The Rouen metropolitan area has 382,000 inhabitants and lies some 120 km northwest of Paris. 'Métrobus' is the coordinated network of two modern tram (light rail) lines and buses. The light rail line runs mostly underground in the city centre, then crosses the river Seine on an existing road bridge and after one more underground station it runs mainly on the surface with three underground underpasses at crossroads, but mostly on separate right-of-way.

15.1 km (2.2 km underground)

Commercial speed 19.1 km/h, 57,000 passengers a day

Stations have 60 m long platforms

17 Dec 1994: Boulingrin - Georges Braque / Hôtel de Ville-Sotteville

01 Sept 1997: Hôtel de Ville-Sotteville - Technopôle

01 Sept 1997: Palais de Justice underground station added

 Projects

none known

- Peak hour interval 3 min on shared section, 4.5 min rest of the day

- FARES (2007, in Euro) Tickets valid for one hour on Métro and buses:

Single - 1.40
10 Trips - 10.50
Carte Decouverte - 1,2,3-Day Pass
   1-Day - 3.70
   2-Days - 5.40
   3-Days - 7.00
10 Trips in 7 days - 7.60

Carte Sésame 31 Days - 41.50 (unlimited travel)

tcar - Official Page

Rouen metrobus at Wikipedia

Rouen Metro by Christoph Groneck feat. many photos

NEW: Christoph Groneck: METROS IN FRANKREICH / METROS IN FRANCE. Paris, Lyon, Marseille, Lille, Toulouse, Rennes, Rouen & Laon. - Aug. 2006, Robert Schwandl Verlag, ISBN 3 936573 13 1 (More info)

Pascal Godon & Charles Crespolini: m-é-t-r-o-b-u-s. Un métro léger pour l'agglomération rouennaise. - 1995, 192p., La Vie du Rail, Paris, ISBN 2902808550