Bonjour,
the next stop of the tour was Tours (no pun intended ;-)). It's ideally located for several trips to neihbouring cities. Let's start with pictures taken in Tours and Orléans
Tours
Tours has one tram line. The design is quite unique and offers a contrast to usually round design used in new frensh tram networks. I liked the design: These angled, silver-grey trains have special vibe.
Silver tram and blue sky, thats all I need.
At dusk I started to recignize, how bright the lighting of trams was
In the city centre the tram uses APS to avoid overhead wiring.
Near station "Anatole France" a bridge spans across the Loire. This was my favourite spot for taking pictures
I guess everybody who travels to Tours for tram watchting, takes this pictures: A view from "Anatole France" across the bridge to the other side, where the tram climbs up a steep hill (and the flags give it a nice touch too).
Or do you prefer trams in the greens? No problem, Tours has this as well
The interieur seem to be a lot more fancy than usual
The "Cockpit"
The stripes on the floor of the station from a quite different perspective. These stripes do lead to the trams door
Tours railway station at dusk
The no-frill version to indicate where the different coaches will stop along the platform.
On the wall, there were mosaics of different cities. The SNCF is looking for patrons who will help financing the restauration of the mosaics. So if you have money to spare...
St Martin Basilica
The artwork at the tower of the former Collegiate St Martin pays tribute to bishop Martins good deed
In St Gatien Cathedral a whole window is dedicated to his life
Just one word: Wow.
And shot of the cathedral facade
As most medium sized French city has a cathedral, I was tempted to call the report series "Trams and Cathedrales". As I cannot pass by a cathedral without dropping in, I collected huge amounts of church and especially stain glass window pictures during this trip (luckily the memory card in my camera was huge enough to deal with it ;-)).
Orléans
Orléans has two tram lines. They intersect at "De Gaulle" station. Line A uses overhead wires
whereas line B runs using APS
The interior design, is more or less business as usual
Tram of line B in front of the cathedral
The cathedral in all its glory
On the inside, a windows is dedicated to this special, young woman (who got pretty hot feet later on). Mind a guess?
Loire, Bridge, Tram
Or do you prefer Loire, Bridge, Tram and Cathedral?
Or just Loire and Cathedral?
A nice piece of modern architecture: The station of Orléans.
The bridge "Pont l'Europe"
And finally, chow time in the butterfly house of the "Parc Floral de la Source"
This concludes part three of my little Tour de France.
Salut
Charly
the next stop of the tour was Tours (no pun intended ;-)). It's ideally located for several trips to neihbouring cities. Let's start with pictures taken in Tours and Orléans
Tours
Tours has one tram line. The design is quite unique and offers a contrast to usually round design used in new frensh tram networks. I liked the design: These angled, silver-grey trains have special vibe.
Silver tram and blue sky, thats all I need.
At dusk I started to recignize, how bright the lighting of trams was
In the city centre the tram uses APS to avoid overhead wiring.
Near station "Anatole France" a bridge spans across the Loire. This was my favourite spot for taking pictures
I guess everybody who travels to Tours for tram watchting, takes this pictures: A view from "Anatole France" across the bridge to the other side, where the tram climbs up a steep hill (and the flags give it a nice touch too).
Or do you prefer trams in the greens? No problem, Tours has this as well
The interieur seem to be a lot more fancy than usual
The "Cockpit"
The stripes on the floor of the station from a quite different perspective. These stripes do lead to the trams door
Tours railway station at dusk
The no-frill version to indicate where the different coaches will stop along the platform.
On the wall, there were mosaics of different cities. The SNCF is looking for patrons who will help financing the restauration of the mosaics. So if you have money to spare...
St Martin Basilica
The artwork at the tower of the former Collegiate St Martin pays tribute to bishop Martins good deed
In St Gatien Cathedral a whole window is dedicated to his life
Just one word: Wow.
And shot of the cathedral facade
As most medium sized French city has a cathedral, I was tempted to call the report series "Trams and Cathedrales". As I cannot pass by a cathedral without dropping in, I collected huge amounts of church and especially stain glass window pictures during this trip (luckily the memory card in my camera was huge enough to deal with it ;-)).
Orléans
Orléans has two tram lines. They intersect at "De Gaulle" station. Line A uses overhead wires
whereas line B runs using APS
The interior design, is more or less business as usual
Tram of line B in front of the cathedral
The cathedral in all its glory
On the inside, a windows is dedicated to this special, young woman (who got pretty hot feet later on). Mind a guess?
Loire, Bridge, Tram
Or do you prefer Loire, Bridge, Tram and Cathedral?
Or just Loire and Cathedral?
A nice piece of modern architecture: The station of Orléans.
The bridge "Pont l'Europe"
And finally, chow time in the butterfly house of the "Parc Floral de la Source"
This concludes part three of my little Tour de France.
Salut
Charly
