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Tours Tramway

Tours councillors wanted to give their tramway project a rarely sought after coherence to the design of rolling stock and furniture, urban development and public lighting, urban strategy and public artworks...

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To this end a committee led by RCP (designer) produced and published guidelines. It proposed to make the tramway a new feature within the city landscape.

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This imperative strongly marking the implantation of the tram along the axis which defines the city; carefully reworking the ground cover within the conservation area; developing a sustainable landscape project; and incorporating within the station, artwork by Daniel Buren…

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Status

Completed September 2013

Location

Tours (37)

Client

Sitcat represented by Citétram (Syndicat des Transports en Commun de l’Agglomération Tourangelle)

Programme

14.8km tramline systems and development

Cost

369 M€

Design team

Systra + Xelis + Safege + ECCTA + Richez_Associés + Ivars&Ballet + RCP + Daniel Buren + Pierre Bideau