Le Trace De Tramway T10 (2)

… and on via Massy TGV.

Stylish station …

… stylish walkway …

… and stylish trains!

Immediately, a strange looking building catches our eye, located in the woodlands on the west of the line.

This slightly quirky construct is actually the back of the line’s depot and workshops …

… and quickly we glide past the turnouts to turn the trams in!

We are now in office-block-land …

… where we stay until road D2 and tram T10 go under a bridge.

On top of the bridge runs Tram T6 with a stop for the hospital …

… and there below is T10’s track …

… but with no hospital stop; so no simple interchange between the two routes.

It is well past those cars in the distance and the lengthy interchange footpath is glimpsed in the photo above, lower right.

As we leave the hospital stop, we catch a glimpse of the benefits of trams. A bus has just left the hospital grounds and joins a queue of traffic whilst our seven segment tram simply glides past.

… almost in the middle of nowhere. It’s by that tiny D2, map below, top left!

But do not weep too copiously Paris tramophiles, as there are plans for an extension. As usual these are mired in heated debate.

… but should it go further, all the way to an interchange with new Metro line 15 and suburban train N?

The above is an on-street route, but some are suggesting that the line should not continue to Place du Garde, but plunge into tunnel at the present terminus …

The debate continues, but, at least with either solution, tram T10 will actually go somewhere!