Palm Bus

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Palm Bus
File:Palm Bus Logo.png
File:Heuliez GX 337 Linium n°436 (Ligne 1) - 01-09-2023.jpg
Heuliez GX 337 from Line 1 stopping at Hôtel de Ville in September 2023.
HeadquartersCannes
LocaleCannes
Service areaFrance
Service typeBus rapid transit
Routes46
OperatorRégie Palm Bus
Websitehttps://www.palmbus.fr/

Palm Bus is a brand of bus services serving the Southern French city of Cannes, France. The operator, Veolia Transport Cannes is responsible for operating the Bus Azur buses for SITP, grouping the communes of Cannes, le Cannet et Mandelieu-la-Napoule, Théoule-sur-Mer and Mougins.

History

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1933–2014: Cannes buses history

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File:GX 317 Bus Azur-1.JPG
A now-retired Heuliez GX 317 vehicle from Bus Azur running on Palm Impérial (or Route 8).

The city of Cannes was, until 1933, served by an urban tramway system, the Tramway de Cannes, as well as an inter-urban tramway, the Tramway de Nice et du Littoral until 1953.

The first bus services within Cannes and between Cannes and le Cannet began in 1936. Cannes bus company operated four lines:

Each of the lines were divided in two fare zones. In 1954, the concession for operation of buses in Cannes was given to Société des Transports Urbains de Cannes by the Syndicat Intercommunal des Transports Publics for twenty years. Several lines were created during the 1960s, linking Cannes to la Californie, Cannes and le Cannet via République and Cannes to l'Aubarède. Lines were divided into four fare zones. In 1968, severe strikes forced the company to reduce its staff presence on buses to one.

The STUC's concession was extended by ten years in 1974 thanks to a grant to the STIP. The company adopted a new ticketing system, using magnetic strip cards. Lines were grouped into two global fare zones in replacement of the four per line. Service was increased with the purchase of more rolling stock. Within two years, stock and staff numbers doubled.

In 1978, the STUC purchased a diesel multiple unit X 94630 for use on the Cannes-Ranguin railway line. Service was eleven minutes in length and bus ticketing used.

The concession was once more extended, for five years, in 1984, with further bus purchases and the repainting of the X 94630 into the line's colours. rail services ended in 1995 due to loss of revenue. On 5 November 1996, CGFTE Cannes signed a contract delegating services. In 2004, Bus Azur introduced double-decker buses on its line 8 quai Laubeuf-La Croisette-Palm Beach.

2014–2018: New network

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On 1 January 2014, Bus Azur is extended to Mougins and Théoule-sur-Mer and officially becomes Palm Bus.

Palm Bus network is changed:[1] Sillages lines 24 and 27 are transferred to Cannes network, three lines named 22, 23 and 30 were created and departmental line 620 was transferred.

2018–2022: New buses

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Since mid-2010, Palm Bus started receiving new articulated and electric Heuliez buses :

  • In 2018, Palm Bus received their first Heuliez Bus GX 337 Linium prototype.
  • In end-2019, Palm Bus received their first three-articulated buses, (GX 437 Linium).
  • In 2021, Palm Bus received their first electric buses.

2022–present: New buses lines

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On 1 September 2022, Sillages line 18 were transferred to Cannes network.[2]

In September 2023, the network get into a high changement.[3]

Routes

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Image Bus Between And
Express lines
File:Mercedes-Benz Citaro G Facelift n°806 (Palm Express - Ligne A) - (Hôtel de Ville) - (Cannes, FR06) - 01-09-2025 4.jpg  A  Mandelieu-la-Napoule – Centre Commercial Minelle Gare de Cannes
 B  Mouans-Sartoux — Centre
Other lines
 1  Le Cannet — Penh Chai Cannes — Ranguin
File:Heuliez GX 337 Linium Electrique n°450 (Palm Bus - Ligne 2) - (Gare SNCF de Cannes, Place de la Gare) - (Cannes, FR06) - 07-08-2024 2.jpg  2  Le Cannet — Blanchisserie Cannes — Les Bastides
File:Heuliez GX 137 n°038 (Palm Bus - Ligne 4) - (Hôtel de Ville) - (Cannes, FR06) - 04-07-2024 4.jpg  4  Le Cannet — Place Leclerc Cannes — Hôtel de Ville
File:Heuliez GX 137 n°039 (Palm Bus - Ligne 6A) - (Hôtel de Ville) - (Cannes, FR06) - 03-07-2024 1.jpg
File:Heuliez GX 127 n°033 (Palm Bus - Ligne 6B) - (Place de la Gare) - (Cannes, FR06) - 01-08-2024 2.jpg		  6A / 6B  Le Cannet — Le Colombier
Cannes — Saint-Michel Collines
File:Bolloré Bluebus 6 m n°710 (Palm Bus - Ligne 7) - (Hôtel de Ville) - (Cannes, FR06) - 01-09-2025 6.jpg  7  Cannes — Mare Monte Cannes — Polyclinique
File:Image manquante 2.svg  7A * Cannes — Hôtel de Ville Cannes — Villa Pont de Veyre
File:Heuliez GX 327 n°351 (Palm Impérial - Ligne 8) - (Quai Laubeuf, Boulevard Jean Hibert) - (Cannes, FR06) - 22-07-2024 1.jpg  8  Cannes — Quai Laubeuf Cannes — Palm Beach
File:Heuliez GX 137 L Electrique n°050 (Palm Bus - Ligne 9) - (Gare SNCF de Cannes, Place de la Gare) - (Cannes, FR06) - 06-09-2025 22.jpg  9  Gare de Cannes Vallauris — Fournas
File:Heuliez GX 337 Linium Electrique n°457 (Palm Bus - Ligne 10) - (Hôtel de Ville) - (Cannes, FR06) - 27-08-2025 10.jpg  10  Le Cannet — Les Pins Parasols Cannes — Hôtel de Ville
File:Heuliez GX 327 n°352 (Palm Bus - Ligne 11) - (Louis Icard, Avenue Franklin Roosevelt) - (Le Cannet, FR06) - 01-07-2024 2.jpg  11  Le Cannet — Penh Chai Cannes — Gabians
File:Dietrich City 23 n°557 (Palm Bus - Ligne 11A) - (Mairie du Cannet, Boulevard Sadi Carnot) - (Le Cannet, FR06) - 19-07-2024 13.jpg  11A  Le Cannet — Mairie Le Cannet — Les Pins Parasols
File:Heuliez GX 327 BHNS n°419 (Palm Bus - Ligne 12) - (Hôtel de Ville, Promenade de la Pantiero) - (Cannes, FR06) - 01-09-2025 2.jpg  12  Le Cannet — Mirandoles II Cannes — Hôtel de Ville
File:Image manquante 2.svg  13 * Le Cannet — Place Leclerc Le Cannet — Les Collines
File:Image manquante 2.svg  14  Cannes — Gare du Bosquet Cannes — Gabians
File:Heuliez GX 127 (Palm Bus - Ligne 17) - (Louis Icard, Avenue Franklin Roosevelt) - (Le Cannet, FR06) - 01-07-2024.jpg  17  Cannes — Simone Veil Hospital Mandelieu-la-Napoule — Gare Routière
File:Image manquante 2.svg  18  La Roquette-sur-Siagne — Hameau Saint-Jean
File:Heuliez GX 137 n°037 (Palm Bus - Ligne 19) - (Trayas Pointe Notre Dame, Route des Calanques) - (Saint-Raphaël, FR83) - 03-09-2025 7.jpg  19  Saint-Raphaël — Le Trayas
Théoule-sur-Mer — Mairie
File:Heuliez GX 137 L Electrique n°054 (Palm Bus - Ligne 21) - (Place de la Gare) - (Cannes, FR06) - 08-07-2024.jpg  21  Cannes — Hôtel de Ville
(circular line, via Notre-Dame-des-Pins and Gare SNCF)
File:Heuliez GX 137 L Electrique n°055 (Palm Bus - Ligne 22) - (Hôtel de Ville) - (Cannes, FR06) - 27-08-2025 5.jpg  22  Saint-Raphaël — Le Trayas
Théoule-sur-Mer — Mairie		 Gare de Cannes
File:Image manquante 2.svg  23  Mandelieu-la-Napoule — Parc d'activités de la Siagne
File:Dietrich City 23 n°560 (Palm Bus - Ligne 24) - (Mairie du Cannet, Boulevard Sadi Carnot) - (Le Cannet, FR06) - 19-07-2024 2.jpg  24  Le Cannet — Place Leclerc Mougins — Place des Acades
File:Heuliez GX 137 L Electrique n°061 (Palm Bus - Ligne 26) - (Tournamy) - (Mougins, FR06) - 03-08-2024 4.jpg  26  Mougins — Tournamy Cannes — Ranguin
File:Dietrich City 23 n°562 (Palm Bus - Ligne 28) - (Tournamy) - (Mougins, FR06) - 03-08-2024 8.jpg  28  Mougins — Mairie Annexe de l’Aubarède
File:Heuliez GX 137 L Electrique n°059 (Palm Bus - Ligne 29) - (Tournamy) - (Mougins, FR06) - 03-08-2024 5.jpg  29  Valbonne — Gare Routière
File:Heuliez GX 337 Linium Electrique n°450 (Palm Bus - Ligne 35) - (Gare SNCF de Cannes, Place de la Gare) - (Cannes, FR06) - 27-08-2025 3.jpg  35  Gare de Cannes Cannes — Ranguin
(via Le Cannet and Rocheville)
Circular lines
File:Bolloré Bluebus 22 n°700 (Palm Bus - City Palm) - (Les Allées, Rue Maréchal Joffre) - (Cannes, FR06) - 30-08-2025 1.jpg  CP [A] Gare de Cannes
File:Bolloré Bluebus 6 m n°710 (Palm Bus - Navette du Suquet) - (Plage du Midi, Boulevard Jean Hibert) - (Cannes, FR06) - 30-08-2025 2.jpg  NS [B] Cannes — Hôtel de Ville
File:Image manquante 2.svg  PM [C] Pont des Gabres
Summer lines
File:Image manquante 2.svg  LT [D] Mandelieu-la-Napoule — Espace Muller Mandelieu-la-Napoule — Port de la Rague
File:Image manquante 2.svg  MP [E] Mandelieu-la-Napoule — Canadière-Tassigny Mandelieu-la-Napoule — Cannes Marina
File:Image manquante 2.svg  BC [F] Cannes La Bocca — Résidence Coubertin
(circular line, via La Bocca-Verrerie, Place du Marché and la Roubine)
File:20210701 150901 La Navette.jpg  MR [G] Cannes — Parking Roseraie-Port Canto
(circular line, via Base Nautique and Plage de l'Étang))
Night lines
File:Heuliez GX 337 BHNS n°426 (Palm Night - Ligne N10) - (Hôtel de Ville) - (Cannes, FR06) - 21-07-2024 4.jpg  N10  Le Cannet — Les Pins Parasols Cannes — Hôtel de Ville
File:Heuliez GX 337 BHNS n°427 (Palm Night - Ligne N20) - (Cannes, FR06) - 09-07-2024.jpg  N20  Cannes – Boulevard du Midi Gare de Cannes
(via Centre Commercial Minelle, Gare Routière and Hôtel de Ville)
File:Heuliez GX 337 BHNS n°427 (Palm Night - Ligne N21) - (Hôtel de Ville) - (Cannes, FR06) - 21-07-2024 5.jpg  N21  Cannes — Hôtel de Ville
(circular line, via Palm Beach, Notre-Dame-des-Pins and Gare SNCF)

Legends

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* Only on-demand route

Notes

  1. ^ City Palm
  2. ^ Navette du Suquet
  3. ^ Navette de la Presqu'île-Montfleury
  4. ^ La Littorale
  5. ^ Mimo Plage
  6. ^ Bocca Cabana
  7. ^ Mouré Rouge

References

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