Bombardier GLT/TVR
The tram stop on the city’s main Saint-Pierre square is traditionally a focal point for city’s trams - classic trams of the old system, and modern rubber-tired trams.
( 10.05.2009 , Yury Maller )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
Trams serving the Lines A and B meet at the city’s central-most tram stop. Timetables for both lines complement one another so the combined headway within the common segment in the city’s central area is evened out.
( 06.09.2009 , Stefan Mashkevich )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
A GLT tram loops around the city’s main square with the Castle of Caen in the background.
( 10.05.2009 , Yury Maller )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
Most of the historic city center was destroyed in heavy fighting during the World War II. The city was rebuilt, but the central Avenue Saint-Jean lost its former geometry in favor of a more angular grid.
( 10.05.2009 , Yury Maller )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
A GLT tram next to the walls of the Castle of Caen.
( 06.09.2009 , Stefan Mashkevich )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
The line via Rue de Geol curves around the walls of the Castle of Caen.
( 10.05.2009 , Yury Maller )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
A GLT tram next to the walls of the Castle of Caen.
( 10.05.2009 , Yury Maller )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
In the city center parts of some streets are converted into the dedicated GLT-only right-of-way, which practice takes up a lot of valuable space.
( 06.09.2009 , Stefan Mashkevich )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
The geography of the city provides for some steep grades for many streets radiating from the city center, hence, supposedly, the justification for the rubber-tired technology for trams.
( 06.09.2009 , Stefan Mashkevich )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
( 10.05.2009 , Yury Maller )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
A tram stop at the central campus of the University of Caen.
( 10.05.2009 , Yury Maller )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
( 06.09.2009 , Stefan Mashkevich )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
A specially built GLT-only ramp helps trams to navigate an particularly steep grade.
( 10.05.2009 , Yury Maller )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
A specially built GLT-only ramp helps trams to navigate an particularly steep grade.
( 17.02.2007 , Free license )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
A GLT tram operates outside of the city’s street grid through the grounds of the central campus of the University of Caen.
( 06.09.2009 , Stefan Mashkevich )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
A GLT tram operates outside of the city’s street grid through the grounds of the central campus of the University of Caen.
( 10.05.2009 , Yury Maller )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
The GLT line returns to city’s streets immediately north of the central campus of the University of Cane.
( 10.05.2009 , Yury Maller )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
A split between the two lines in the north of the system: to Campus 2 (branching off to the viewer’s right) and to Herouville-Saint-Clair (a straight move, to the viewer’s left).
( 10.05.2009 , Yury Maller )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
A split between the two lines in the north of the system: to Campus 2 (branching off to the viewer’s left) and to Herouville-Saint-Clair (straight ahead).
( 06.09.2009 , Stefan Mashkevich )
A dedicated GLT-only viaduct over the highway on the line to Campus 2.
( Late 2000s , Google )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
The guiding rail attachment and detachment points with the signal guarding the switch. One of the benefits of the GLT systems is that the depot doesn’t have to be located near revenue lines. The given stop is the closest to the depot on the Line A, and thus is used for vehicles entering and leaving revenue service.
( 06.09.2009 , Stefan Mashkevich )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
A GLT vehicle is entering service by way of attaching itself to the guiding rail at the designated port (in the front of the picture). For about 100 m. it is operated in guided mode but still under the diesel power.
( 10.05.2009 , Yury Maller )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
A GLT vehicle entering service reaches the first stop following the designated attachment port under the diesel power. The pantograph is seen going up as the vehicle switched to the electric power.
( 10.05.2009 , Yury Maller )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
A GLT vehicle in revenue service bypasses a guiding rail detachment point. GLT vehicles do need a designated port to attach to the guiding rail, however, they detach from the rail without a need for a port – the guidance rail on the right simply ends in the middle of the street.
( 10.05.2009 , Yury Maller )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
A GLT tram bypasses a short-turn loop that is located just one stop short of the full service loop. The given loop is used whenever the tram service to the northern University Campus is not needed.
( 10.05.2009 , Yury Maller )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
A tram returns from the Campus 2 loop. A rail branching off to the left leads into a short-turn loop.
( 10.05.2009 , Yury Maller )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
A GLT tram operates outside of the city’s street grid through the grounds of the northern campus of the University of Caen.
( 10.05.2009 , Yury Maller )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
A tight GLT tram loop on the northern campus of the University of Caen, at the end of the Line A.
( 06.09.2009 , Stefan Mashkevich )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
A GLT tram navigates through a development of apartment blocks in the north of the city, at the beginning of the branch to Herouville-Saint-Clair served by the Line B.
( 06.09.2009 , Stefan Mashkevich )
The GLT installation requires continuous excessive maintenance. In this photo routine repairs are done while the tram is substituted with regular diesel buses. As work is done on the tram right-of-way that in many cases is built outside of the street grid, and as regular buses generally do not run on the GLT right-of-way, the substitute buses do not follow the tram line itself, but rather detour via closest available streets.
( Late 2000s , Google )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
( 06.09.2009 , Stefan Mashkevich )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
( 10.05.2009 , Yury Maller )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
A split between the revenue line and the tracks leading to the guiding rail attachment and detachment points. The given location is the closest to the depot, and thus is used for vehicles entering and leaving revenue service.
( 10.05.2009 , Yury Maller )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
One of the benefits of the GLT systems is that the depot doesn’t have to be located near revenue lines. In this photo a tram on the morning depot pullout run operates in the diesel bus mode as it approaches the guiding rail attachment port.
( 10.05.2009 , Yury Maller )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
A tram pauses to attach itself to the guiding rail at the designated attachment port.
( 10.05.2009 , Yury Maller )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
The GLT installation is notorious for technical difficulties and daily mishaps. In this photo a tram on the morning depot pullout run fails to properly attach to the guiding rail at the designated port, leaves the right-of-way, and heads back to the depot.
( 10.05.2009 , Yury Maller )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
A tram on the morning depot pullout run enters the revenue line after attaching to the guiding rail at the designated attachment port located prior to the given intersection. For about 200 m. trams on depot runs operate in guided mode but still under the diesel power – note absence of an overhead. Also note that trams detach from the guiding rail without a need for a port – the guidance rail on the right simply ends in the middle of the street.
( 10.05.2009 , Yury Maller )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
A tram enters revenue service at the stop closest to the depot. The tram arrived at the stop under the diesel power, but switched to the electric power as the pantograph just went up.
( 10.05.2009 , Yury Maller )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
The GLT tram Line B serves a development of apartment blocks in the suburban town of Herouville-Saint-Clair, located to the north of the city of Caen. Technically speaking the given line is an interurban installation.
( 10.05.2009 , Yury Maller )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
An imposing station complex at the northern terminal of the Line B.
( 10.05.2009 , Yury Maller )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
A tight GLT tram loop at the northern end of the Line B.
( 10.05.2009 , Yury Maller )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
Diesel buses and GLT trams are neatly stocked up at the Depot.
( 10.05.2009 , Yury Maller )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
A GLT tram pictured in the vicinity of the Depot on the early morning pullout run. One of the benefits of the GLT systems is that the depot doesn’t have to be located near revenue lines. In Caen GLT trams reach the depot under the diesel power in the regular diesel bus mode.
( 10.05.2009 , Yury Maller )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
A GLT tram on the early morning depot pullout run, operating under the diesel power. The tram leaves the industrial park where the depot is located, and heads for the Line B that runs to the east of the depot. Trams serving the Line A make a turn in the opposite direction, heading west.
( 10.05.2009 , Yury Maller )
Bombardier GLT/TVR
A GLT tram on the early morning depot pullout run, operating under the diesel power.
( 10.05.2009 , Yury Maller )
