Type of services
The backbone of Nice Urban Transport System is two tramlines. Line 1, which was opened in 2007 with the support of Ingerop, was one of the first trams to carry an onboard battery in order to cross place Garibaldi and place Massena without any overhead wire. The line is 10km long with 22 stations.
The first stage of Line 2 was opened in June 2018. This new line has three distinctive attributes:
– It operates the next generation of Alstom Citadis tramway
– It uses an innovative energy system consisting of an onboard battery that recharges in 20 seconds when the tram stops at a station. The tramway system does not need any overhead power-charging system
– The line has an underground section of 4km which crosses the historic district of Nice. This specific section includes four “metro-like” underground station
