It was constructed under a €176 million public–private partnership (PPP) contract between the Grand Dijon urban authority and Cofely Ineo, formed on 1 July 2010.

[2] A total of 33 Citadis trams were procured under a standardised batch order from French rolling stock manufacturer Alstom Transport to be used on the new network.

[2] An expansion of commercial activity along the newly established tram routes, particularly the Place de la République, has been credited to the network's positive performance.

[5] The project to construct the line was a major element of a wider regional programme aimed at developing new infrastructure that would possess positive environmental attributes.

To encourage usage of the new network, the stations that were constructed along either of the lines have an cumulative adjacent capture area (within 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi)) which contained 76,000 people; of these, 38,000 have been classified as being students, a demographic that has been historically reliant upon public transport to get around.

[5] Additional funding for the tramway's construction was provided by a combination of national and regional government grants, totalling €112 million, as well as €100m in borrowing from public sector financial institution Caisse des dépôts et consignations.

[5] The Dijon tramway is operated using a fleet of 33 Alstom-built Alstom Citadis, which were new-build vehicles manufactured for the purpose of providing maximum passenger comfort.

The energy consumption by each tram is only a tenth of a contemporary bus; as such, the emission levels of greenhouse gases has been claimed to be substantially lower than cars.