Flexity Outlook
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The Flexity Outlook family are articulated light-rail trams manufactured by Bombardier Transportation. Though their designs are often customised heavily to meet the technical needs and aesthetic designs, they fall into two distinct sub-categories with dramatically different appearances.
The Eurotram has a modern design that makes it look almost as much like a train as a tram, and has large windows along its entire length. It is used by Strasbourg, Milan, and the Porto Metro.
The more common Cityrunner, which has a more traditional tram design, is used by several cities in Austria (in Innsbruck, Linz and Graz), also Łódź (Poland), Geneva (Switzerland), Eskişehir (Turkey), and Brussels, and vehicles for Marseille, Valencia and Alicante are in the design and production phase.
Both models have 100%-low floors. While most Flexity Outlook trams are bi-directional, Bombardier have built single-ended versions for cities including Graz, Łódź and Milan. They follow a modular design, allowing them to be customised for use on networks that require narrow vehicles or tight curve radii, or simply to give them a unique appearance for each city.
The Flexity Outlook's closest competitors are the Citadis from Alstom, the Combino and Avanto from Siemens and Bombardier's other Flexity trams (including the Swift, Classic, and Link tram-train).
