InTramCities with Gordon Stewart


Rouen, France : 30th September 2015 
Rouen has re-equipped its tramway with Alstom Citadis trams and despite being an early member of the French tramway revival, presents a thoroughly modern image. However, despite one branch of its "Y"-shaped system having been extended, there is disappointment that a larger network has not been developed.

Rouen had originally intended that its one line (with two branches in the southern part of Rouen's city region) would not be its last, but cost constraints have led to the main east-west axis through the city being built as a high-quality bus route with tram-like platforms and optical guidance to bring buses close to the platform edge to allow for step-free access. Whether these bus routes will ever be converted to tram is not clear, but passenger numbers are heavy and services frequent - suggesting that if the money can be found, upgrading would be justified.
The city centre section is underground although it rises to an expansive surface-level terminus with bus connections to the northern suburbs and the tram dives into a tunnel immediately after crossing the river Seine as seen in the photo above at Theatre des Arts. The east-west bus axis crosses immediately above the tunnel portal 

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215020 1 Theatre des Arts Out In 838 Pont Jeanne d'Arc / Rue Jeanne d'Arc
215020 2 Theatre des Arts In Out 853
215020 3 Theatre des Arts In Out 853
215020 4 Theatre des Arts Out Out 853
215020 5 Theatre des Arts In Out 836
215020 6 Theatre des Arts In Out 836
215020 7 Joffre-Mutualite Out Out 836 Pont Jeanne d'Arc / Avenue Jacques Cartier
215020 8 Joffre-Mutualite Out In 844
215020 9 Joffre-Mutualite Out In 844
215020 10 Theatre des Arts In In 844 Pont Jjeanne d'Arc / Rue Jeanne d'Arc
215020 11 Theatre des Arts In In 844
215020 12 Joffre-Mutualite Out In 843 Avenue Jacques Cartier
215020 13 Joffre-Mutualite Out In 843
215020 14 Joffre-Mutualite In In 843 Pont Jeanne d'Arc
215020 15 Joffre-Mutualite In In
Avenue Jacques Cartier
215020 16 Joffre-Mutualite Out Out 845 Avenue de Bretagne
215020 17 Saint-Sever Out In

215020 18 Joffre-Mutualite In In

215020 19 Saint-Sever In Out 844
215020 20 Saint-Sever Out Out 844
215020 21 Saint-Sever Out In 850
215020 22 Saint-Sever Out In 850
215020 23 Saint-Sever In In 850
215020 24 Saint-Sever In In 851
215020 25 Saint-Sever In Out 843
215020 26 Saint-Sever Out Out 843
215020 27 Saint-Sever Out In 846
215020 28 Saint-Sever In In 846
215020 29 Saint-Sever In Out 842
215020 30 Avenue de Caen Out Out 842 Avenue de Caen
215020 31 Avenue de Caen Out In 848
215020 32 Avenue de Caen In In 842
215020 33 Avenue de Caen In Out 833
215020 34 Jean Jaures Out Out 833 Avenue Jean Jaures
215020 35 Jean Jaures In Out 850
215020 36 Jean Jaures In Out 850
215020 37 Jean Jaures Out Out 850
215020 38 Jean Jaures Out In 854
215020 39 Jean Jaures Out In 854
215020 40 Jean Jaures In In 854
215020 41 Francois Truffaut Out Out 846
215020 42 Francois Truffaut Out Out 846
215020 43 Francois Truffaut Out Out 846
215020 44 Place du 8. Mai Out In 842 Rue Chevreul
215020 45 Francois Truffaut In in 842 Avenue Jean Jaures
215020 46 Place du 8. Mai In Out 848 Rue Chevreul
215020 47 Place du 8. Mai Out Out 848
215020 48 Place du 8. Mai Out Out 848
215020 49 Place du 8. Mai In In 833
215020 50 Place du 8. Mai In In 833
215020 51 Place du 8. Mai In Out 836
215020 52 Place du 8. Mai In Out 836
215020 53 Saint Julien Out Out 836 Rue Martial Spinneweber
215020 54 Saint Julien In In 850
215020 55 Saint Julien In In 850
215020 56 Charles de Gaulle Out In 846 Boulevard Charles de Gaulle
215020 57 Charles de Gaulle In Out 845
215020 58 Charles de Gaulle Out Out 845
215020 59 Charles de Gaulle Out Out 845
215020 60 Charles de Gaulle Out In 848
215020 61 Charles de Gaulle In In 848
215020 62 Charles de Gaulle In In 848
215020 63 Charles de Gaulle In Out 844
215020 64 Provinces Out Out 844 Avenue des Provinces
215020 65 Provinces In Out 842
215020 66 Provinces In Out 842
215020 67 John F Kennedy Out Out 842 Rue du President John Fitzgerald Kennedy
215020 68 John F Kennedy In In 845
215020 69 John F Kennedy In Out 833
215020 70 John F Kennedy In Out 833
215020 71 John F Kennedy In Out 833
215020 72 John F Kennedy Out Out 833
215020 73 John F Kennedy Out Out 833
215020 74 John F Kennedy In In 844
215020 75 Leon Blum Out In 842 Boulevard Maurice Ravel
215020 76 Leon Blum In In 843
215020 77 Leon Blum In Out 850
215020 78 Leon Blum In Out 850
215020 79 Paul Cezanne In In 833 Avenue Georges Braque
215020 80 Paul Cezanne In Out 846
215020 81 Paul Cezanne In Out 846
215020 82 Paul Cezanne In Out 846
215020 83 Paul Cezanne In Out 846
215020 84 Paul Cezanne Out In 850
215020 85 Paul Cezanne In In 850
215020 86 Georges Braque Out
846 Boulevard Jules Dumont d'Urville
215020 87 Georges Braque Out
846
215020 88 Georges Braque In In 846 AvenueGeorges Braque
215020 89 Georges Braque In
848 Boulevard Jules Dumont d'Urville
215020 90 Georges Braque In
848
215020 91 Saint Sever Out In 844 Avenue de Bretagne
215020 92 Saint Sever In In 844
215020 93 Saint Sever In Out 851
215020 94 Saint Sever In Out 851
215020 95 Europe Out Out 851 Boulevard de l'Europe
215020 96 Europe Out In 847
215020 97 Europe In In 847
215020 98 Europe In In 847
215020 99 Europe Out Out 849
215020 100 Europe In In 838
215020 101 Europe In Out 852
215020 102 Honore de Balzac Out Out 852
215020 103 Honore de Balzac Out in 843
215020 104 Honore de Balzac In In 843
215020 105 Honore de Balzac In Out 853
215020 106 Voltaire In In 835 Rue Leon Blum
215020 107 Garibaldi Out In 839
215020 108 Garibaldi In In 839
215020 109 Garibaldi Out Out 847
215020 110 Garibaldi Out Out 847
215020 111 Garibaldi Out In 851
215020 112 Garibaldi In In 851
215020 113 Garibaldi In In 851
215020 114 Hotel de Ville - Sotteville Out In 849 Avenue Jean Jaures
215020 115 Hotel de Ville - Sotteville Out In 849
215020 116 Hotel de Ville - Sotteville In In 849 Rue Leon Blum
215020 117 Hotel de Ville - Sotteville Out In 852 Avenue Jean Jaures
215020 118 Hotel de Ville - Sotteville In In 852
215020 119 Hotel de Ville - Sotteville In In 852
215020 120 Hotel de Ville - Sotteville In Out 843
215020 121 14. Juillet Out Out 843 Rue Marcel Lechevallier
215020 122 14. Juillet In Out 840 Avenue Jean Jaures
215020 123 14. Juillet In Out 840
215020 124 Jean Zay Out Out 840 Rue Colonel Fabien
215020 125 Jean Zay Out In 847 Rue Jean-Richard Bloch
215020 126 Jean Zay In In 847 Rue Colonel Fabien
215020 127 Jean Jaz In In 847 835 outbound
215020 128 Toit Familial Out Out 835 Rue Jean-Richard Bloch
215020 129 Toit Familial Outr In 838
215020 130 Toit Familial Out In 838
215020 131 Toit Familial In In 838
215020 132 Toit Familial In Out 839
215020 133 Champ de Courses Out Out 839 Rue Jean Perrin
215020 134 Champ de Courses Out In 843 Rue du Madrillet
215020 135 Champ de Courses In In 843 Rue Jean Perrin
215020 136 Champ de Courses In In 843
215020 137 Champ de Courses In Out 851 Rue du Madrillet
215020 138 Ernest Renan Out Out 851
215020 139 Ernest Renan Out In 840
215020 140 Ernest Renan In In 840
215020 141 Ernest Renan Out In 835 Rue Ernest Renan
215020 142 Ernest Renan Out In 835
215020 143 Ernest Renan In In 835
215020 144 Ernest Renan Out In 839 Rue Simone Signoret
215020 145 Ernest Renan Out In 839
215020 146 Ernest Renan In In 839 Rue Ernest Renan
215020 147 Ernest Renan In Out 849 Rue Simone Signoret
215020 148 Le Parc Out In 851 Peri henri Wallon
215020 149 Le Parc In In 851
215020 150 Le Parc In Out 856
215020 151 Le Parc Out Out 856
215020 152 Le Parc In Out 852
215020 153 Le Parc In Out 852
215020 154 Maryse Bastie In In 849 Peri Saint Just
215020 155 Maryse Bastie In In 856
215020 156 Technopole Out In 852 Avenue de la Mare aux Daims
215020 157 Technopole In In 852
215020 158 Technopole In Out 832
215020 159 Technopole In Out 832
215020 160 Technopole Out
832
215020 161 Technopole Out
832
215020 162 Technopole In
833
215020 163 Technopole In
833
215020 164 Technopole In
833 833 and 827
215020 165 Boulingrin Out

Boulevard de l'Yser
215020 166 Boulingrin In


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215020 1 Theatre des Arts Out In 838
215020 2 Theatre des Arts In Out 853
215020 3 Theatre des Arts In Out 853
215020 4 Theatre des Arts Out Out 853
215020 5 Theatre des Arts In Out 836
215020 6 Theatre des Arts In Out 836
215020 7 Joffre-Mutualite Out Out 836
215020 8 Joffre-Mutualite Out In 844
215020 9 Joffre-Mutualite Out In 844
215020 10 Theatre des Arts In In 844
215020 11 Theatre des Arts In In 844
215020 12 Joffre-Mutualite Out In 843
215020 13 Joffre-Mutualite Out In 843
215020 14 Joffre-Mutualite In In 843
215020 15 Joffre-Mutualite In In
215020 16 Joffre-Mutualite Out Out 845
215020 17 Saint-Sever Out In
215020 18 Joffre-Mutualite In In
215020 19 Saint-Sever In Out 844
215020 20 Saint-Sever Out Out 844
215020 21 Saint-Sever Out In 850
215020 22 Saint-Sever Out In 850
215020 23 Saint-Sever In In 850
215020 24 Saint-Sever In In 851
215020 25 Saint-Sever In Out 843
215020 26 Saint-Sever Out Out 843
215020 27 Saint-Sever Out In 846
215020 28 Saint-Sever In In 846
215020 29 Saint-Sever In Out 842
215020 30 Avenue de Caen Out Out 842
215020 31 Avenue de Caen Out In 848
215020 32 Avenue de Caen In In 842
215020 33 Avenue de Caen In Out 833
215020 34 Jean Jaures Out Out 833
215020 35 Jean Jaures In Out 850
215020 36 Jean Jaures In Out 850
215020 37 Jean Jaures Out Out 850
215020 38 Jean Jaures Out In 854
215020 39 Jean Jaures Out In 854
215020 40 Jean Jaures In In 854
215020 41 Francois Truffaut Out Out 846
215020 42 Francois Truffaut Out Out 846
215020 43 Francois Truffaut Out Out 846
215020 44 Place du 8. Mai Out In 842
215020 45 Francois Truffaut In in 842
215020 46 Place du 8. Mai In Out 848
215020 47 Place du 8. Mai Out Out 848
215020 48 Place du 8. Mai Out Out 848
215020 49 Place du 8. Mai In In 833
215020 50 Place du 8. Mai In In 833
215020 51 Place du 8. Mai In Out 836
215020 52 Place du 8. Mai In Out 836
215020 53 Saint Julien Out Out 836
215020 54 Saint Julien In In 850
215020 55 Saint Julien In In 850
215020 56 Charles de Gaulle Out In 846
215020 57 Charles de Gaulle In Out 845
215020 58 Charles de Gaulle Out Out 845
215020 59 Charles de Gaulle Out Out 845
215020 60 Charles de Gaulle Out In 848
215020 61 Charles de Gaulle In In 848
215020 62 Charles de Gaulle In In 848
215020 63 Charles de Gaulle In Out 844
215020 64 Provinces Out Out 844
215020 65 Provinces In Out 842
215020 66 Provinces In Out 842
215020 67 John F Kennedy Out Out 842
215020 68 John F Kennedy In In 845
215020 69 John F Kennedy In Out 833
215020 70 John F Kennedy In Out 833
215020 71 John F Kennedy In Out 833
215020 72 John F Kennedy Out Out 833
215020 73 John F Kennedy Out Out 833
215020 74 John F Kennedy In In 844
215020 75 Leon Blum Out In 842
215020 76 Leon Blum In In 843
215020 77 Leon Blum In Out 850
215020 78 Leon Blum In Out 850
215020 79 Paul Cezanne In In 833
215020 80 Paul Cezanne In Out 846
215020 81 Paul Cezanne In Out 846
215020 82 Paul Cezanne In Out 846
215020 83 Paul Cezanne In Out 846
215020 84 Paul Cezanne Out In 850
215020 85 Paul Cezanne In In 850
215020 86 Georges Braque Out
846
215020 87 Georges Braque Out
846
215020 88 Georges Braque In In 846
215020 89 Georges Braque In
848
215020 90 Georges Braque In
848
215020 91 Saint Sever Out In 844
215020 92 Saint Sever In In 844
215020 93 Saint Sever In Out 851
215020 94 Saint Sever In Out 851
215020 95 Europe Out Out 851
215020 96 Europe Out In 847
215020 97 Europe In In 847
215020 98 Europe In In 847
215020 99 Europe Out Out 849
215020 100 Europe In In 838
215020 101 Europe In Out 852
215020 102 Honore de Balzac Out Out 852
215020 103 Honore de Balzac Out in 843
215020 104 Honore de Balzac In In 843
215020 105 Honore de Balzac In Out 853
215020 106 Voltaire In In 835
215020 107 Garibaldi Out In 839
215020 108 Garibaldi In In 839
215020 109 Garibaldi Out Out 847
215020 110 Garibaldi Out Out 847
215020 111 Garibaldi Out In 851
215020 112 Garibaldi In In 851
215020 113 Garibaldi In In 851
215020 114 Hotel de Ville - Sotteville Out In 849
215020 115 Hotel de Ville - Sotteville Out In 849
215020 116 Hotel de Ville - Sotteville In In 849
215020 117 Hotel de Ville - Sotteville Out In 852
215020 118 Hotel de Ville - Sotteville In In 852
215020 119 Hotel de Ville - Sotteville In In 852
215020 120 Hotel de Ville - Sotteville In Out 843
215020 121 14. Juillet Out Out 843
215020 122 14. Juillet In Out 840
215020 123 14. Juillet In Out 840
215020 124 Jean Zay Out Out 840
215020 125 Jean Zay Out In 847
215020 126 Jean Zay In In 847
215020 127 Jean Jaz In In 847
215020 128 Toit Familial Out Out 835
215020 129 Toit Familial Outr In 838
215020 130 Toit Familial Out In 838
215020 131 Toit Familial In In 838
215020 132 Toit Familial In Out 839
215020 133 Champ de Courses Out Out 839
215020 134 Champ de Courses Out In 843
215020 135 Champ de Courses In In 843
215020 136 Champ de Courses In In 843
215020 137 Champ de Courses In Out 851
215020 138 Ernest Renan Out Out 851
215020 139 Ernest Renan Out In 840
215020 140 Ernest Renan In In 840
215020 141 Ernest Renan Out In 835
215020 142 Ernest Renan Out In 835
215020 143 Ernest Renan In In 835
215020 144 Ernest Renan Out In 839
215020 145 Ernest Renan Out In 839
215020 146 Ernest Renan In In 839
215020 147 Ernest Renan In Out 849
215020 148 Le Parc Out In 851
215020 149 Le Parc In In 851
215020 150 Le Parc In Out 856
215020 151 Le Parc Out Out 856
215020 152 Le Parc In Out 852
215020 153 Le Parc In Out 852
215020 154 Maryse Bastie In In 849
215020 155 Maryse Bastie In In 856
215020 156 Technopole Out In 852
215020 157 Technopole In In 852
215020 158 Technopole In Out 832
215020 159 Technopole In Out 832
215020 160 Technopole Out
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215020 161 Technopole Out
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215020 162 Technopole In
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215020 163 Technopole In
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215020 164 Technopole In
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