Saint-Étienne tramway  The Saint-Étienne tramway () is a tram system in the city of Saint-Étienne in the Rhône-Alpes (France) that has functioned continuously since its opening in 1881. The first tramway line was steam-operated and was opened by the (CFVE) on 4 December 1881, stretching for 5.5 km between and . The CFVE took over the lines and discontinued the use of steam in 1912. Lines with small patronage were replaced by trolleybuses in 1932 with all but one line closed in 1956 as a result of the impossibility of running these buses on the busiest line of the network. The decision to keep the tramway in the 1950s saw the introduction of the famous PCC tramcars to replace 1932 rolling stock and the Vevey-Alsthom tramcars in 1991-1992. The system is operated by the STAS. The Saint-Étienne tramway now runs from to after an extension of the original line from Bellevue station to Solaure in 1983 and from La Terrasse station to in 1991, with a length of 9.3 km. The old terminals are now where some trams turn back during peak hours and others continue to and . A line from Cinq-Chemins de Terre Noire to Saint-Jean-Bonnefonds opened in 1907 and closed on 1 April 1932 after being replaced by a bus service. Lines from the town centre to Le Pertuiset, Saint-Genest-Lerpt and Roche-la-Molière opened between 1907 and 1909. A second line to supplement the main route opened in 2006 to serve the Chateaucreux station. Trolleybuses were put into service on 1 January 1942 between and . The current and only carhouse is on the site near Saint-Étienne's northern hospital; until 1998 it was at . The carhouse as well as the PCC streetcars were demolished. The new carhouse was built south of and north of . It is the STAS depot for Saint-Étienne and houses buses, trolleybuses and trams. Saint-Étienne tramway currently runs a fleet of 35 tramcars built by Vevey and Alstom, and 16 trams built by CAF. There have been four large fleets of tramcars to operate on the network, the largest being the fleet of PCC cars introduced in 1958.