Tram of Nice and the Littoral

The Tram of Nice and the Littoral was a network of Tramway serving Nice. It was brought into service on February 27th, 1879 and was then drawn by horses.

The creation of the Company of the Trams of Nice and the Littoral (TNL) was encouraged by the rapid growth of the population of Nice and the cities and villages neighborhood.

The goal of the TNL was to connect Nice and several other cities of the coast thanks to a network to metric gauge track. The lines were:

All the lines were electrified in 1900 and of the motorized oars were brought into service. In 1930, the TNL counted 144 km of ways, 183 oars and 96 trailers. With Cagnes-sur-Mer, the passengers could embark on the Tramway of Cannes to go to Juan-the-Pines, Cannes and Mandelieu-la-Napoule.

However, the coastal lines suffered from the strong competition of the buses and the lines of the seaside were closed since 1929, and the totality of the network périurbain disappeared in 1934. At the time, the press had greeted the disappearance of this old means of transport.

The municipality decided to close the urban lines gradually, so that there remained only four lines in 1939. During the Second world war, two lines were reopened because the buses had been requisitioned. The network then counted 48 oars and 22 trailers (some oars were built besides in 1942)

After the Second world war, the tram, badly maintained was gradually closed: Trolleybus were brought into service in 1943 and the last oar circulated on January 10th, 1953.

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