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=== Public transport === ====Urban transport network==== [[File:Tramway Caen 1008 et 1022.jpg|thumb|[[Caen tramway|The current Caen tramway]] opened in 2019.]] Twisto is the urban transport network of Caen, including about sixty bus lines and 3 tramway lines.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.twisto.fr/ |title=Twisto - Les Mobilités de Caen la mer |access-date=23 January 2022 |archive-date=23 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123025703/https://www.twisto.fr/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Caen tramway|present tram network]] officially opened on 27 July 2019 replacing the [[Caen Guided Light Transit]] ({{langx|fr|'''TVR de Caen'''}} but known locally as the "tram"), a guided [[trolleybus]] network which operated from 2002 to 2017, which was closed due to reliability issues. The city previously had [[Trams in Caen|a tramway]] which operated from 1860 to 1937. ==== Rail ==== [[File:Gare Caen - Caen (FR14) - 2021-11-11 - 11.jpg|thumb|[[Caen station|Caen railway station]]]] Caen also had several main and [[Branch line|branch railway]] lines linking [[Caen station|Caen railway station]] ({{langx|fr|'''Gare de Caen'''}}) to all parts of Normandy with lines to [[Gare St-Lazare|Paris]], [[Vire]], [[Flers, Orne|Flers]], [[Cabourg]], [[Houlgate]], [[Deauville]], [[Saint-Lô]], [[Bayeux]] and [[Cherbourg-Octeville|Cherbourg]]. Now the SNCF operates the Paris-Caen-Cherbourg, Caen-Rouen, Caen-[[Le Mans]]-Tours, Caen-[[Rennes]] services and some others small lines,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tendanceouest.com/actualite-337499-normandie-derniers-ajustements-pour-les-nouveaux-horaires-des-trains-en-2020 |title=Normandie. Derniers ajustements pour les nouveaux horaires des trains en 2020 |access-date=23 January 2022 |archive-date=23 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123025531/https://www.tendanceouest.com/actualite-337499-normandie-derniers-ajustements-pour-les-nouveaux-horaires-des-trains-en-2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> while Railcoop will soon open new lines such as Lille-Amiens-Rouen-Caen-Rennes-Nantes and Paris-Caen-Brest making Caen railway station its north-western hub.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://actu.fr/economie/avec-railcoop-deux-nouvelles-lignes-de-train-passeront-par-la-manche_47990212.html |title=Avec Railcoop, deux nouvelles lignes de train passeront par la Manche |date=19 January 2022 |access-date=23 January 2022 |archive-date=23 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220123025530/https://actu.fr/economie/avec-railcoop-deux-nouvelles-lignes-de-train-passeront-par-la-manche_47990212.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Caen station is the second busiest in Normandy, after Rouen station.
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