Montpellier opens tram line 5 from Clapiers to Saint-Jean-de-Védas

Tram line 5 links Clapiers in the north with Grés de Montpellier in Saint-Jean-de-Védas in the west, has 27 stops and has been in service since its inauguration on 20 December 2025; rides are free for residents. The project cost EUR 440 million in total, of which EUR 315 million came from the metropolitan area; the idea dates from 2010, planning stalled because of a moratorium in 2014–2016, and works began in 2019. The line brings a reorganisation of the bus network (24 of 40 city lines affected), and the metropolitan area is renewing its fleet at the same time with 77 new trains, 22 of them on line 5. (LOK Report, 22 Dec 2025)