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Historically, Toulouse had trams for a while, but like many bigger cities, they were removed in profit of cars. However, Toulouse has reintroduced a tram line in 2010 and has been expanding it since. Today, the main line goes from the city center, and goes all the way to the airport's entrance. The secondary line goes further behind the airport, to the exposition center.

Another little factoid: the tram network is integrated into the city's public transit network, which is managed by a single company; it shares several stations with bus stops and subway stations, and tickets from these are all shared. This means that you can hop on the bus, then switch to the tram, then take the subway with a single one-way ticket.

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[–] kokopelli@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I wish trans and trains were more accessible in the USA. That’s very cool.

[–] rxin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

This is my favorite typo. (Is it a typo?)

[–] kokopelli@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

I meant to say trams but given the current political climate in the US good luck getting trans

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's a good transport options in complement to the Metro. I used it some years ago and it felt quite slow compared to other trams I've used.

[–] Linkyu@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 months ago

Oh yeah it's definitely on the slower side. The fact that it shares the road with cars in some portions probably doesn't help either.