[1] The tram opened on 27 July 2019 and replaced the Caen Guided Light Transit (TVR) that closed in December 2017.

[2] The tramway uses the same route as the TVR, with a short new branch to Presqu'île and a new tram depot in Fleury-sur-Orne.

Viacités confirmed on 14 December 2011 its plans to abandon the TVR in favour of a conventional tramway by 2019, due to its unreliability.

The conversion to light rail also included the termination of two concession contracts that Keolis and Bombardier-Spie Batignolles consortium STVR hold.

[6] This new line, named Line T4, will connect the Presqu'Île of Caen and Saint-Contest whereas the Line T3 will be modify and will serve the Théâtre de Caen, the Hôtel de Ville, the Lycée Malherbe, the Zénith de Caen, the new Palais des Sports, the Stade de Venoix, the Stade Michel d'Ornano until the terminus at Bretteville-sur-Odon - Pompidou and 17 new stations will be built.