User:Avaican/Line E (Strasbourg tramway)

Line E of the Strasbourg tramway runs north to south across the Strasbourg Eurométropole between the stations Robertsau Boecklin and Campus d'Illkirch. It is the only line that does not pass through Downtown Strasbourg or l'Homme de Fer station.

Previous tram lines
Robertsau was first served by the fourth line of Strasbourg's original tramway system, opened on March 12, 1883. The original line, which was horse-drawn and standard gauge, was electrified and converted to metre gauge from 1898 to 1899.

The sections of the modern Line E between  Baggersee - Landsberg, Gallia- République, and Lycée Kléber - Wacken correspond to other lines on the original tramway network. These lines opened from 1878 and the last was closed in 1960.

In March 1954, the tram line between Gare centrale and Robertsau Sainte-Anne was converted to bus operation. This conversion occurred as the rest of the tram lines were being converted or closed; the last line of the original tram system closed on 30 April 1960.

The modern Line E
On 25 August 2007, the new Line E opened on the modern Strasbourg tramway. This new line shared the tramway elle emprunte un tronc commun avec les autres lignes entre Wacken et Baggersee. Elle a, entre autres, pour objectif de dé-saturer la station Homme de Fer, jusqu'alors point de rencontre des quatre lignes du réseau déjà existantes, en ne la desservant pas, contournant ainsi le centre-ville strasbourgeois.