sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message bus azur bus azur at cannes la bocca in 2006 . headquarters cannes locale cannes service area france service type urban bus service routes 21 lines operator sitp cannes website http www.busazur.fr bus azur 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 . 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 soci t 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 r publique and cannes to l aubar de . 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 . references edit external links edit company website this article related to bus transport is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article about transport in france is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bus azur & oldid 596025725 categories public transport in francebus transport in francebus transport stubsfrance transport stubshidden categories articles lacking sources from january 2014all articles lacking sourcesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 18 february 2014 at 13 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view