Paris tramway Line 3

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Tramway T3
Year opened	2006
Last extension	2006
Rolling stock	Alstom Citadis
Stations served	17
Terminal stations
Length	7.9 km (4.9 mi)
Average interstation	465 m
Journeys made	approx. 30,000,000 (per annum)
Paris region public transport Métro lines Line 1 Line 7bis Line 2 Line 8 Line 3 Line 9 Line 3bis Line 10 Line 4 Line 11 Line 5 Line 12 Line 6 Line 13 Line 7 Line 14 RER lines Line A Line D Line B Line E Line C Suburban rail (Transilien) Saint-Lazare Nord La Défense Est Montparnasse Lyon Airport shuttles CDGVAL Orlyval Bus Bus (RATP) Noctilien   Bus (Optile)   Tramway Tramway T1 Tramway T3 Tramway T2 Tramway T4 Other Montmartre funicular

T3 tram at Porte de Versailles

Tramway line T3 is the first modern tramway in Paris proper. Opened on 16 December 2006, it is known as the tramway des Maréchaux because it follows the boulevards des maréchaux, a series of boulevards that encircle Paris along the route of the former Thiers Wall (built 1841–44). The boulevards are, with three exceptions, named for Napoleon's First Empire marshals (maréchaux). The tramway line connects Boulevard Victor – Pont du Garigliano RER station in the western part of the XV^e arrondissement with Porte d'Ivry metro station in the XIII^e arrondissement.

The line carries 112 000 people per day.^[1] Work began in early 2009 on a 14.5 km extension from Porte d’Ivry to Porte de la Chapelle, via Porte de Charenton. This was expected to be completed by 2012.^[2] The extension project was then split into a smaller extension from Porte d’Ivry and a separate tramway line to Porte de la Chapelle.

Rolling stock

The material selected to power the T3 is the Alstom Citadis 402.

The trains, ordered in December 2003, are manufactured in factories at Le Creusot (bogies), Tarbes (electrical and electronic traction), Villeurbanne (electronics), Ornans (engines) and assembled at the factory of Aytré, near La Rochelle.

Their design aesthetic has been the subject of extensive research by several designers: Régine Charvet-Pello (and designers of his company RCP Design Global) for the general concept, the colorist for Vonnik Hertig tissues and indoor environments, Emmanuel Fedon and Luc Maillet for exterior trains. The livery of trains is personalized, combining traditional jade green RATP various visual symbols of the city of Paris.^[3]

Stops

Tramway T3
Stop	Connection to
Pont du Garigliano	RER C
Balard	Métro 8
Desnouettes
Porte de Versailles	Métro 12, Tramway 2
George Brassens
Brancion
Porte de Vanves	Métro 13
Didot
Jean Moulin
Porte d'Orléans	Métro 4
Montsouris
Cité Universitaire	RER B
Stade Charléty
Poterne des Peupliers
Porte d'Italie	Métro 7
Porte de Choisy	Métro 7
Porte d'Ivry	Métro 7

Extension

Work began in early 2009 on a 14.5 km extension from Porte d’Ivry to Porte de la Chapelle, via Porte de Charenton. This was expected to be completed by 2012.^[2] The extension project was then split into a smaller extension from Porte d’Ivry and a separate tramway line to Porte de la Chapelle. The current line will be renamed T3a and the new extension T3b^[4].

Extension of tram 3 currently under construction.

Gallery

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  Rolling stock of the T3 line, the Alstom Citadis design by RCP Design Global.

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  The T3 at a stop.

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  Inside the T3 Citadis.

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  Westbound T3 arriving at Stade Charléty.

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References

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