<html>  <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Microsoft FrontPage 5.0"> <meta name="ProgId" content="FrontPage.Editor.Document"> <title>Montpellier</title> <meta http-equiv="Page-Enter" content="revealTrans(Duration=1.0,Transition=0)"> </head>  <body bgcolor="#000000" link="#FFFFFF" vlink="#FFFFFF" alink="#FFFFFF" text="#FFFFFF"> <p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 6"><b> <font face="Script MT Bold" size="6" color="#972035">Les annes &quot;50&quot; des  tramways franais</font></b></p> <div align="center">   <center>  <table border="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="931" id="AutoNumber2" cellpadding="0" height="75">   <tr>     <td width="15" align="center" bgcolor="#004080" height="58" colspan="2">     &nbsp;</td>     <td width="70" align="center" bgcolor="#004080" height="58">     <a style="text-decoration: none" href="http://histoiretransport.free.fr">     <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Script MT Bold" size="4">     Index</font><font face="Script MT Bold" size="4"> gnral</font></a></td>     <td width="70" align="center" bgcolor="#004080" height="58" style="color: #FFFFFF">     <a style="text-decoration: none" href="../../liste_alpha/liste_alpha.htm">     <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Script MT Bold" size="4">     Index</font><font face="Script MT Bold" size="4"> tramway</font></a></td>     <td width="70" align="center" bgcolor="#972035" height="58">&nbsp;</td>     <td width="70" align="center" bgcolor="#972035" height="58">&nbsp;</td>     <td width="70" align="center" bgcolor="#972035" height="58">&nbsp;</td>     <td width="70" align="center" bgcolor="#972035" height="58">&nbsp;</td>     <td width="70" align="center" bgcolor="#972035" height="58">&nbsp;</td>     <td width="70" align="center" bgcolor="#972035" height="58">&nbsp;</td>     <td width="70" align="center" bgcolor="#972035" height="58">&nbsp;</td>     <td width="70" align="center" bgcolor="#972035" height="58">&nbsp;</td>     <td width="71" align="center" bgcolor="#972035" height="58">&nbsp;</td>     <td width="150" align="center" bgcolor="#972035" height="58">&nbsp;</td>     <td width="5" align="center" bgcolor="#972035" height="58">&nbsp;</td>   </tr>   <tr>     <td width="15" align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top" style="color: #000000" height="17" colspan="2">     &nbsp;</td>     <td width="618" align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" colspan="10" valign="top" style="color: #000000" height="17">     &nbsp;</td>     <td width="71" align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" height="17">&nbsp;</td>     <td width="150" align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" height="17">&nbsp;</td>     <td width="5" align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" height="17">&nbsp;</td>   </tr>   <tr>     <td width="15" align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top" style="color: #000000" height="351">         &nbsp;</td>     <td width="811" align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top" style="color: #000000" height="351" colspan="11"> <p align="center" style="margin-top: 6; margin-bottom: 18"><b> <font face="Script MT Bold" style="font-size: 30pt">~ Montpellier ~</font></b></p>      <p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 3; margin-top:0">     <font face="Verdana" size="4"><b>Mise en service le </b></font><b>     <font face="Verdana" size="4">1er janvier 1898</font></b><p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 3; margin-top:0">     <font face="Verdana" size="4"><b>Suppression </b></font><b>     <font face="Verdana" size="4">le 31 janvier 1949</font></b><p align="center" style="margin-bottom: 30; margin-top:0">     <font face="Verdana" size="4"><b>Remplacement par des autobus</b></font><p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6"><b> <font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 1pt">Le rseau de  Montpellier comprenait une ligne de ceinture avec cinq embranchements. Les  services convergeaient vers la Place de la Comdie.</font></b></p> <p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6"><b> <font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 1pt">Le parc du matriel roulant comprenait 28 motrices  et 10 remorques. Entre les deux guerres, les motrices d'origine seront  vestibules et 8 motrices Nivelle acquises pour renforcer le parc.</font></b></p> <p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6"><b> <font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 1pt">Mais le rseau, dont l'entretien tait limit,  prsentait un aspect obsolte aprs 1945. La suppression est dcide : le  dernier tramway circulait le 31 janvier 1949.</font></b></p> <p align="justify" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 6"><b> <font face="Verdana" style="font-size: 11pt; letter-spacing: 1pt">En 2000, Montpellier renouera avec les tramways,  lors de la mise en service d'une ligne moderne, desservie par du matriel ALSTOM,  de type CITADIS.</font></b></p> <p align="justify" style="margin-top: 6; margin-bottom: 18"><b> <font face="Verdana" size="2">(sources : &quot;Histoire des Transports dans le Villes de  France&quot; - Jean ROBERT)</font></b></p>      </td>     <td width="71" align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" height="351">&nbsp;</td>     <td width="150" align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" height="351" style="color: #000000" valign="top">         <p style="margin-top: 100; margin-bottom:12" align="12">     <a href="montpellier_1948_rue_de_la_loge_veron.htm"> <img border="0" src="touche_montpellier_1948_rue_de_la_loge_veron.jpg" width="119" height="74"></a></p>         <p style="margin-bottom: 12; margin-top:0"> <a href="montpellier_1948_comedie_nivelle_veron.htm"> <img border="0" src="touche_montpellier_1948_comedie_nivelle_veron.jpg" width="120" height="75"></a></td>     <td width="5" align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" height="351" style="color: #000000">&nbsp;</td>   </tr> </table>   </center> </div> <div align="center">   <center>  <table border="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" width="932" id="AutoNumber2" cellpadding="0" height="59">   <tr>     <td width="13" align="center" bgcolor="#004080" height="42">     &nbsp;</td>     <td width="78" align="center" bgcolor="#004080" height="42">     <a style="text-decoration: none" href="http://histoiretransport.free.fr">     <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Script MT Bold" size="4">     Index</font><font face="Script MT Bold" size="4"> gnral</font></a></td>     <td width="80" align="center" bgcolor="#004080" height="42" style="color: #FFFFFF">     <a style="text-decoration: none" href="../../liste_alpha/liste_alpha.htm">     <font color="#FFFFFF" face="Script MT Bold" size="4">     Index</font><font face="Script MT Bold" size="4"> tramway</font></a></td>     <td width="66" align="center" bgcolor="#972035" height="42">&nbsp;</td>     <td width="68" align="center" bgcolor="#972035" height="42">&nbsp;</td>     <td width="67" align="center" bgcolor="#972035" height="42">&nbsp;</td>     <td width="67" align="center" bgcolor="#972035" height="42">&nbsp;</td>     <td width="68" align="center" bgcolor="#972035" height="42">&nbsp;</td>     <td width="66" align="center" bgcolor="#972035" height="42">&nbsp;</td>     <td width="69" align="center" bgcolor="#972035" height="42">&nbsp;</td>     <td width="67" align="center" bgcolor="#972035" height="42">&nbsp;</td>     <td width="60" align="center" bgcolor="#972035" height="42">&nbsp;</td>     <td width="152" align="center" bgcolor="#972035" height="42">&nbsp;</td>     <td width="1" align="center" bgcolor="#972035" height="42">&nbsp;</td>   </tr> </table>   </center> </div>  </body>  </html> 
