Le Puy tram

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The Le Puy electric tram , in the French town of Le Puy-en-Velay (until 1988 Le Puy), was in service for less than eighteen years.

The city, capital of the Haute-Loire department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region , had a population of just over 20,000 at the beginning of the 20th century. Because of the unique surroundings, created by former volcanoes, it was already frequently visited by tourists.

The Tramway de la Ville du Puy (TVP) opened here on November 12, 1896 , an electric tram that ran from the train station in the south-east of the city to the main square, Place du Breuil, where the prefecture, the Palace of Justice and the Theaters are located. From here she followed the Boulevard Gambetta to the village of Espaly, where strange rock formations can be seen. A second route connected the Place du Breuil in an easterly direction with the village of Brives on the other side of the Loire. The meter-gauge rail network thus covered a length of seven kilometers.

Seven railcars and four sidecars were sufficient to operate both lines.

With the beginning of the First World War , the tram traffic was stopped on August 4, 1914 and not resumed even after the war.

literature

  • Baedeker: Southern France . Leipzig and Paris 1907.
  • Jean Robert: Histoire des transports dans les Villes de France . Neuilly-sur-Seine 1974.