PLANS to build a third metro line in the French city of Toulouse have been firmed up with the selection of a 21km core section with 17 stations running in an arc from Montaudran in the southeast via Toulouse Matabiau station and then west to serve the aeronautical zone at Colomiers.
THE mayor of Toulouse Mr Jean-Luc Moudenc announced a timetable for the planning and construction of the city's third metro line on July 7.
TOULOUSE celebrated the opening of tram Line 2, a 2.3km branch from the existing line at Ancely station to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport on April 10.
FRANCE's minister of transport, Mr Frédéric Cuvilier, has approved the staging of three public inquires in October related to the so-called Grand Southwest Railway Project (GPSO).