Orléans tramway, line B
location
Orléans / France
client
Communauté d’Agglomération Orléans Val-de-Loire
mission
architect of 11.9 km of tramway system and associated streetscape and transport interchanges
cost
395 M€
consortium
SNC Lavalin + Pingat Ingénierie + Richez_Associés + Atelier Villes et Paysages
station design
Sovann Kim
Press
‘Cléo’, Orléans’ second tram line, crosses the city from west to east, connecting with the tram network’s line A in the city centre, next to the cathedral. The track bed is green on the city’s outskirts: a long ribbon of turf, calm and unifying.
In the city centre the track bed is white: bordered with limestone from the Beauce region, in keeping with the stone of the cathedral and the paving of the medieval city.