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Basel's tram line 3 extended to Saint-Louis in France

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Location
Basel-Stadt (Switzerland) and Saint-Louis, Alsace (France) · 🇨🇭 Switzerland
Project
Tram Line 3 Basel–Saint-Louis (extension)
Investment
CHF 91 million (CHF 30 million Swiss share, CHF 61 million French share)
Status
Completed / In operation

On 9 December 2017, Basel's tram line 3 was extended by 3.1 km from the former terminus Basel-Burgfelden Grenze to Saint-Louis station in France, making BVB the first municipal transport operator worldwide to connect three countries with a single tram line. Total costs of CHF 91 million were split between Switzerland (CHF 30 million) and France (CHF 61 million); project partners included the canton of Basel-Stadt, Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe, and Saint-Louis Agglomération.

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