Nostalgia - Mongy and Buses From Lille-Roubaix-Tourcoing (1955-2016)

YouTube name: Jacques Quique.
Date: 1955 - 2016.
City: Lille (France).

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Lille tram line R: Gade Lille Flandres - Roubaix Euroteleport
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Lille tram line T: Gade Lille Flandres - Tourcoing Center
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I present to you the means of transport from 1955 to 2016. The names have changed successively... It was elrt- snelrt- tcc- transpole...

Gade Lille Flandres → Roubaix Euroteleport → Lille Terminus du Théatre → Alfred Mongy → Roubaix → Buisson → Croisé Laroche → Saint Maur → Tourcoing Center → Tourcoing → Romarin → Foch.

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Photos of Lille tram line R: Gade Lille Flandres - Roubaix Euroteleport

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The Mongy between Lille, Roubaix, and Tourcoing (1989)In the days of the Düwag trains, a chase with the trams along the boulevards.By Maurice Testu - August 8, 1989.

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Trams in Lille 🇫🇷 | Breda VLC 🚋 (2023)There are two tram routes, connecting Lille with Roubaix and Tourcoing. Both routes start from Gare Lille Flandres.By TheBulgarianRail - May 16, 2023.

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Lille-Roubaix-Tourcoing Tram Line R (Mongy) Lille-Flandres Station - Roubaix-Eurotéléport Breda VLC (2019)Lille-Roubaix-Tourcoing Tramway (Le Mongy) Grand Boulevard Tramway Line R / Grand Boulevard Tramway Line R Lille-Flandres Station - Roubaix-Eurotéléport Lille-Flandres Station 0:00 Lille-Europe Station 1:22 Romarin 3:11 Botanique 4:27 Saint-Maur 5:27 Buisson 7:10 Brossolette 8:37 Clemenceau-Hippodrome 9:22 Croisé-Laroche 10:51 Acacias 12:47 Wasquehal Bridge 14:01 La Terrasse 15:21 Wasquehal-Lille Pavement 16:23 Le Sart 17:58 Planche-Epinoy 19:21 La Brand 20:27 Villa Cavrois 21:49 Bol d'air 22:48 Parc Barbieux 24:25 Victor Provo Hospital 25:50 Jean Moulin 27:26 Alfred Mongy 29:06 Roubaix-Eurotéléport 31:01 Rolling stock / Stock: Breda VLC Filmed on: 05/27/2019By Trains of France - June 5, 2019.

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Photos of Lille tram line T: Gade Lille Flandres - Tourcoing Center

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Tramway Lille - Roubaix - Tourcoing, France (2016)The system consists of two interurban lines, connecting central Lille to the nearby communities of Roubaix and Tourcoing, and has 36 stations. The lines were built at the same time as the boulevards linking Lille to its two neighbours, and the lines run on reserved track within the boulevards for most of their length.By Timosha21 - April 23, 2016.

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Lille Trams Mongy (2010)See the tram from Lille to Tourcoing. Lille tramway is a tramway system located around the city of Lille, France. It is often called the Mongy, after Alfred Mongy, the engineer who created the interurban lines that make up the current system. The current tram system consists of two interurban tram lines, connecting central Lille to the nearby communities of Roubaix and Tourcoing, and has 45 stops. The lines were built at the same time as the boulevards linking Lille to its two neighbours, and the lines run on reserved track within the boulevards for most of their length. The first tram line in Lille was built 1874, and the electrification of the town system started in 1897. The current interurban lines were built in 1909. While most urban lines in Lille were abandoned after 1950, the Mongy remained in service as the backbone of the public transport network of the TCC, the predecessor of Transpole. Whilst the expansion of the Metro initially threatened the trams, they were kept in service. The line originally terminated in the street outside the Opera House in Lille, but was diverted into a tunnel and underground terminus at the Gare de Lille-Flandres, thus offering interchange with both lines of the Metro. The line was renovated between 1991 and 1994, and new low floor trams were provided. The lines are built to metre gauge and are electrifed at 750 volts DC. The tram system is operated by Transpole, the public transport operator for the Lille Métropole. Transpole also operates the Lille metro (a two line underground and elevated VAL system) and 68 urban bus routes, all of which share a common ticketing system. Improved bus fleets providing quicker and cheaper urban public transport also affected France's tram lines and for a while. Apart from three surviving fragments -- Lille, Marseilles and St Etienne -- France seemed finished with light rail.By NODDING CAT CHANNEL - November 7, 2010.

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Ilevia - the tram system of Lille in France (2022)The next time I visit Lille, I must make an effort to find the tram platform at Gare Lille Europe. In November 2004, when I visited the first time, I had a difficult time going from the metro platform to the tram platform (I guess I could not find the way or did not understand the Correspondence signs back then), as I had to return to Brussels, where I was staying, departing Lille Europe about 2 PM. Hopefully, in 2023, I will have the opportunity to return to Lille, as well as visit Charleroi and Antwerp.By Rail Public Transport 🏳️‍🌈 - June 27, 2022.

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