Île-de-France tramway Line 2 (T2;

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: ''Ligne 2 du tramway d'Île-de-France'') is part of the modern tram network of the

Île-de-France The Île-de-France (; ; ) is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 residents on 1 January 2023. Centered on the capital Paris, it is located in the north-central part of the cou ...

region of

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. It connects the commune of Bezons in the north to the

Porte de Versailles Porte de Versailles () is a station on line 12 of the Paris Métro, a stop on tramway T3a as well as the southern terminus of tramway T2 in the 15th arrondissement. It is named after the ''Porte de Versailles'', a gate in the 19th century T ...

Métro station in

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in the south, serving

Hauts-de-Seine Hauts-de-Seine (; ) is a department in the Île-de-France region of France. It covers Paris's western inner suburbs. It is bordered by Paris, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne to the east, Val-d'Oise to the north, Yvelines to the west and ...

and its

La Défense La Défense () is a major business district in France's Paris metropolitan area, west of the city limits. It is located in Île-de-France region's Departments of France, department of Hauts-de-Seine in the Communes of France, communes of Courbe ...

business district. It is one of the busiest tram lines in France. The line has been operated by the

RATP The RATP Group () is a French state-owned enterprise (EPIC) that operates public transport systems primarily in Paris, France. Headquartered in Paris, it originally operated under the name (). Its logo represents the Seine's meandering path th ...

since its opening, under the authority of

Île-de-France Mobilités Île-de-France Mobilités (IDFM) is the governmental authority ( EPA) that controls and coordinates the different companies operating the Paris-area public transport network and the rest of the Île-de-France region. In this capacity, it issu ...

(IDFM). Future operation of line will become subject to a competitive bidding process in November 2029. The line has a length of and 24 stations. The initial section between

La Défense station La Défense station () is a station of the Transilien (Réseau Saint-Lazare) suburban rail lines, RER commuter rail network, Paris Métro, as well as a stop of the Île-de-France tram network. In the future, Paris Metro Line 15 of Grand Paris ...

and

Issy–Val de Seine station Issy–Val de Seine () is a station on RER C served by RER C5 and C7. Situated in Issy-les-Moulineaux, in the department of Hauts-de-Seine, the station serves the business district of Val de Seine. In rush hours, the station is served by 12 train ...

opened in July 1997, uses a former heavy rail line converted into light rail (), whereas the further extensions on both ends opened in November 2009 and November 2012 feature segregated on-street running. The line is particularly scenic between

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and Musée de Sèvres stations, as it runs along the

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History

Chronology

* 2 July 1997: Commissioning of first section between La Défense and Issy-Val de Seine * 2000: Order for sixty Citadis 302 trains is announced * 2 December 2002: Commercial commissioning of the first Citadis 302 trains * 2003: transfer of standard French Tramway (TFS) trains to tramway line 1 * September 2003 to October 2004: Periodic circulation of a historic engine of the Vienna tramway * 5 September 2005: Putting double-length trains into circulation * 21 November 2009: Extension towards the south from Issy-Val de Seine to Porte de Versailles * 19 November 2012: Extension towards the north from La Défense to Pont de Bezons

Route

Communes served

Line 2 serves the communes of Bezons (one stop),

Colombes Colombes () is a Communes of France, commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France, from the Kilometre zero, centre of Paris. In 2019, Colombes was the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, 53rd largest city in France. ...

(three stops),

La Garenne-Colombes La Garenne-Colombes () is a Communes of France, commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from Notre Dame de Paris, France's kilometre zero. Name The commune used to be part of the neighbouring city of Colombes. At t ...

(two stops),

Courbevoie Courbevoie () is a Communes of France, commune located in the Hauts-de-Seine department of the Île-de-France region of France. It is a suburb of Paris, from the Kilometre zero, center of Paris. The centre of Courbevoie is situated from the ci ...

(one stop),

Puteaux Puteaux () is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located in the heart of the Hauts-de-Seine department, from the centre of Paris. La Défense, Paris's business district hosting the tallest buildings in the metropolitan ...

(two stops),

Suresnes Suresnes () is a commune in the western inner suburbs of Paris, France. Located in Hauts-de-Seine, from the centre of Paris, it had a population of 49,482 as of 2020. Suresnes borders the Bois de Boulogne in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, ...

(two stops),

Saint-Cloud Saint-Cloud () is a French commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France, from the centre of Paris. Like other communes of Hauts-de-Seine such as Marnes-la-Coquette, Neuilly-sur-Seine and Vaucresson, Saint-Cloud is one of France's wealthie ...

(three stops),

Sèvres Sèvres (, ) is a French Communes of France, commune in the southwestern suburbs of Paris. It is located from the Kilometre zero, centre of Paris, in the Hauts-de-Seine department of the Île-de-France region. The commune, which had a populatio ...

(one stop),

Meudon Meudon () is a French Communes of France, commune located in the Hauts-de-Seine Departments of France, department in the Île-de-France Regions of France, region, on the left bank of the Seine. It is located from the Kilometre Zero, center of P ...

(two stops),

Issy-les-Moulineaux Issy-les-Moulineaux () is a commune in the southwestern suburban area of Paris, France, lying on the left bank of the river Seine. Its citizens are called in French. It is one of Paris's entrances and is located from Notre Dame Cathedral, whic ...

(three stops) and

(four stops).

Places of interest

The line allows visitors to access the

Grande Arche La Grande Arche de la Défense (; "The Great Arch of the Defense"), originally called La Grande Arche de la Fraternité (; "Fraternity"), is a monument and building in the business district of La Défense and in the commune of Puteaux, to the west ...

, the

at the eponym stop, the ''

Manufacture nationale de Sèvres The ''Manufacture nationale de Sèvres'' () is one of the principal European porcelain factories. It is located in Sèvres, Hauts-de-Seine, France. It is the continuation of Vincennes porcelain, founded in 1740, which moved to Sèvres in 1756. ...

'' at Musée de Sèvres and

Paris expo Porte de Versailles The Paris Expo Porte de Versailles is an exhibition and conference centre in Paris, France. It is located in the 15th arrondissement at Porte de Versailles Métro station between the Boulevard Périphérique and Boulevards of the Marshals. I ...

at its southern terminus.

Rolling stock

Line 2 is operated by the

Régie autonome des transports parisiens The RATP Group () is a French state-owned enterprise (EPIC) that operates public transport systems primarily in Paris, France. Headquartered in Paris, it originally operated under the name (). Its logo represents the Seine's meandering path th ...

(RATP) under the authority of

(IDFM). The line's success (115,000 people use it daily) led to its

Tramway Français Standard The Tramway Français Standard (TFS) is a type of tram designed and manufactured by Alstom for use on various tramway systems in France. The TFS is no longer in production, having been superseded by the Alstom Citadis range of tramcars. Two di ...

(TFS) rolling stock to be replaced starting in 2002 by

Alstom Citadis The Alstom Citadis is a family of low-floor trams and light rail vehicles built by Alstom. , over 2,300 Citadis trams have been sold and 1,800 tramways are in revenue service throughout the world, with operations in all six inhabited continents ...

trams; the TFS rolling stock was transferred to

Île-de-France tramway Line 1 Île-de-France tramway Line 1 (usually called simply T1) is part of the modern tram network of the Île-de-France region of France. Line T1 connects Noisy-le-Sec station and Asnières-sur-Seine with a suburban alignment running in parallel to ...

to increase its capacity.Ligne 5 du tramway, bientôt sur les rails
(in French) As the Citadis trams also rapidly proved insufficient in terms of size, they were doubled in length in 2005 by using a

Scharfenberg coupler The Scharfenberg coupler (, abbreviated ''Schaku'') is a commonly used type of fully automatic railway coupling. Designed in 1903 by Karl Scharfenberg in Königsberg, Germany (today Kaliningrad, Russia), the coupler has gradually spread from tr ...

, raising the capacity of each tram to 440 passengers. Several stops were also therefore doubled in length. With the extension to Porte de Versailles and the line crossing several intersections, the RATP had each tram's front and rear coupler covered, so that in the event of a collision with a pedestrian, the damage sustained by the person would be less severe.

Gallery

File:T2 Musée de Sèvres 4.jpg, Non-covered coupler (2006) File:Citadis 302 Brimborion 2.jpg, Tram arriving at Brimborion station File:Ligne du T2 Belvédère.jpg, Tracks towards La Défense File:T2 Meudon-sur-Seine 5.jpg, Meudon-sur-Seine station File:Paris 06 2012 T2 tram 3160.JPG, Line 2 tram at La Défense station

References

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