Tunis Light Metro

Predecessors Like most other major North African cities, Tunis (under colonial French rule) had an electric tram network that spanned a large part of the city. On the 5th of September 1885, horse-drawn trams first appeared in the city with the introduction of five lines, all running on metre gauge track. The network, which was operated by the Société Anonyme des Tramways de Tunis of Belgium, was soon joined by the network of the French Compagnie Générale Française des Tramways (CGFT) exactly one year later on the 5th of September 1886. and turnkey construction of the network was later entrusted to the German company Siemens. The first stone of the network was laid on the 23rd of November 1980, The new line, numbered as line 6, would branch off of Line 1 at Mohamed Ali station and continue running south to El Mourouj, over a total length of 6.8 kilometres, while the new LRVs would be based on Alstom's Citadis low-floor design and would increase the overall capacity of the system by around 5 percent. and entered service on Line 1 on the 17th of September 2007. The first section of Line 6, from Mohamed Ali to El Montazah, opened on the 11th of August 2008, The network's final extension, of Line 4 from Den Den station to Kheireddine, opened on the 11th of December 2009. ==Network==

As of 2025, the Metro network consists of six lines and a total of 61.3 kilometres of track, with 65 stations in service. Line 1 ;Place de Barcelone – Ben Arous Line 1 is the first and oldest line of the network. Opened on the 13th of October 1985, The line ran from Den Den station on Line 4 east to the city centre, then south on Line 1 trackage, terminating at El Ouardia 6 station. The line ran during the same hours as Line 12, with the morning rush being from 6:00 to 8:30 AM, and the evening rush being from 5:00 to 7:30 PM. == Infrastructure ==

Alignment Like most conventional modern light rail systems, the Tunis Metro runs entirely on its own reserved right-of-way, with no sections running in mixed traffic, thus allowing higher in-service speeds throughout the system. It includes a track connection with the Tunis-Goulette-Marsa (TGM) local railway, and TGM trains may also use the yard, as they follow the same technical specifications as the Metro network. The yard at Ariana, the northern terminus of Line 2, opened in 2001. and Ibn Rachiq was later also closed in order to speed up travel times through the city centre. == Rolling stock ==

Siemens-Duewag TW 6000 The first model of rolling stock to be used on the Metro was the Siemens-Duewag TW 6000, a model which was ordered as part of the turnkey contract for the construction of the network. • Bogies: type Bo-2-2-Bo • Electric motors: 2 x 240 kW • Weight: 40 tonnes • Length: 30 metres • Width: 2.47 metres Alstom Citadis 302 In January 2003, tenders were put out for the supply of 30 LRVs in order to increase capacity on the Metro network. A contract for 16 more trams was signed in July 2010, bringing the total number of Citadis vehicles to 55. The technical specifications for the Citadis 302 vehicles are as follows: • Length: 32 metres (64 metres when coupled in regular service) • Width: 2.4 metres • Height: 3.4 metres • Electric motors: 4 x 120 kW ==See also==