Editing Tours (section)

==Transportation==
[[File:Tram Tours Maquette-exterieur1.JPG|thumb|Tram model, design by the French agency [[RCP Design Global]]]]
Today, with extensive rail (including [[TGV]]) and ''[[autoroutes of France|autoroute]]'' connections linking to the rest of the country, Tours is a jumping-off point for tourist visits to the [[Loire Valley]] and the royal [[château]]x.

Tours is on one of the main lines of the TGV. It is possible to travel to the west coast of [[Bordeaux]] in an hour and forty minutes. From there, the line follows the [[Mediterranean]] coast via [[Avignon]], and then to Spain and [[Barcelona]]. There are also lines to [[Lyon]], [[Strasbourg]] and [[Lille]]. It takes less than one hour by train to get from Tours to Paris by TGV and one and a half hours to get to [[Charles de Gaulle Airport]]. Tours has two main stations: [[Gare de Tours]], the central station, and [[Gare de Saint-Pierre-des-Corps]], used by trains that do not terminate in Tours.

[[Tours Loire Valley Airport]] connects the Loire Valley to European cities.

Historically, Tours was served by [[tram]]s and [[trolleybus]]es, the [[Trolleybuses in Tours|trolleybus system]] lasting from 1949 to 1968.
Tram service returned to the city in 2013, when a new [[Tours tramway|tram system]] began operation. Twenty-one [[Alstom Citadis]] trams were ordered.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/tours-selects-citadis-and-aps.html
|access-date=15 September 2010 |date=14 September 2010 |work=[[Railway Gazette International]] |location =London |title=Tours selects Citadis and APS}}</ref>

There is also a bus service, the main central stop being ''Jean Jaurès'', next to the [[Hôtel de Ville, Tours|Hôtel de Ville]], and ''[[rue Nationale]]'', the [[high street]] of Tours. The tram and bus networks are operated by Fil Bleu and they share a ticketing system. A second tram line is scheduled for 2025.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://letramdetours.net/|title=Tramway de Tours – Le Tram de Tours|website=letramdetours.net}}</ref>