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title: Bordeaux Tram network – France
url: "https://www.systra.com/en/project/bordeaux-tramway-network-france/"
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date_published: 2020-09-14
date_modified: 2026-02-16
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type-market:
  - Urban mobilities
project-market:
  - Urban transit
  - Light rail
project-service:
  - Design
  - Project Management and Construction
  - Testing and commissioning
project-location:
  - France
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# Bordeaux Tram network – France

![Bordeaux Tram network – France](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/bandeau_tramway_bordeaux-e1611659205138.jpg)

**The Bordeaux tramway network is one of the most iconic of the revival of this
urban
transport mode in France. From 1997 to 2020, SYSTRA led the project management
consortium TISYA, responsible for the design and execution of 4 tram lines in
total.

Maximise the transport offer while reducing road traffic in the city in order to
highlight the architecture of the historic centre: it is to this complex
equation that the Bordeaux tramway network provides an answer, approved by more
than 100 million passengers each year.

The ‘Communauté Urbaine de Bordeaux’, now known as ‘Bordeaux Métropole’, chose
[the tramway](https://www.systra.com/en/markets/light-rail/) to transform its
image and integrate its public transport networks with its entire agglomeration.
More than two decades after this decision, the success is obvious with a network
of 4 lines, all in correspondence, linking all the activity, employment,
residential and tourism hubs. Present at all project phases, SYSTRA and its
partners signed a transport mode that is safe, reliable, robust and accessible
to all.

An additional challenge was the installation, as discretely as possible, of the
tramway at the heart of the 18th and 19th century architecture, enabled
especially thanks to ground-level power supply technology (APS) which dispenses
with the overhead contact line. This innovation was tested as a world first in
the hyper-centre of Bordeaux, before setting an example for many other networks
in France and throughout the world (Angers, Reims, Tours, Rio de Janeiro, Dubai,
Lusail…).

In 2020, a new chapter began with the extension of line D, latest addition to
the network inaugurated in 2019. An international reference, Bordeaux’s tramway
network has led to a modal shift in car traffic, while enriching the city
centre. The benefits in terms of both quality of life and
[the reduction of polluting emissions](https://www.systra.com/en/markets/power/)
are a success in which SYSTRA has been a key player.

Also in 2020, SYSTRA was selected to assist the city of Bordeaux with the
restoration of a historic bridge, the ‘Pont de Pierre’, the oldest bridge in the
city and part of the tramway’s route. The operation involved the use of
cutting-edge technologies, including our areas expertise in BIM, to ensure the
strengthening of the bridge.

![](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/page-52-bordeaux-1024x691.jpg)

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Management and Construction, Testing and commissioning

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[  T1 tram maintenance depot in Montreuil – France ](https://www.systra.com/en/projects/t1-tram-maintenance-depot-in-montreuil-france/)
[  Łódź Fabryczna railway station – Poland  ](https://www.systra.com/en/projects/lodz-fabryczna-railway-station-poland/)
[  Mwanza Central Station – Tanzania  ](https://www.systra.com/en/projects/mwanza-central-station-tanzania/)
[  The Tunis RFR (Rapid Rail Network) -Tunisia ](https://www.systra.com/en/projects/the-tunis-rfr-rapid-rail-network-tunisia/)
[  Alexandria Raml Tramway – Egypt ](https://www.systra.com/en/projects/alexandria-raml-tramway-egypt/)

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