The Alstom Citadis is a family of low-floor trams and light rail vehicles built by Alstom. As of 2017[update], over 2,300 Citadis trams have been sold and 1,800 tramways are in revenue service throughout the world, with operations in all six inhabited continents.[1] An evolution of Alstom's earlier TFS vehicle, most Citadis vehicles are made in Alstom's factories in La Rochelle, Reichshoffen and Valenciennes, France, and in Barcelona, Spain, and Annaba, Algeria.[2]
The Citadis family includes both partial and fully low-floor trams and LRVs, in versions with three (20x), five (30x), seven (40x), and nine (50x) sections. It comprises the following standard variants:
Citadis X00:
Citadis X01 (First generation):
Citadis X02 (Second generation):
Citadis X03 (Third generation):
Citadis X04 (Fourth generation):
Citadis X05 (Fifth generation):
Like most trams, Citadis vehicles are usually powered by overhead electric wires collected by a pantograph, but the trams in several places do not use pantograph current collection entirely. Other places, such as Toronto, use a trolley pole.
The most popular solution is Alstom's proprietary ground-level power supply (APS, first used in Bordeaux and subsequently in Angers, Reims, Orleans, Tours, Dubai, Rio, and Sydney), consisting of a type of third rail which is only powered while it is completely covered by a tram so that there is no risk of a person or animal coming into contact with a live rail. On the networks in France and in Sydney, the trams switch to conventional overhead wires in outer areas,[9] but the Dubai vehicles are the first to employ APS for its entire passenger length (although they are still equipped with pantographs for use in the maintenance depot).
Another option is to use on-board batteries to store electrical power, allowing brief periods of catenary-free operation without the need to install special infrastructure. The Citadis trams in Nice operate off a set of nickel metallic hydride batteries in two large open spaces where overhead wires would be an eyesore.[10] This has since been superseded by a supercapacitor-based energy storage system (SRS)[11] which is in use in Rio de Janeiro (alongside APS), Kaohsiung, and along a new line in Nice. The Regio-Citadis can also be built as a dual-voltageorelectro-diesel vehicle with various configurations.
Country | City | Image | Type | Fleet numbers | Quantity | Year | Length | Width | Comments |
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Algeria | Algiers (Algiers tramway) |
402 | 101–141 | 41 | 2010 | 2.65 m (8 ft8+3⁄8 in) |
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Algeria | Constantine (Constantine tramway) |
402 | 101–127 | 47 | 2010 | 43.9 m (144 ft3⁄8 in) |
2.65 m (8 ft8+3⁄8 in) |
27 were manufactured in Barcelona and 20 were assembled in Annaba, Algeria.[2] | |
Algeria | Oran (Oran Tramway) |
302 | 101–130 | 30 | 2010 | 43.9 m (144 ft3⁄8 in) |
2.65 m (8 ft8+3⁄8 in) |
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Algeria | Ouargla (Ouargla tramway) |
402 | 101–123 | 23 | 2017 | 43.9 m (144 ft3⁄8 in) |
2.65 m (8 ft8+3⁄8 in) |
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Algeria | Mostaganem | 402 | 101–130 | 30 | 2017 | 43.9 m (144 ft3⁄8 in) |
2.65 m (8 ft8+3⁄8 in) |
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Algeria | Sidi Bel Abbes (Sidi Bel Abbès tramway) | 402 | 101–130 | 30 | 2016 | 43.9 m (144 ft3⁄8 in) |
2.65 m (8 ft8+3⁄8 in) |
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Algeria | Setif | 402 | 101–130 | 47 | 2016 | 43.9 m (144 ft3⁄8 in) |
2.65 m (8 ft8+3⁄8 in) |
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Algeria | Batna | 402 | 101–130 | 30 | 2016 | 43.9 m (144 ft3⁄8 in) |
2.65 m (8 ft8+3⁄8 in) |
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Algeria | Annaba | 402 | 101–130 | 30 | 2017 | 43.9 m (144 ft3⁄8 in) |
2.65 m (8 ft8+3⁄8 in) |
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Algeria | Skikda | 402 | 101–130 | 20 | 2018 | 43.9 m (144 ft3⁄8 in) |
2.65 m (8 ft8+3⁄8 in) |
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Algeria | Tébessa | 402 | 101–130 | 20 | 2018 | 43.9 m (144 ft3⁄8 in) |
2.65 m (8 ft8+3⁄8 in) |
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Morocco | Casablanca (Casablanca Tramway) |
302 | 001–074 | 74 | 2012 | 2.65 m (8 ft8+3⁄8 in) |
Single ended – operate in service as back-to-back pairs. Semi-permanently coupled. | ||
075–124 | 50 | 2017/2018 | |||||||
305 | 125-204 | 80 | 2023/2024 | ||||||
Rabat-Salé (Rabat-Salé tramway) |
302 | 001–044 | 44 | 2010 | 2.65 m (8 ft8+3⁄8 in) |
19 double trams (back to back single-ended pairs, semi-permanently coupled); 6 single bidirectional trams semi (back to back single-ended pairs). | |||
045–066 | 22 | 2018 | 11 double trams (back to back single-ended pairs, semi-permanently coupled); | ||||||
Tunisia | Tunis | 302 | 401–430 | 30 | 2007 | 32–64 m (104 ft11+7⁄8 in – 209 ft11+5⁄8 in) in MU |
2.4 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
Single ended – operate in service as back-to-back pairs. |
Country | City | Image | Type | Fleet numbers | Quantity | Year | Length | Width | Commentsts |
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China | Chengdu (Chengdu tram) | 302 | 40 | 2018 | 32.6 m (106 ft11+1⁄2 in) | 2.65 m (8 ft8+3⁄8 in) | |||
Taiwan | Kaohsiung (Circular light rail) | 305 | 15 | 2019 | 33.4 m (109 ft 7 in) | 2.65 m (8 ft8+3⁄8 in) | Uses SRS system[12] | ||
China | Shanghai Songjiang (Songjiang Tram) | 302 | 30 | 2018 | 33 m (108 ft3+1⁄4 in) | 2.65 m (8 ft8+3⁄8 in) |
The main article provides vehicle and order descriptions.
Country | City | Image | Type | Fleet numbers | Quantity | Year | Length | Width | Comments |
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Canada | Ottawa (Confederation Line) |
Citadis Spirit | 1101–1134 | 34 (+38 planned) | 2018 | 48 m (157 ft5+3⁄4 in) | 2.65 m (8 ft8+3⁄8 in) | Four-module vehicles | |
Canada | Toronto (Line 6 Finch West) |
Citadis Spirit | 0 (61 planned) | 2021 | 48 m (157 ft5+3⁄4 in) | 2.65 m (8 ft8+3⁄8 in) | Four-module vehicles | ||
United States | Philadelphia (subway-surface lines, Route 15, and Routes 101 and 102) |
Citadis Spirit | 0 (130 planned, plus 30 options) | 2027 | [13] |
Country | City | Image | Type | Fleet numbers | Quantity | Year | Length | Width | Comments |
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Brazil | Rio de Janeiro (VLT Carioca) |
402 | 101–132 | 32[14] | 2016 | 44 m (144 ft4+1⁄4 in)[15] |
2.65 m (8 ft8+3⁄8 in)[15] |
Uses APS system | |
Ecuador | Cuenca (Cuenca Tramway)[16] |
302 | 14 | 2020 | 32.4 m (106 ft3+5⁄8 in) |
2.40 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
Partially uses APS system |
Country | City | Image | Type | Fleet numbers | Quantity | Year | Length | Width | Comments |
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Israel | Jerusalem (Jerusalem Light Rail) |
302 | 46 | 2009 | 2.65 m (8 ft8+3⁄8 in) |
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United Arab Emirates | Dubai (Dubai Tram) |
402 | 001–025 | 25 | 2013–2014 | 2.65 m (8 ft8+3⁄8 in) |
APS[17] | ||
Qatar | Lusail (Lusail LRT) |
305 | 35 | 2019 | 2.65 m (8 ft8+3⁄8 in) |
APS[18] |
Country | City | Image | Type | Fleet numbers | Quantity | Year | Length | Width | Comments |
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France | Angers (Angers tramway) |
302 | 1001–1017 | 17 | 2009 | 32.4 m (106 ft3+5⁄8 in) |
2.40 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
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France | Aubagne | Compact | 8[4] | 2014 | 22 m (72 ft2+1⁄8 in) |
2.40 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
First Citadis Compact ordered. Options for 10[4] | ||
France | Avignon | Compact | 101–114 | 14 | 2019 | 22 m (72 ft2+1⁄8 in) |
2.40 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
For the first Tramway line (T1) in Avignon since 1933 | |
France | Bordeaux | 402 | 2201–2232 2301–2306 2501–2520 2801–2804 |
62 | 2002 2003 2005 2008 2011 |
43.9 m (144 ft3⁄8 in) |
2.40 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
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France | Bordeaux | 302 | 2241–2246 2541–2546 |
12[19][20] | 2002 2005 |
32.8 m (107 ft7+3⁄8 in) |
2.40 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
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France | Caen | 305 | 26 | 2018–2019 | 33 m (108 ft3+1⁄4 in) |
2.40 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
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France | Grenoble | 402[21] | 6001–6035 6036–6050 |
49 | 2005, 2009 | 43 m (141 ft7⁄8 in) |
2.40 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
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France | Le Havre | 302 | 22 | 2011–2012 | 2.40 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
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France | Le Mans | 302 | 1001–1034 | 34 | 2007, 2011, 2014 | 32.0 m (104 ft11+7⁄8 in) |
2.40 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
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France | Lyon | 302 | 0801–0847, 0848–0857, 0858–0870, 0871–0873[22] |
73 | 2000, 2006, 2009, 2010 | 32.4 m (106 ft3+5⁄8 in) |
2.40 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
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France | Lyon | 402 | 0874–0885, 0886–0892 |
19[23] | 2012–2013, 2016 | 43.8 m (143 ft8+3⁄8 in) |
2.40 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
Replaces the Citadis 302 on the line 3 while the 302 are transferred to the other lines. | |
France | Lyon | 402 | 0893–0907 | 15 | 2019–2020 | 44 m (144 ft4+1⁄4 in) |
2.40 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
New front due to new safety standards. Replaces the Citadis 302 on the line 4; 302s were transferred to the other lines. | |
France | Montpellier | 301 | 2001–2028 | 30[24] | 1999–2000 | 40.9 m (134 ft2+1⁄4 in) |
2.65 m (8 ft8+3⁄8 in) |
Extended to Citadis 401 | |
France | Montpellier | 302 | 2031–2033, 2041–2064 | 27 | 2006–2007 | 32.5 m (106 ft7+1⁄2 in) |
2.65 m (8 ft8+3⁄8 in) |
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France | Montpellier | 402 | 2070–2089, 2098–2099 |
23 | 2011 – 2012, 2014 |
43 m (141 ft7⁄8 in) |
2.65 m (8 ft8+3⁄8 in) |
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France | Mulhouse | 302 | 01–27 | 27 | 2005–2006 | 32.5 m (106 ft7+1⁄2 in) |
2.40 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
Two of these (04 and 05) were used in Argentina on the Tranvía del Este. Five were sold to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and re-designated as C2-class Melbourne tram. | |
France | Nice tramway | 302 | 01–20, 21–28 | 28 | 2006–2007, 2010 |
33 m (108 ft3+1⁄4 in) |
2.65 m (8 ft8+3⁄8 in) |
Trams from 14 to 28 are extended to 402 | |
France | Nice tramway | 405 | 19 | 2017–2018 | 45 m (147 ft7+5⁄8 in) |
2.65 m (8 ft8+3⁄8 in) |
First ever Citadis trams from the fifth generation delivered in mainland Europe. | ||
France | Orléans tramway | 301 | 39–60 | 22[25] | 2000 | 29.9 m (98 ft1+1⁄8 in) |
2.32 m (7 ft7+3⁄8 in) |
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France | Orléans tramway | 302 | 61–81 | 21[26] | 2010–2011 | 32.3 m (105 ft11+5⁄8 in) |
2.40 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
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France | Paris | 302 | 0401–0413, 0414–0426, 0427–0442, 0442–0460, 0461–0466 |
66 | 2002, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2015 | 32.2 m (105 ft7+3⁄4 in) |
2.40 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
T2 | |
France | Paris | 402 | 0301–0321 0322–0346, 0347–0363, 0364–0373 |
73 | 2006, 2012, 2017, 2021 | 43.7 m (143 ft4+1⁄2 in) |
2.65 m (8 ft8+3⁄8 in) |
T3, starting from the 0364 the trams are now delivered with the transit authority livery (Île-de-France Mobilités)[27] | |
France | Paris | 302 | 701–719 | 19[28] | 2013 | 32 m (104 ft11+7⁄8 in) |
2.40 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
T7 | |
France | Paris | 302 | 801–820 | 20[28] | 2014 | 32 | 2.40 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
T8 | |
France | Paris | 405[29] | 901–922 | 22[30] | 2019–2020 | 44 m (144 ft4+1⁄4 in) |
2.65 m (8 ft8+3⁄8 in) |
T9 | |
France | Reims | 302 | 101–118 | 18[31][32] | 2010 | 32.4 m (106 ft3+5⁄8 in) |
2.40 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
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France | Rouen | 402 | 27 | 2011–2012 | 40–45 m (131 ft2+3⁄4 in – 147 ft7+5⁄8 in) |
2.40 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
To replace the TFS[33]
Used as a light rail. | ||
France | Strasbourg | 403 | 2001–2041, 3001–? | 41[34] | 2005–2006, 2016–? | 45.1 m (147 ft11+5⁄8 in) |
2.40 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
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France | Toulouse | 302 | 5001–5025 | 24 | 2009–2010 | 32.4 m (106 ft3+5⁄8 in) |
2.40 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
Designed by Airbus | |
France | Tours | 402 | 21[35] | 2012–2013 | 43 m (141 ft7⁄8 in) |
2.40 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
APS | ||
France | Valenciennes | 302 | 33 | 2006 | 33 m (108 ft3+1⁄4 in) |
2.40 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
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Germany | Trams in Frankfurt am Main | SX05 | 58 | Since 2022 | 31.5 m (103 ft4+1⁄8 in)
40 m |
2.40 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
24 31.5 m trams and 34 40 m trams | ||
Germany | Kassel RegioTram | RegioCitadis | 701–718 | 18 | 2004–2005 | 36.8 m (120 ft8+7⁄8 in) |
2.65 m (8 ft8+3⁄8 in) |
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Germany | Kassel | RegioCitadis | 751–760 | 9 | 2004–2005 | 36.8 m (120 ft8+7⁄8 in) |
2.65 m (8 ft8+3⁄8 in) |
Hybrid with diesel engine | |
Greece | Athens | 305 | 25 | 2020–2021 | 33 m (108 ft3+1⁄4 in) |
2.65 m (8 ft8+3⁄8 in) |
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Ireland | Dublin | 301 | 3001–3026 | 26 | 2003–2004 | 40 m (131 ft2+3⁄4 in) |
2.40 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
Red line, in 2007 extended from 30 to 40 m (98 ft5+1⁄8 in to 131 ft2+3⁄4 in) | |
Ireland | Dublin | 401 | 4001–4014 | 14 | 2003–2004 | 40 m (131 ft2+3⁄4 in) |
2.40 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
Red line (transferred from green line in 2010) | |
Ireland | Dublin | 402 | 5001–5026 | 26 | 2009 | 55 m (180 ft5+3⁄8 in) |
2.40 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
Green line, in 2019 extended from 43 to 55 m (141 ft7⁄8 in to 180 ft5+3⁄8 in) | |
Ireland | Dublin | 502 | 5027–5033 | 7 | 2018 | 55 m (180 ft5+3⁄8 in) |
2.40 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
Green line | |
Ireland | Dublin | 502 | 5034–5041 | 8 | 2020 | 55 m (180 ft5+3⁄8 in) |
2.40 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
Green line | |
Netherlands | The Hague | RegioCitadis | 4001–4054 4055–4072 |
72 | 2006, 2011 | 36.8 m (120 ft8+7⁄8 in) |
2.65 m (8 ft8+3⁄8 in) |
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Netherlands | Rotterdam | 302 | 2001–2060 | 60 | 2003 | 31.6 m (103 ft8+1⁄8 in) |
2.40 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
Unidirectional[36] | |
Netherlands | Rotterdam | 302 | 2101–2153 | 53 | 2011 | 30 m (98 ft5+1⁄8 in) |
2.40 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
Unidirectional[36] | |
Poland | Gdańsk | 100
(NGd99) |
1001–1004 | 4 | 1999 | 26.6 m (87 ft3+1⁄4 in) |
2.35 m (7 ft8+1⁄2 in) |
Marketed as the Konstal NGd99, based on 100 series | |
Poland | Katowice | 100
(116Nd) |
800–816 | 17 | 2000 | 24 m (78 ft8+7⁄8 in) |
2.35 m (7 ft8+1⁄2 in) |
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Russia | Saint Petersburg | 301 CIS (71-801 according to system of rolling stock classification) | 8900–8902, 8907 |
4 | 2014 | 25.5 m (83 ft7+7⁄8 in) |
2.50 m (8 ft2+3⁄8 in) |
Single ended | |
Spain | Barcelona | 302 | 23 | 2004 | 32 m (104 ft11+7⁄8 in) |
2.65 m (8 ft8+3⁄8 in) |
Trambaix network | ||
Spain | Barcelona | 302 | 18 | 2007 | 32 m (104 ft11+7⁄8 in) |
2.65 m (8 ft8+3⁄8 in) |
Trambesòs network | ||
Spain | Jaén | 302 | 5 | 2010 | 32 m (104 ft11+7⁄8 in) |
2.40 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
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Spain | Madrid | 302 | 70 | 2007 | 32 m (104 ft11+7⁄8 in) |
2.40 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
One of those types are in use on the LidingöbananinStockholm for testing, and another was used in Buenos Aires on the Tranvía del Este. | ||
Spain | Murcia | 302 | 11 | 2011 | 32 m (104 ft11+7⁄8 in) |
2.40 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
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Spain | Tenerife | 302 | 20 | 2007 | 32.2 m (105 ft7+3⁄4 in) |
2.4 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
On important dates, such as Carnivals or Christmas, trams operate as doubles. | ||
Turkey | Istanbul | 304 | 801–837 | 37 | 2009 | 28 m (91 ft10+3⁄8 in) |
2.65 m (8 ft8+3⁄8 in) |
Able to MU | |
UK | Nottingham | 302[37] | 216–237 | 22[38] | 2014 | 2.40 m (7 ft10+1⁄2 in) |
[39] |
Country | City | Image | Type | Fleet numbers | Quantity | Year | Length | Width | Comments |
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Australia | Adelaide | 302[40] | 201–209 | 9 | 2010, 2018 | 32 | 2.40 | Surplus units purchased from Metro Ligero, Madrid in 2009 (6) and 2017 (3)[40][41][42] | |
Australia | Melbourne | 202[43] | 3001–3036[44] | 36[44] | 2001–2002[44] | 23.0[44] | 2.65[44] | Locally designated C-class.[44] | |
Australia | Melbourne | 302[45] | 5103, 5106, 5111, 5113, 5123[46] | 5[46] | 2008–2009[46] | 32.5[46] | 2.65[46] | Locally designated C2-class.[46] Leased from Mulhouse, France in 2008, and later purchased by the Victorian government.[47] | |
Australia | Sydney | 305[48] | 001-060 | 60[48] | 2019 | 33[49] | 2.65 | For CBD and South East Light Rail.[48] Capable of both APS and pantograph power.[50] Single-ended, operating in service as back-to-back pairs. Semi-permanently coupled.[50] |
Alstom has been awarded a firm order for the supply of 61 Citadis Spirit light rail vehicles for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area (GTHA) by Metrolinx, an agency of the Government of Ontario. The value of the contract is over €355 million (CA$529 million). The vehicle supply contract includes an option for additional vehicles.
According to sources familiar with the deal, Metrolinx has agreed to purchase 61 cars from French manufacturer Alstom as a backup plan if Bombardier doesn't come through.
Aan het einde van 2016 hebben naar verwachting alle 113 Citadis-trams airco. Dagelijks wordt de Rotterdamse tram door zo'n 130.000 mensen gebruikt.