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H-F21Gra2004.jpg (102909 bytes)

Metro de Toulouse. H/F 21 trainset. Gramont-Balma, 20/04/2006.

Photo Jean-Pierre Vergez-Larrouy (jean-pierre.vergez@tele2.fr)



H-F23Gra2004.jpg (100158 bytes)

Métro de Toulouse. H/F 23 trainset. Gramont-Balma, 20/04/2006.

Photo Jean-Pierre Vergez-Larrouy (jean-pierre.vergez@tele2.fr)



H-F26Gra2004.jpg (107627 bytes)

Métro de Toulouse. H/F 26 trainset. Gramont-Balma, 20/04/2006.

Photo Jean-Pierre Vergez-Larrouy (jean-pierre.vergez@tele2.fr)



H-F37Gra20041.jpg (109306 bytes)

Métro de Toulouse. H/F 37 trainset. Gramont-Balma, 20/04/2006.

Photo Jean-Pierre Vergez-Larrouy (jean-pierre.vergez@tele2.fr)



H-F37Gra20042.jpg (102768 bytes)

Métro de Toulouse. H/F 37 trainset. Gramont-Balma, 20/04/2006.

Photo Jean-Pierre Vergez-Larrouy (jean-pierre.vergez@tele2.fr)



SEMVAT_Toulouse_Metro_Line-A_Argoulets_1.jpg (55264 bytes)

Station "Argoulets" on Metro Line A (Basso Cambo-Balma Gramont).

This station gives on to a small park.

19th April 2004.

P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)



SEMVAT_Toulouse_Metro_Line-A_Argoulets_2.jpg (47862 bytes)

Station "Argoulets" on Metro Line A (Basso Cambo-Balma Gramont).

The "basement" actually accommodates for plateforms. One can see a VAL-208 set bound for Balma-Gramont, accross the left-hand window.

19th April 2004.

P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)



SEMVAT_Toulouse_Metro_Line-A_Argoulets_3.jpg (52241 bytes)

Station "Argoulets" on Metro Line A (Basso Cambo-Balma Gramont).

This is the Westbound platform (for Basso-Cambo).

19th April 2004.

P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)



SEMVAT_Toulouse_Metro_Line-A_Argoulets_4.jpg (59219 bytes)

VAL-208 set (bound for Basso-Cambo) seen approaching station "Argoulets" on Metro Line A (Basso Cambo-Balma Gramont).

The Hers Bridge stands in the background.

19th April 2004.

P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)



SEMVAT_Toulouse_Metro_Line-A_Balma-Gramont_1.jpg (48343 bytes)

Station "Balma-Gramont" of Metro Line A (Basso Cambo-Balma Gramont).

This is the street level, which accommodates a bus station and a large park-and-ride.

Escalators down to the Metro concourse are in the background.

19th April 2004.

P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)



SEMVAT_Toulouse_Metro_Line-A_Balma-Gramont_2.jpg (57151 bytes)

Station "Balma-Gramont" on Metro Line A (Basso Cambo-Balma Gramont).

This is the Metro concourse, built underneath the bus station.

19th April 2004.

P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)



SEMVAT_Toulouse_Metro_Line-A_Balma-Gramont_3.jpg (61031 bytes)

VAL-206 set seen approaching station "Balma-Gramont" on Metro Line A (Basso Cambo-Balma Gramont).

The Hers Bridge stands in the background.

19th April 2004.

P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)



SEMVAT_Toulouse_Metro_Line-A_Balma-Gramont_4.jpg (62954 bytes)

VAL-208 set seen leaving station "Balma-Gramont" on Metro Line A (Basso Cambo-Balma Gramont).

The Hers Bridge stands in the background.

19th April 2004.

P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)



SEMVAT_Toulouse_Metro_Line-A_Balma-Gramont_5.jpg (57919 bytes)

VAL-208 set seen approaching station "Balma-Gramont" on Metro Line A (Basso Cambo-Balma Gramont).

The Hers Bridge stands in the background.

19th April 2004.

P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)



SEMVAT_Toulouse_Metro_Line-A_Basso-Cambo_1.jpg (52797 bytes)

Station "Basso-Cambo" on Metro Line A (Basso Cambo-Balma Gramont).

19th April 2004.

P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)



SEMVAT_Toulouse_Metro_Line-A_Basso-Cambo_2.jpg (55485 bytes)

Station "Basso-Cambo" on Metro Line A (Basso Cambo-Balma Gramont).

19th April 2004.

P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)



SEMVAT_Toulouse_Metro_Line-A_Hers-Bridge_1.jpg (56344 bytes)

Hers Bridge on Metro Line A (Basso Cambo-Balma Gramont), standing between "Argoulets" and "Balma-Gramont" stations.

This bridge passes over Motorway A61 (Bordeaux-) Toulouse-Narbonne (background) and over the Hers (foreground).

The bow-string style is pretty much reminiscent of the Garde-Adhémar viaduct of the Valence-Marseilles HSL.

19th April 2004.

P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)



SEMVAT_Toulouse_Metro_Line-A_Hers-Bridge_2.jpg (52976 bytes)

VAL-206 set seen on the Hers Bridge of Metro Line A (Basso Cambo-Balma Gramont).

19th April 2004.

P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)



SEMVAT_Toulouse_Metro_Line-A_Hers-Bridge_3.jpg (45316 bytes)

VAL-206 set seen on the Hers Bridge of Metro Line A (Basso Cambo-Balma Gramont).

A railway line may see light for Freighters at a later stage between the Motorway and the Hers, avoiding Central Toulouse and Matabiau station.

19th April 2004.

P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)



SEMVAT_Toulouse_Metro_Line-A_Hers-Bridge_4.jpg (53777 bytes)

VAL-208 set seen on the Hers Bridge of Metro Line A (Basso Cambo-Balma Gramont), right above Motorway A61 "Autoroute des Deux Mers" (Bordeaux-) Toulouse-Narbonne.

19th April 2004.

P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)



SEMVAT_Toulouse_Metro_Line-A_Hers-Bridge_5.jpg (44171 bytes)

Hers Bridge of Metro Line A (Basso Cambo-Balma Gramont), seen from the front end of a VAL-206 set, bound for Basso-Cambo.

One can notice than VAL tracks are very basic. Unlike heavier rubber-tyre Metros (Eg: Paris, Lyons, Marseilles, Mexico city, Santiago Chile), there are no conventional rails at all.

19th April 2004.

P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)



SEMVAT_Toulouse_Metro_Line-A_Jolimont_1.jpg (63122 bytes)

Station "Jolimont" on Metro Line A (Basso Cambo-Balma Gramont).

Line A used to terminate here until Autumn 2003, when the extension to Balma-Gramont eventually reached completion.

This station has a large park-and-ride (foreground) and a bus station (background, down the Metro station).

19th April 2004.

P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)



SEMVAT_Toulouse_Metro_Line-A_Jolimont_2.jpg (59261 bytes)

Station "Jolimont" on Metro Line A (Basso Cambo-Balma Gramont).

Line A used to terminate here until Autumn 2003, when the extension to Balma-Gramont eventually reached completion.

19th April 2004.

P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)



SEMVAT_Toulouse_Metro_Line-A_Jolimont_3.jpg (38154 bytes)

Eastbound platform of station "Jolimont" on Metro Line A (Basso Cambo-Balma Gramont).

19th April 2004.

P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)



SEMVAT_Toulouse_Metro_Line-A_Jolimont_4.jpg (57329 bytes)

Jolimont viaduct, seen from the Westbound platform of station "Jolimont" on Metro Line A (Basso Cambo-Balma Gramont).

This picture is looking towards Balma-Gramont. One can guess pretty easily on this viaduct where Line A exactly used to terminate, pre-2003. The extension to Balma-Gramont features here a 60 %o (1 in 16.66) gradient...

One can spot the Hers Bridge in the background.

19th April 2004.

P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)



SEMVAT_Toulouse_Metro_Line-A_Jolimont_5.jpg (56560 bytes)

Jolimont viaduct, seen from the Eastbound platform of station "Jolimont" on Metro Line A (Basso Cambo-Balma Gramont).

One can spot the Hers Bridge in the background.

19th April 2004.

P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)



SEMVAT_Toulouse_Metro_Lines-A-B_Jean-Jaures_1.jpg (63210 bytes)

Station "Jean Jaurès" of Metro Line A (Basso Cambo-Balma Gramont).

This station is being extensively remodelled under the Line B project, due for completion by 2008.

19th April 2004.

P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)



SEMVAT_Toulouse_Metro_Lines-A-B_Jean-Jaures_2.jpg (60905 bytes)

Station "Jean Jaurès" of Metro Line A (Basso Cambo-Balma Gramont).

This station is being extensively remodelled under the Line B project, due for completion by 2008.

19th April 2004.

P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)



SEMVAT_Toulouse_Metro_Lines-A-B_Jean-Jaures_3.jpg (65157 bytes)

Station "Jean Jaurès" of Metro Line A (Basso Cambo-Balma Gramont).

This station is being extensively remodelled under the Line B project, due for completion by 2008.

19th April 2004.

P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)



SEMVAT_Toulouse_Metro_VAL-206_1.jpg (40495 bytes)

Interiors of a VAL-206 set used on Metro Line A (Basso Cambo-Balma Gramont).

This set dates back from 1993, viz. when Line A Stage 1 (Basso Cambo-Jolimont) entered service.

Ambiance is rather greyish, as on so many other trains built in the 90s...

19th April 2004.

P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)



SEMVAT_Toulouse_Metro_VAL-208_1.jpg (43802 bytes)

Interiors of a VAL-208 set used on Metro Line A (Basso Cambo-Balma Gramont).

This set dates back from 2003, viz. when Line A Stage 2 (Jolimont-Balma Gramont) entered service.

Ambiance is much warmer than on VAL-206 sets, whereas the seating arrangement is mostly transversal.

19th April 2004.

P.L.Guillemin (plguillemin@yahoo.fr)



TisseoH22Bal2808.jpg (63605 bytes)

Tisseo H 22. Balma (31), 28/08/2009.

Photo Jean-Pierre Vergez-Larrouy (jean-pierre.vergez@sfr.fr)



TisseoP12Mir2712.jpg (89132 bytes)

Tisséo Val 206 P 12 (Matra). Le Mirail, Toulouse (31), 27/12/2007.

Photo Jean-Pierre Vergez-Larrouy (jean-pierre.vergez@tele2.fr)



TisseoP15Bal2808.jpg (85444 bytes)

Tisseo P 15. Balma (31), 28/09/2009.

Photo Jean-Pierre Vergez-Larrouy (jean-pierre.vergez@sfr.fr)



TisseoP41Mir2712.jpg (103731 bytes)

Tisséo VAL 208 P 41 (Siemens). Le Mirail, Toulouse (31), 27/12/2007.

Photo Jean-Pierre Vergez-Larrouy (jean-pierre.vergez@tele2.fr)



tlsmetr1.jpg (57345 bytes)

A shot of Basso Cambo Terminus Station of Toulouse Metro Line A taken on inauguration weekend of Metro services in Toulouse, France June 26/27th, 1993. During that weekend the use of the whole public transport system of Toulouse was free of charge for everyone.

Photo and scan: Fridtjof Uth <100326.1536@compuserve.com>



tlsmetr2.jpg (57256 bytes)

This is car # P16 at Jolimont Terminus Station of Toulouse Metro Line A changing direction. Please have a close view to the tracks, the cars run on tyres.

Photo and scan: Fridtjof Uth <100326.1536@compuserve.com>



tlsmetr3.jpg (47964 bytes)

This is car # P22 speeding into Jolimont Terminus Station of Toulouse Metro Line A. Please note that there is no train driver. The whole Toulouse Metro systems runs fully automatically.

Photo and scan: Fridtjof Uth <100326.1536@compuserve.com>



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