction of the museum at its original site on the edge of the Royal National Park commenced in August 1956. It was officially opened in March 1965 by NSW Deputy Premier Pat Hills. The facilities were basic, initially a four-track shed built with second hand materials and approximately 800 metres of running track. In 1975, the Government of New South Wales approved the museum moving to a new site across the Princes Highway adjacent to Loftus railway station. Construction commenced in April 1980, with the first trams transferred from the old site in November 1982. It officially opened on 19 March 1988. The former Railway Square tramway shelter that had been disassembled in 1973 was reassembled. The last tram left the Royal National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
