Lignes d'Azur - The Nice Tramway

Lignes d'Azur is actually the name of the municipal public transport undertaking throughout the Nice area.  It currently only has one tram line, through the city of Nice, alongside urban and inter-urban bus services.

The Nice Tramway serves the heart of the city's shopping centre, Avenue Jean Medicin.

Nice Tramway is operated by a fleet of five-section domestically built Alstom Citadis trams.

Clear maps showing tram lines and local buses are at each tram stop.

Real time information is at every stop.  I'm not sure of there's such a thing as a Tram court amongst the seemingly homogeneous fleet of Alston Citadis.

I do like a simple ticketing system.  Ticket choices are a single ('solo'), 10-trip carnet ('multi'), a one day or 7 day pass, or a ticket which includes the bus connection to Nice Airport, the latter attracting something of a price premium q.v.

And even better when the ticket machines looks exactly like the printed fare information.  Very simple to use.

Trams have next stop displays on board: like the ticketing these are simple and clear to understand.

As the Tramway rounds Promenade du Paillon the tram's track are sunk in to grass.  I think this helps a lot with the post-construction aesthetics of tramways. 

Information booth in central Nice about the planned extensions ti Nice Tramway.  Sadly, closed at the time of my nocturnal passing.

The bus service between Nice centre-ville and the Airport is operated by Mercedes Citaros as routes 98 and 99.  These two routes command a considerable fare premium, with a single fare of 6 euros, compared to 1.5 euros on other local buses. However the local buses are only a short walk from Terminal 1 on Promenade des Anglais.  It remains to be seen which pricing model the new tram adopts.

One final gratuitous tram shot.