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Location / Name:
Nancy FR, Lorraine, Grand Est
What's Here:
the Nancy Guided Light Transit System, or TVR
Data:
GPS Coordinates: as needed
Phone A/C:
ZIP:
Access by train/transit:
None
The Scoop:
From Wikipedia: The system was implemented as a replacement for the trolleybus network. Operation of the system began in 2000. The system had problems with derailing vehicles, as well as heavy wear and tear of the pavement. In 2018, 12 vehicles from Caen were transferred to Nancy for use as spare parts donors.
The TVR system is planned to be replaced by a conventional low-floor tram system. Operation of the TVR is scheduled to end in 2021.
The system uses rubber-tired, three-section articulated vehicles. The vehicles use a pair of trolley poles to collect power from parallel overhead lines, and can also run independently without the central guide rail.
The Nancy Guided Light Transit or TVR is a guided bus system. The system uses Bombardier's TVR (French: Transport sur Voie Réservée) technology. The TVR replaced a trolleybus system in Nancy. End Wiki
The system has one line with 28 stations, and is 6.9 miles long (11.1km).
The operator of the system is: Service de Transport de l'Agglomération Nancéienne (STAN).
From Google Maps: Nancy, a riverfront city in the northeastern French region of Grand Est, is known for its late baroque and art nouveau landmarks, some dating to its days as the former capital of the Duchy of Lorraine. Its focal point is the 18th-century Place Stanislas. This grand square, decorated with gilded wrought-iron gates and rococo fountains, rests by the ornate palaces and churches filling the city’s medieval old town. end G
Acknowledgements:
Kevin B
Florian Fèvre
Jean-Henri Manara
Muselaar via Wikipedia FR
Wikipedia
Google Maps
Open Railway Map
Websites and other additional information sources of interest for the area:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Guided_Light_Transit
https://www.grandnancy.eu/la-metropole/decouvrir-la-metropole (en Francais)
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Photo by Florian Fèvre, June 2013
Photo by Kevin B, February 2015
Photo by Muselaar, May 2006
Photo by Jean-Henri Manara, 1986
The Station and Loop at Essey Mouzimpre
Gerard Barrois / Stade Marcel Picot
Most of the stuff presented here will be unlabeled, since I would be taking a guess as to their function....
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Judging from the few signals I can spot, it looks like they use standard vehicular style traffic lights, with bar signal lenses installed.
A standard traffic light for cars, the second "small" signal is for cars that are far enough up to not be able to see the main traffic signal head
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