| Le Havre's old tramway | |
|---|---|
| Le Havre (Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie) | |
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 The tramway in front of the courthouse | |
| Operation | |
| Open | 1874 |
| Close | 1951 |
| Lines | Montiviliiers tramway (1899–1908) Côte Sainte-Marie funicular tramway (1895–1944) Côte's Funicular (1890-today) |
| Operator(s) | Compagnie Générale Française de Tramways |
| Infrastructure | |
| Propulsion system(s) | Horses (1874–1894) Electricity(1894–1951) |
| Depot(s) | Quartier de l'Eure |
| Statistics | |
| Route length | 57,414 km (35,675 mi) |
| 21600000 in 1913 | |
Le Havre's tramway was built when the municipality sought to equip itself with a modern form of urban transport capable of multiplying the travel possibilities of its inhabitants, as many other French cities at the end of the 19th century did. The tramway, inaugurated in Le Havre in 1874, first horse-drawn, then electric, served until World War I, transporting over 20 million people by 1913.
Competing with road transport from the 1920s onwards, it was gradually abandoned and disappeared shortly after World War II (in 1951), which was particularly destructive for the city. Following a favorable decision by the urban community in early 2007 to build an exclusive right-of-way public transport network, the tramway has been running again in Le Havre since 12 December 2012.