Tram line 1 in Montpellier
Stops: 31
Route length: approximately 17.6 km
End-to-end journey time: approximately 58 minutes
Line 1 links the northwestern Mosson district with Montpellier Sud de France railway station, passing through the hospital and university district, the city centre and the eastern development areas.
Opened in 2000 as Montpellier’s first modern tram line, it originally terminated at the stop now called Place de France. Extensions reached the Odysseum shopping centre in 2009 and Montpellier Sud de France railway station in October 2025. The line provides a direct connection between the city’s two main railway stations.
From Mosson, Line 1 passes the Stade de la Mosson and runs through La Paillade and Hauts de Massane before turning towards Euromédecine and the Domaine d’Ô.
It continues through the hospital and university district, serving Lapeyronie hospital and the Triolet campus, then heads towards the centre through Saint-Éloi and Boutonnet. Passing the Corum, it reaches Place de la Comédie and Montpellier Saint-Roch railway station.
The route then turns east through Antigone to Place de l’Europe and the River Lez. Beyond Moularès and Port Marianne, it serves the Millénaire area, Place de France and the Odysseum shopping centre. The final section crosses the A709 motorway to terminate at Montpellier Sud de France railway station in the Cambacérès district.
Below is a stop-by-stop description of the route of tram line 1 in Montpellier. Times shown are an estimate of the time taken to travel between each stop.
The following icons are shown next to the name of the stop to indicate interchanges with other routes
- Interchange for other tram routes.
- Interchange on to bus routes.
- Interchange on to train routes.
- Interchange on to metro/subway/underground routes.
- Interchange on to boat routes.
- Interchange for airport.
- Interchange for a cable-car/urban cable-car service.
- Interchange for a lift.
Mosson is a tram stop located next to Rue Peter Benenson and the M65. The stop and the nearby district take their name from the River Mosson.
The stop is also served by tram line 3 and provides connections to bus services.
Stade de la Mosson is a tram stop located on Rus de Cos, near to the Stade de la Mosson, home of Montpellier Hérault Sport Club.
Halles de la Paillade is a tram stop located on Rue de Bologne, near the junction with Rue d'Oxford. The stop is named after the nearby Halles des Quatre Saisons, a covered food market in the La Paillade area
The stop provides connections to bus services.
Saint-Paul is a tram stop located on Rue de Bologne near the junction with Avenue du Lauragais
Hauts de Massane is a tram stop located on Adenue de l'Europe near the junction with Avenue de Gimel.
The stop provides connections to bus services.
Euromédecine is a tram stop located on Avenue de Gimel, near the junction with Rte de Grabels. The stop is named after the nearby Euromédecine business and research park.
The stop provides connections to bus services.
Malbosc - Domaine d'Ô is a tram stop located on Avenue Ernest Hemmingway, near the junction with Rue de la Carrierasse and the entrance to the Domaine d’Ô.
The stop provides connections to bus services.
Château d'Ô is a tram stop located next to Rdpt du Château d'Ô. The stop is named after Château d'Ô, an eighteenth-century country residence known locally as a “folie”.
The stop provides connections to bus services.
Occitanie Hôpitaux - Facultés is a tram stop located on Rte de Ganges, near the junction with Avenue d'Occitanie. The stop serves the University of Montpellier’s Arnaud de Villeneuve health campus.
The stop provides connections to bus services.
Hôpital Lapeyronie is a tram stop located on Rte de Ganges, next to Lapeyronie Hospital, part of Montpellier’s university hospital complex.
Université Montpellier - Triolet is a tram stop located on Avenue Emile Diacon at the junction with Avenue Augustine Fliche. The stop serves the University of Montpellier’s Triolet campus.
The stop provides connections to bus services.
Saint-Éloi is a tram interchange located on Avenue Émile Bertin-Sans, near the junction with Avenue du Dr Pezet. The stop serves Saint-Éloi Hospital.
The stop provides connections to bus services.
Boutonnet - Cité des Arts is a tram stop located on Av. du Professeur Grasset, at the junction with Rue Martin Choisy. The stop serves the Boutonnet neighbourhood and the Cité des Arts.
The stop is also served by tram line 5 and provides connections to bus services.
Stade Philippidès is a tram stop located on Avenue Chancel, next to the Stade Philippidès athletics stadium.
The stop is also served by tram line 5.
Albert 1er - Saint-Charles is a tram stop located on Quai des Tanneurs and serves the Saint-Charles university campus.
The stop is also served by tram line 5.
Louis Blanc - Agora de la Danse is a tram stop located on Bd Louis Blanc, next to the Agora performing arts theatre.
The stop is also served by tram line 4.
Comédie is a tram stop located on Place de la Comédie, next to Opéra Comédie.
The stop is also served by tram line 2.
Gare Saint-Roch is a tram stop located on Rue de Maguelone, next to Gare Saint-Roch station.
The stop is also served by tram line 2 and provides connections to bus and rail services.
Du Guesclin is a tram stop located on Avenue Henri Frenay. The stop is named after Bertrand du Guesclin, the fourteenth-century military commander and Constable of France.
Antigone is a tram stop located on Avenue Henri Frenay, next to Place du Nombre d'Or.
Léon Blum is a tram stop located on Bd d'Antigone at the junction with Rue Léon Blum. The stop is named after Léon Blum, the French statesman who led the Popular Front government in 1936
The stop provides connections to bus services.
Place de l'Europe is a tram stop located on Rue Poséidon, next to Esplanade de l’Europe.
The stop is also served by tram line 4 and provides connections to bus services.
Rives du Lez is a tram stop located next to Chem. des Barques. The stop's name means “banks of the Lez”, referring to the nearby river.
The stop is also served by tram line 4.
Moularès is a tram stop located on Avenue du Pirée, next to Pont Jean Zuccarelli.
The stop is also served by tram line 3.
Port Marianne is a tram stop located on Avenue Marie de Montpellier at the junction with Av. de la Mer-Raymond Dugrand.
The stop is also served by tram line 3 and provides connections to bus services.
Mondial 98 is a tram stop located on Avenue du Mondial 98, near the junction with Rue Victor Vasarely. The stop name commemorates the 1998 football World Cup.
Millénaire is a tram stop located on Avenue du Mondial 98, near the junction with Rue de la Cavalade.
The stop provides connections to bus services.
Place de France is a tram stop located on Rue Georges Méliès. The stop was originally called Odysseum and was the eastern terminus for this line. The stop was renamed in 2009 when the line was extended to the shopping centre.
The stop provides connections to bus services.
Odysseum is a tram stop located in the centre of the Odysseum shopping centre, an open-air complex with pedestrian shopping streets, around 100 shops and numerous restaurants.
The stop provides connections to bus services.
Gare Sud de France is a tram stop located on R. du Mas de Brousse. The stop serves Montpellier Sud de France railway station.
The stop provides connections to bus and rail services.