7 1 ▁lines . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 3 ▁a ▁large ▁project , ▁never ▁real ised , ▁was ▁designed . ▁This ▁project ▁planned ▁to ▁build ▁large ▁t unn els ▁in ▁the ▁centre ▁of ▁Marse ille . ▁The ▁bus iest ▁lines ▁would ▁join ▁into ▁two ▁t unn els . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 9 ▁a ▁further ▁modern isation ▁occurred . ▁The ▁first ▁art ic ulated ▁tram c ars ▁was ▁designed ▁and ▁built ▁( Al gi ers ▁tram way ▁possessed ▁art ic ulated ▁S AT RA MO ▁tram c ars ). ▁These ▁were ▁created ▁by ▁joining ▁two ▁older ▁tram c ars . ▁These ▁tram c ars ▁remained ▁unique ▁until ▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁when ▁N antes ▁tram way ▁opened . ▁ ▁Marse ille ▁city - c oun cil ▁did ▁not ▁favour ▁keeping ▁its ▁network ▁of ▁tr ams . ▁Indeed , ▁un organ ised ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁car ▁meant ▁that ▁modern isation ▁and ▁expansion ▁of ▁the ▁tram ▁network ▁was ▁h inder ed . ▁The ▁process ▁of ▁replacing ▁tram ways ▁by ▁t rol ley b uses ▁and ▁bus es ▁began ▁after ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 5 ▁and ▁acceler ated ▁from ▁ 1 9 5 0 . ▁The ▁first ▁clos ures ▁meant ▁that ▁Can eb ière ▁was ▁tram way - free ▁from ▁ 1 9 5 5 . ▁The ▁last ▁closure ▁occurred ▁on ▁ 2 1 ▁January ▁ 1 9 6 0 . ▁ ▁Line ▁ 6 8 ▁ ▁Line ▁ 6 8 ▁opened ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 8 9