page_title: Bordeaux
section_title: Trams, buses and boats
hierarchical_section_title: Bordeaux / Transport / Trams, buses and boats
caption_attribution_description: English: Trams crossing on the quai Richelieu
context_page_description: Bordeaux is a port city on the Garonne in the Gironde department in Southwestern France.
  The municipality of Bordeaux proper has a population of 257,804. Bordeaux is the centre of Bordeaux Métropole that has a population of 796,273, the 5th largest in France after Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Lille with its immediate suburbs and closest satellite towns. The larger metropolitan area has a population of 1,232,550. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture of the Gironde department. Its inhabitants are called "Bordelais" or "Bordelaises". The term "Bordelais" may also refer to the city and its surrounding region.
  Being France's most prominent wine region, with a €3.37 billion turnover in 2009, it is both the center of a major wine-growing and wine-producing region hosting the world's most renowned estates, and a prominent powerhouse exercising significant influence on the world's wine and spirits industry, although no wine production is conducted within the city limits. It is home to the world's main wine fair, Vinexpo, and the wine economy in the metro area takes in 14.5 billion euros each year.
context_section_description: Bordeaux has an important public transport system called Transports Bordeaux Métropole (TBM). This company is run by the Keolis group. The network consists of:
  4 tram lines (A, B, C and D)
  75 bus routes, all connected to the tramway network (from 1 to 96)
  13 night bus routes (from 1 to 16)
  An electric bus shuttle in the city centre
  A boat shuttle on the Garonne river
  This network is operated from 5 am to 2 am.
  There had been several plans for a subway network to be set up, but they stalled for both geological and financial reasons. Work on the Tramway de Bordeaux system was started in the autumn of 2000, and services started in December 2003 connecting Bordeaux with its suburban areas. The tram system uses ground-level power supply technology (APS), a new cable-free technology developed by French company Alstom and designed to preserve the aesthetic environment by eliminating overhead cables in the historic city. Conventional overhead cables are used outside the city. The system was controversial for its considerable cost of installation, maintenance and also for the numerous initial technical problems that paralysed the network. Many streets and squares along the tramway route became pedestrian areas, with limited access for cars.
  The planned Bordeaux tramway system is to link with the airport to the city centre towards the end of 2019.
caption: Tramway de Bordeaux
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