Toulouse Tourism
Donjon du Capitole
BP 38001,
31080 TOULOUSE 6
Phone 05.61.11.02.22
fax : 05.61.23 74 97
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Toulouse
Blagnac International Airport
(IATA: TLS, ICAO: LFBO) is located in
the south of France serving the city of Toulouse. Airbus
assembles aircraft at a nearby facility, and test flights are
flown from the airport.
In 2005, 5,612,700 passengers used the
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The Véhicule Automatique Léger (VAL) metro system
The VAL is made up
of driverless (automatic) rubber-tired trains. The existing
line A runs for 12.5km. It was recently extended and now runs
from Balma-Gramont to Basso Cambo.
The new line B is planned
to open in 2007 will add 20 stations and will intersect line A
at Jean Jaurès. Line E (tramway) is going to be done in 2009,
and will roll from Beauzelles to Arènes. Line C exists since
line A, it is not VAL but classical railway line with SNCF
trains, it connects line A at Arènes. Another high-frequenced
commuter train line (D) runs to the city of Muret. (see List
of Toulouse metro stations and french page about Toulouse's
metro).
Credits
: This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the
Wikipedia article
"Toulouse".
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