Palm Bus

Palm Bus
	Heuliez GX 337 from Line 1 stopping at Hôtel de Ville in September 2023.
Headquarters	Cannes
Locale	Cannes
Service area	France
Service type	Urban service
Routes	45 lines
Operator	Régie Palm Bus
Website	https://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[edit]

1933–2014: Cannes buses history[edit]

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:

Cannes to le Cannet
Cannes to Rocheville
Cannes to Cannes-la-Bocca
Cannes to la Croisette

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

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

Three new lines named 26, 28 and 29, serving Cannes, Mougins, Valbonne and Sophia-Antipolis
Line 27 were deleted.
Line 25 becomes a scholar line and renamed Renfort 5

Lines[edit]

Image	Bus	Between	And	Type
Palm Express
	A	Mandelieu-la-Napoule – Centre Commercial Minelle	Gare de Cannes	GX 337 Linium GX 437 Linium
	B	Mouans-Sartoux — Centre	Gare de Cannes	GX 337 Linium
Palm Bus
	1	Le Cannet — Penh Chai	Cannes — Ranguin	GX 327 GX 337
	2	Le Cannet — Blanchisserie	Cannes — Les Bastides	GX 327 GX 337
	4	Le Cannet — Place Leclerc	Cannes — Hôtel de Ville	GX 127 GX 137
	6A/B	Le Cannet — Le Colombier Cannes — Saint-Michel Collines	Cannes — Hôtel de Ville	GX 127 GX 137
	7	Cannes — Mare Monte	Cannes — Polyclinique	GX 127 GX 137
	8	Cannes — Quai Laubeuf	Cannes — Palm Beach	Volvo B9TL
	9	Gare de Cannes	Vallauris — Fournas	GX 127 GX 137
	10	Le Cannet — Les Pins Parasols	Cannes — Hôtel de Ville	GX 327 GX 337
	11	Le Cannet — Penh Chai	Cannes — Gabians	GX 327 GX 337
	11A	Le Cannet — Mairie	Le Cannet — Les Pins Parasols	GX 127 GX 137
	12	Le Cannet — Mirandoles II	Cannes — Hôtel de Ville	GX 327 GX 337
	13	Le Cannet — Place Leclerc	Le Cannet — Les Collines	?
	14	Cannes — Gare du Bosquet	Cannes — Cormorans	GX 127 GX 137
	17	Cannes — Simone Veil Hospital	Mandelieu-la-Napoule — Gare Routière	GX 327 GX 337
	18	La Roquette-sur-Siagne — Hameau Saint-Jean		?
	19	Saint-Raphaël — Le Trayas Théoule-sur-Mer — Mairie		GX 127 GX 137
	21	Cannes — Hôtel de Ville (circular line, via Notre-Dame-des-Pins and Gare SNCF)		GX 127 GX 137
	22	Saint-Raphaël — Le Trayas Théoule-sur-Mer — Mairie	Gare de Cannes	GX 127 GX 137
	23	Mandelieu-la-Napoule — Parc d'activités de la Siagne		GX 127 GX 137
	24	Le Cannet — Place Leclerc	Mougins — Place des Acades	-
	26	Mougins — Tournamy	Cannes — Ranguin	-
	28		Mougins — Mairie Annexe de l’Aubarède	-
	29		Valbonne — Gare Routière	-
	35	Gare de Cannes	Cannes — Ranguin (via Le Cannet and Rocheville)	GX 327 GX 337
Minibuses
	CP^[A]	Gare de Cannes		Bluebus 6m
	NS^[B]	Cannes — Hôtel de Ville		Bluebus 6m
	PM^[C]	Pont des Gabres		Bluebus 6m
Summer Lines
	LT^[D]	Mandelieu-la-Napoule — Espace Muller	Mandelieu-la-Napoule — Port de la Rague	-
	MP^[E]	Mandelieu-la-Napoule — Canadière-Tassigny	Mandelieu-la-Napoule — Cannes Marina	-
	BC^[F]	Cannes La Bocca — Résidence Coubertin (circular line, via La Bocca-Verrerie, Place du Marché and la Roubine)		-
	MR^[G]	Cannes — Parking Roseraie-Port Canto (circular line, via Base Nautique and Plage de l'Étang))		-
Night Lines
	n1	Le Cannet — Penh Chai	Cannes — Ranguin	GX 327 GX 337
	n2	Le Cannet — Blanchisserie	Cannes — Les Bastides	GX 327 GX 337
	n10	Le Cannet — Les Pins Parasols	Cannes — Hôtel de Ville	GX 327 GX 337
	n20	Cannes – Boulevard du Midi	Gare de Cannes (via, Centre Commercial Minelle, Gare Routière and Hôtel de Ville)	GX 327 GX 337
	n21	Cannes — Hôtel de Ville (circular line, via Palm Beach, Notre-Dame-des-Pins and Gare SNCF)		GX 327 GX 337