Avignon tramway

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The trains are white in color and have a blue-grey interior with upholstered seats in orange, anise green, blue and fuscia red. They were built at the Alstom factory in [[La Rochelle]] and were delivered to Avignon gradually between December 2018 and December 2019.
The trains are white in color and have a blue-grey interior with upholstered seats in orange, anise green, blue and fuscia red. They were built at the Alstom factory in [[La Rochelle]] and were delivered to Avignon gradually between December 2018 and December 2019.


The 14 trams are each named after an artistic personality with a link to Avignon with a biographical plaque and a summary of the works inside the tram. The sine [[Mireille Mathieu]] inaugurated a tram in her own name on 19 October 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PHOTOS – le "tramway du bonheur" inauguré par Mireille Mathieu à Avignon |trans-title=PHOTOS – the “tramway of happiness” inaugurated by Mireille Mathieu in Avignon |url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/societe/le-tramway-du-bonheur-inaugure-par-mireille-mathieu-a-avignon-1571505095 |work=[[France Bleu]] |date=19 October 2019 |access-date=4 July 2025 |language=French}}</ref> The other personalities chosen are: [[Daniel Auteuil]], [[Jeanne de Flandreysy]], [[Henri Bosco]], [[Jean Vilar]], [[Gérard Philipe]], [[Elsa Triolet]], [[Camille Claudel]], [[María Casares]], [[Pierre Boulle]], [[René Girard]], [[Agricol Perdiguier]], [[Nicolas Mignard]] and [[Olivier Messiaen]].
The 14 trams are each named after an artistic personality with a link to Avignon with a biographical plaque and a summary of the works inside the tram. The sine [[Mireille Mathieu]] inaugurated a tram in her own name on 19 October 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PHOTOS – le "tramway du bonheur" inauguré par Mireille Mathieu à Avignon |trans-title=PHOTOS – the “tramway of happiness” inaugurated by Mireille Mathieu in Avignon |url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/societe/le-tramway-du-bonheur-inaugure-par-mireille-mathieu-a-avignon-1571505095 |work=[[France Bleu]] |date=19 October 2019 |access-date=4 July 2025 |language=French}}</ref> The other personalities chosen are: [[Daniel Auteuil]], [[Jeanne de Flandreysy]], [[Henri Bosco]], [[Jean Vilar]], [[Gérard Philipe]], [[Elsa Triolet]], [[Camille Claudel]], [[María Casares]], [[Pierre Boulle]], [[René Girard]], [[Agricol Perdiguier]], [[Nicolas Mignard]], and [[Olivier Messiaen]].


===Depot===
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