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Express 1 was built in 2009 at the Incat Yards in Tasmania, Australia as MGC 66 for MGC Chartering Limited. Upon completion the vessel was chartered to French ferry operator LD Lines and renamed Norman Arrow. In June 2009 the Norman Arrow entered service between Dover and Boulogne.
Voiron is located 25 km (16 mi) northwest of Grenoble and 85 km (53 mi) southeast of Lyon. Its roughly 20,000 inhabitants are named Voironnais in French. Voiron, along with Chambéry and Grenoble, is a gateway city of the Chartreuse Mountains in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
The canton of Voiron is an administrative division of the Isère department, eastern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Voiron. [1] It consists of the following communes: [1]
Grenoble (/ ɡ r ə ˈ n oʊ b əl / grə-NOH-bəl; [4] French: [ɡʁənɔbl] ⓘ; Arpitan: Grenoblo or Grainóvol; Occitan: Graçanòbol or Grenòble) is the prefecture and largest city of the Isère department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of southeastern France. [5]
Grenoble 1 (trams numbers 6001 to 6035) entered service in 2005; Grenoble 2 (trams 6036 to 6050) entered service 4 May 2009, introducing Citadis trams on Line A; Trams 6018-6020 were used for the inauguration of the C Line, on 20 May 2006.
The Venice Simplon-Orient-Express (VSOE) is a private luxury train service from London to Venice and other European cities. It is currently owned by Belmond . These VSOE services are not to be confused with a regularly scheduled train called the Orient Express , which ran nightly between Paris and Bucharest – in the last years of operation ...
The origins of this scientific university can be traced all the way back to 1811 when the scientist Joseph Fourier established a faculty of science in Grenoble. Part of the university is the Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG), a leading institution in the field of earth, space and environmental sciences .
1859 – 2 November: Grenoble flood. [3] 1864 Grenoble–Montmélian railway begins operating. Chamber of Commerce established. [10] 1886 – Population: 52,484. [11] 1892 – FC Grenoble (football club) formed. 1894 – Tram begins operating. 1899 Grenoble Power and Light Company established. Grenoble-Chapareillan tramway begins operating.