A second trolley line conceivable in 2020

Within 10 years, Angers city could have a second line of trolley. It will link Beaucouzé to Saint-Sylvain d'Anjou on a track of 16 km long(1).

The studies about the second line were launched in 2008 and designed to work out
the best track according to numbers of inhabitants, jobs, schoolchildren. According to the deputy-mayor in charge of the project, Bernadette Caillard-Humeau, "thirty-two stations separated from one another by a distance of 500 m will welcome some 42 000 passengers daily".

A first half will go from Beaucouzé inner city and pass by Belle-Beille university, then Patton avenue, Bon Pasteur boulevard, then cross the Maine by the Basse-Chaîne bridge. From there it will go up De Gaulle boulevard, then Marceau street and arrive at the Saint-Laud railway station.

A second half (linked to the previous by the line presently in construction) will start at the top of Alsace street, then will take, Louis-Gain street, cross Montaigne avenue, in direction of Deux-Croix, Allonneau boulevards and arrive in Monplaisir square before go away to Saint-Sylvain d'Anjou. The studies estimates at about 21 000 at Beaucouzé and 11 600 at Monplaisir district the numbers of passengers.

The city council think the project could be realized before 2020 in case of state'subsidies. But these could not comme soon considering the conditions of France public finances...

(1) http://www.angers.maville.com/actu/actudet_-Tramway-une-deuxieme-ligne-de-Beaucouze-au-parc-expo_loc-1402765_actu.Htm