Strasbourg, France
Strasbourg is located in the northeastern France and is the official seat
of the European
Parliament. The city is close enough to Germany to have a Germanic name.
In 2006,
the metropolitan area had 638,000 inhabitants, the ninth largest in France.
Due to increasing traffic and pollution, the City of Strasbourg decided
in the 1990s to build
a new, modern tram system. Its goal was to pedestrianize and revitalize
the city centre.
Major roads were closed to automobile traffic, and stop parking in the
downtown, and
replaced by park-and-ride lots in the suburbs. The Strasbourg tram system consists
of six lines, A, B, C, D, E and F. Lines.
The policy of the implementation of the Strasbourg tram system is an outstanding
example
of good practice for the following reasons:
- Integrating transport planning and urban development;
- increase in the number of public transport passengers;
- reduction of through traffic in the city centre;
- innovative rolling stock;
- additional impact on other environmentally compatible means of transport.
 
Strasbourg tram and a route map
 
Tram stop, Alt Winmarik and Homme de Fer
 
Interior of Strasbourg tram and a ticket validator
All tickets must be stamped for validation before boarding the tram.
  
Strasbourg tram is passing through the narrow street and run on a wide
lawn field.
It is very convenient for a city traffic and tram passengers to enjoy an
outside scene through the clean wide window.
  
(L) Underground tram station of Gare Centrale Strasbourg
(R) A tramway crossing the Ill River in Strasbourg
 
(L) Interior and passengers of Strasbourg tram
(R) The entrance to the underground tram station of Strasbourg
 
Gare de Strasbourg
 
(L) Gare de Strasbourg
(R) Hoenhaim tram terminal. A large free parking lot and SNCF railway platforms
are at the next door.
Tickets of Tram and Bus:
 
Single-ticket: 1.30 Euro, valid for one single journey with or without a connection.
24hour-ticket: 3.50 Euro. Ticket valid for one person entitling them to use the bus
and tram
for 24 hours, the unlimited number of journeys.
24hour-ticket: 4.80 Ticket valid for two to three people entitling them to use the bus
and tram
for 24 hours, the unlimited number of journeys.
You can get the ticket at automatic machines at tram stations.
  
(L) River Ill and a cruising boat (M) Interior of Strasbourg tram (R) Police
officers are moving using a bicycle.
  
(L) Strasburg tram (R) Saint Paul's church
 
(L) An old house stands beside the Ill River. (R) St. Thomas's church
 
(L) Mansion in the Petit France district (R) Strasboug Cathedral
 
La Petit France
  
La Petit France
 
An elegant restaurant and old houses in the Petit France district
Strasbourg's historic city centre, the Grand Island, was classified a World
Heritage site
in 1988. Strasbourg is fused into the Franco-German culture and although
violently disputed
throughout history, has been a bridge of unity between France and Germany
for centuries.
Economically, Strasbourg is an important centre of manufacturing and engineering,
as well as of road, rail, and river communications.
 
(L) Ibis Strasbourg Centre Ponts Couverts (R) Holiday Inn Strasbourg City Centre
Hotel Mercure Strasbourg Gare Centrale has 68 guest rooms. The numbers
of smoking rooms
are 15, which are located on the 4th floor. Non-smoking rooms are 53, which
is located on
the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th floor. Hotel Mercure Strasbourg Quarter Saint
Jean, which is close
to the SNCF train station and Petite France quarter, has 61rooms. All are
no-smoking guest
rooms, and this hotel is smoke-free.
Hotel Ibis Strasbourg Centre Halls can be accessed by 5-minute ride of
the tram, and
is located near the River. It has a total of 97 rooms. Smoking rooms are
12, consisting of
the ratio of 12.4% of the total. Hotel Novotel Strasbourg Centre Halles
has 96 guest rooms,
of which 13 are smoking room. The percentage to the total is 13.5%.
Ibis Strasbourg Centre Ponts Couverts, which located on the banks of the
Ill river, has
the 60 smoking rooms, vs the non-smoking rooms 184, with together 244.
Hotel Ibis
Strasbourg Centre Petite France is located in the Petide France district
and the cathedral.
The total number of guest rooms is 98, and all non-smoking.
Le Grand Hotel, in front of the Strasbourg train station has 83 rooms and
all non-smoking.
 
Two nests of a stork are seen on the top of a chimney in the house of Parc
de I'Orangerie.
Strasbourg is the seat of several European institutions, such as the Council
of Europe, as
well as the European Parliament and the European Ombudsman of the European
Union.
 
(L) Parc de I'Orangerie (R) Palais de L'Europe
  
European Parliament
  
(L) Droits de I'homme tram station and European Parliament building. (R)
Agora, European Union
ストラスブルグはドイツ国境に近く、ライン河に面した都市で、その語源はドイツ語で「街道の街」で
あり、交通の要衝として栄えた。ライン川にはフランス最大の河川港をもち、交通の便の良さから
商工業が盛んである。ドイツとフランスが領有権を争った土地でもある。ストラスブルグ駅の端に
あるホームにはドイツ鉄道の車両が乗り入れている。フランス国鉄、TGVによりパリ東駅と2時間
20分で結ばれている。
ストラスブルグのトラムは1994年より運行されている。非常に斬新なデザインであり、トラム導入と
ともに都心の歩行者専用ゾーン化・トラムの停留所設備の整備と一体化した景観整備なども行った。
トラム導入後は公共交通の乗客数は大幅に増加し、なおかつ再開発が非常に高く評価され、交通
まちづくりの先進事例として評価が高い。
欧州評議会、人権裁判所、またEUの欧州議会の本会議場があり、ベルギーのブリュッセルと共に
EUの未来に関した重要な役割を果たしている。(参考：Wikipedia）
France, Germany and Switzerland
 Paris 2011 Mont Saint-Michel Marseille Nice Monaco Lyon Strasbourg Freiburg Basel Berlin
Railway Travel in Europe 2011
Smoking restrictions in France, Germany and Switzerland
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All railway trains should be completely smoke-free.
海外鉄道紀行
 イタリア鉄道旅行記 Italia Rail: Trenitalia
アイルランド鉄道旅行記 Rail Travel Ireland
ニュージランド鉄道旅行記 NZ Rail: Tranz Alpine/Scenic
オーストラリア鉄道旅行記 Brief Journey by Australian Rail
米国鉄道旅行記 Amtrak Acela Express/Boston_Newyork
シカゴCTA鉄道 Chicago CTA Rail
マイアミMETRO鉄道 Miami Metro Rail
ストックホルム・アーランダ急行 Stockholm Arlanda Airport and Express
ストックホルム地下鉄・近郊鉄道 Stockholm County Railways
Ｘ２０００の旅 X2000:Stockholm_Copenhagen Express
コペンハーゲン地下鉄・近郊鉄道 Greater Copenhagen Railways
パリ鉄道ターミナル Paris Rail Terminals
パリ地下鉄・近郊鉄道 Paris Metro_RER_Tram
バンコク・スカイトレイン・地下鉄・タイ鉄道 Bangkok Mass Transit/Thai Railways
台湾高速鉄道 Taiwan High Speed Rail
フィンランド鉄道、路面電車、地下鉄 Railways in Helsinki, Finland
インド鉄道・地下鉄 Indian Railways and Dehli Metro
ポルトガル地下鉄・鉄道 Portugal Metro, Railways
アムステルダム鉄道・市電 Amsterdam Rail
スペイン高速鉄道 High-speed train in Spain
バロセロナ都市交通 Barcelona Railways
ワシントンDC地下鉄・ユニオン駅 Washington DC Metro/Union Station
フランス国鉄の旅 Railway Travel in France
ドイツ国鉄の旅 Railway Travel in Germany
バンクーバー・スカイトレイン Vancouver Skytrain
カナダ・エドモントン地下鉄 Edomonton Metro
カナダ大陸横断鉄道・VIA Trans-Canada Railway, VIA
     高速鉄道建設の国際競争激化 Market Booms for new High-speed Trains
 鉄道全面禁煙化は世界の常識 Smoking ban in the railway trains of the world
2011年6月執筆 2011年5月写真撮影
禁煙席ネット主宰 医学博士 宮本順伯
★記事、写真の無断転載禁止
著作権は宮本順伯に帰属
★「禁煙席ネット」へのリンクは自由
The photographs were taken in May, and the article was written in June
2011,
by Junhaku Miyamoto, M.D., PhD.
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