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	The Tramway de Bordeaux consists of three lines serving the city of Bordeaux in south western France. The first line was opened on 21 December 2003; further extensions have increased the route length to 43.9 kilometres (27.3 mi). The system is notable for using a ground-level power supply of the Alimentation par Sol (APS) system in the city centre. It is operated by Keolis Bordeaux under a five-year contract awarded on 1 May 2009. The original tramway in Bordeaux operated between 1880-1958. Map of the Tramway de Bordeaux Links to a larger copy

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The first tramway line of Bordeaux, with cars towed by horses, dates back to 1880. In 1946, the public transportation system in Bordeaux had 38 tram lines with a total length of 200 kilometres (120 miles), carrying 160,000 passengers per day. A rudimentary system of ground-level power supply was used on some stretches with mixed success. As in other French cities at the time the mayor, Jacques Chaban-Delmas (first elected in 1947), embraced anti-tram arguments and decided to terminate the operation of the tramway. He found the tramway to be old-fashioned compared to the bus and its attachment to set tracks on the ground hindered the increasing flow of cars. The lines were closed one after the other. In 1958 the last line of tramway was terminated. (ref: Wiki)