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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Owner | SNCF |
| Locale | Nantes, France |
| Transit type | Tram-train |
| Number of lines | 2 |
| Line number | Nantes - Clisson Nantes - Châteaubriant |
| Number of stations | 18 |
| Operation | |
| Began operation | June 15, 2011 |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge |
The Nantes tram-train (French : Tram-train de Nantes) is a tram-train network operating in the French city of Nantes and the surrounding region.
The Nantes to Châteaubriant railway line was part of a former Nantes to Rennes railway route which originally opened in 1877. The Nantes to Châteaubriant section closed to passenger traffic in 1980 and to freight in 2008. [1] Approval to modernise this line received approval in 2009; [2] and in 2014, the line reopened for exclusive use of the Nantes tram-train network, becoming the second line to operate after an existing line to Clisson opened in 2011, sharing track with mainline trains.
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