Alstom Citadis

The Citadis is a family of low-floor trams built by Alstom in La Rochelle, France, and Barcelona, Spain. More than 1140 Citadis trams in use in over 28 cities,[1] among others: Bordeaux, Grenoble, Lyon, Montpellier, Orléans, the Paris area, and Barcelona, Dublin, Gdańsk, Katowice, Adelaide, Melbourne, Jerusalem and Rotterdam outside France.

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Citadis types

The Citadis family includes both partially low-floor and 100% low-floor trams, in versions with three, five, and seven sections.

The Citadis family comprises:

The 70 % low-floor “Regio-Citadis” variant allows for tram-train operation, in which trams run also on mainline railway tracks; it is used in the German city Kassel, and has been delivered for The Hague. This train type are having possibilities of duo-powering (diesel/600 VDC, 600 VDC/1,5 kV 16 Hz or 600 VDC/Bioenergy/diesel).

The Regio-Citadis model has now been superseded by “Citadis-Dualis”, redesigned to operate on the same lines as regional trains (on the TER (Transport express régional) network) and intended for running at up to 100 km/h/62 mph, compared to 70 km/h/43 mph for the Citadis tram), and for stop spacings ranging from 0.5 to 5 km (0.31 to 3.1 mi). 31 have been ordered (plus 169 on option [5]) by the SNCF at an average cost of €3.2 million per car (about $4.94 million or £2.5 million).[6]

Like most trams, Citadis vehicles are usually powered by overhead electric wires, but the trams in Bordeaux (and in the future Angers, Reims and Dubai) use the “Aps” (ground-level power supply), a 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. In outer areas, the trams switch to conventional overhead wires.[7]

Competitors to the Citadis include Bombardier Transportation's Flexity family (Outlook, Swift, Classic, and the Link tram-train), Siemens Combino and Avanto trams, Ansaldo Sirio and TMK 2200 from Crotram.

Ordered Citadis trams

Africa

Country City Type Fleet numbers Quantity Year Length (m) Width (m) Comments
 Algeria Algiers 302 101 - 141 41 2010
 Algeria Constantine 302 27
 Algeria Oran 302 2010 30
 Morocco Casablanca 302 74 2012 Able to MU
 Morocco Salé&Rabat 302 32 44 2010 19 double trams, 6 single bidirectional trams
 Tunisia Tunis 302 401 - 430 30 2007 32 - 64 in MU 2.4

America

Country City Type Fleet numbers Quantity Year Length (m) Width (m) Comments
Argentina Buenos Aires 302 2 2007 32.5 2.40 Trams lent by Mulhouse (France), returned in 2008.[8]
Argentina Buenos Aires 302 2 2008 2.40 Trams lent by Madrid (Spain)

Asia

Country City Type Fleet numbers Quantity Year Length (m) Width (m) Comments
 Israel Jerusalem 302 46 2009
 Turkey Istanbul X-04 801-837 37 2009 28 2.65 Able to MU
 United Arab Emirates Dubai 402 25 2011 APS[9]

Europe

The Alstom Citadis has close to a monopoly in France, where all new trams are low-floor and almost all of them are Citadis trams.

Country City Type Fleet numbers Quantity Year Length (m) Width (m) Comments
 France Angers 302 17 2009 32.4 2.40
 France Aubagne Compact 8[4] 2014 22 First Citadis Compact ordered. Options for 10[4]
 France Bordeaux 402 2201 - 2232
2301 - 2306
2501 - 2520
2801 - 2804		 62 2002
2003
2005
2008
2011		 43.9 2.40
 France Bordeaux 302 2241 - 2246
2541 - 2546		 12 [10][11] 2002
2005		 32.8 2.40
 France Grenoble 402 [12] 6001 - 6035 35 2005 43 2.40
 France Grenoble 402 6036 - 6050 14 2009 43 2.40
 France Le Havre  ? 22 2011–2012
 France Le Mans 302 01 - 23 23 2007 32.0 2.40
 France Lyon 302 0801 - 0847 47 [13] 2000 32.4 2.40
 France Lyon 302 0848 - 0857 10 2006 32.4 2.40
 France Lyon 302 0858 - 0870 13 2009 32.4 2.40
 France Lyon 302 0871 - 0873 3 2010 32.4 2.40
 France Montpellier 301 2001–2028 30 [14] 1999–2000 40.9
 France Montpellier 302 2031–2033, 2041–2064 27 2006–2007 32.5
 France Montpellier 402 23 43
 France Mulhouse 302 01 - 27 27 2005–2006 32.5
 France Nice 302 01 - 20 20 2006–2007 33
 France Nice 302 21 - 28 8 2010 33
 France Orléans 301 39 - 60 22 [15] 2000 29.9 2.32
 France Orléans 302 61 - 81 21[16] 2010–2011 32.3 2.40
 France Paris 302 0401 - 0413, 0414 - 0426 26 [17] 2002, 2003 32.2 2.40 T2
 France Paris 302 0427 - 0442 16 2008 32.2 2.40 T2
 France Paris 302 0442 - 0459 18 2010 32.2 2.40 T2
 France Paris 402 0301 - 0321 21 2006 43.7 2.65 T3
 France Paris 402 0322 - 0346 25[18] 2012 43.7 2.65 T3
 France Paris 302 19[19] 2013 32 2.4 T7
 France Paris 302 20[19] 2014 32 2.4 T8
 France Reims 302 101 - 118 18 [20][21] 2010 32.4 2.40
 France Rouen 402 27 2011–2012 40-45 2.40 To replace the TFS [22]
 France Strasbourg 403 2001–2041 41 [23] 2005–2006 45.1 2.40
 France Toulouse 302 18 2009–2010 32.4 2.40
 France Tours 21[24] 2012–2013 43 2.40 APS
 France Valenciennes 302 33 2006 33 2.40
 Germany Kassel RegioCitadis 701 - 718 18 2004–2005 36.8 2.65
 Germany Kassel RegioCitadis 751 - 760 9 2004–2005 36.8 2.65 Hybrid with diesel engine
 Ireland Dublin 301 3001 - 3026 26 2003–2004 40 2.40 Red line, in 2007 extended from 30 to 40 m
 Ireland Dublin 401 4001 - 4014 14 2003–2004 40 2.40 Red line (transferred from green line 2010)
 Ireland Dublin 402 5001 - 5026 26 2009 43 Green line
 Netherlands The Hague RegioCitadis 4001 - 4054 54 2006 36.8 2.65
 Netherlands The Hague RegioCitadis 4055 - 4072 18 2011 36.8 2.65
 Netherlands Rotterdam 302 2001–2060 60 2003 31.6 2.4 One way
 Netherlands Rotterdam 302 2101–2153 53 2009 30 2.4 One way
 Spain Barcelona 302 19 2004 32 2.65 Trambaix network
 Spain Barcelona 302 18 2007 32 2.65 Trambesòs network
 Spain Jaén 302 5 2010 32 2.40
 Spain Madrid 302 70 2007 Metro Ligero de Madrid
 Spain Tenerife 302 20 2007 32.2 2.40
 Spain Murcia 302 11 2011 32 2.40
 UK Nottingham 22[25] 2014

Oceania

Country City Type Fleet numbers Quantity Year Length (m) Width (m) Comments
 Australia Adelaide 302 6[26] 2010 2.4 Surplus Citadis 302 trams from Madrid
 Australia Melbourne 202 3001 - 3036 36 2001 23.0 2.65
 Australia Melbourne 302 27 2005–2006 32.5 2.65 2008 to 2011, rent 5 Mulhouse's Citadis 302[27]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Planète CITADIS". Alstom, Citadis Mag № 10. 2008-04-10. http://www.citadismag.transport.alstom.com/V10/index.html. Retrieved 2008-05-03.  (French)
  2. ^ Note: the Dublin Trams are currently being converted to 401s in a programme which will be completed during 2008
  3. ^ CITADIS Dualis Information Sheet
  4. ^ a b c "Aubagne orders Citadis Compact". Railway Gazette International. 7 October 2011. http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/aubagne-orders-citadis-compact.html. 
  5. ^ "CITADIS Dualis, Speed and smoothness from the city centre to the suburbs". Alstom. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-04-24. http://web.archive.org/web/20080424085629/http://www.transport.alstom.com/home/elibrary/technical/products/32031.EN.php?languageId=EN&dir=/home/elibrary/technical/products/. Retrieved 2008-05-03. 
  6. ^ Harry Hondius (2 July 2007). "Dualis extends the reach of the Citadis family". Railway Gazette International. http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/dualis-extends-the-reach-of-the-citadis-family.html. Retrieved 2007-09-09. 
  7. ^ Wansbeek, C.J. (December 2002). "Bordeaux: Fronting the French tramway revolution". Tramways & Urban Transit (Light Rail Transit Association). http://www.lrta.info/articles/art0212.html. Retrieved 2011-03-28. 
  8. ^ "Citadis Cars for an experimental line in Buenos Aires". Alstom. 2006-12-28. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. http://web.archive.org/web/20070929132948/http://www.alstom.com/home/news/business_news/39125.EN.php?languageId=EN&dir=/home/news/business_news/. Retrieved 2007-09-09. 
  9. ^ "Al Safouh tram project consortium selected". Railway Gazette International. 2008-04-29. http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view//al-safouh-tram-project-consortium-selected.html. Retrieved 2008-05-02. 
  10. ^ Fiche technique 302
  11. ^ Fiche technique 402 (French)
  12. ^ Fiche technique Grenoble 2 (French)
  13. ^ Fiche technique (French)
  14. ^ Fiche technique 401 (French)
  15. ^ Fiche technique Orléans (French)
  16. ^ "Urban rail news in brief - November 2008". Railway Gazette International. 19 November 2008. http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/urban-rail-news-in-brief-november-2008.html. Retrieved 2011-03-28. 
  17. ^ Fiche technique CIT-RATP (French)
  18. ^ "Paris orders additional trams for T3". Railway Gazette International. 6 September 2010. http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/paris-orders-additional-trams-for-t3.html. Retrieved 2011-03-28. 
  19. ^ a b (English)"Citadis remains popular in Paris". Railway Gazette International. 28 January 2011. http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/citadis-remains-popular-in-paris.html. 
  20. ^ "Reims tramway sparkles with colour". Alstom. 2007-01-29. http://www.transport.alstom.com/home/news/Hot_news/28229.EN.php?languageId=EN&dir=/home/news/Hot_news/. Retrieved 2007-09-09. 
  21. ^ "Reims, sa cathédrale, son tram...". Admirable Design. 2007-05-14. http://www.admirabledesign.com/Reims-sa-cathedrale-son-tram. Retrieved 2007-09-09.  (French)
  22. ^ "Rouen orders trams to increase capacity". Railway Gazette International. 2010-01-05. http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/10/rouen-orders-trams-to-increase-capacity.html. Retrieved 2011-03-28. 
  23. ^ Fiche technique Strasbourg (French)
  24. ^ "Tours selects Citadis and APS". Railway Gazette International. 14 September 2010. http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/urban-rail/single-view/view/tours-selects-citadis-and-aps.html. Retrieved 2011-03-28. 
  25. ^ "Nottingham tram Phase Two contract signed". Railway Gazette International. 15 December 2011. http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/nottingham-tram-phase-two-contract-signed.html. 
  26. ^ European trams to bolster our City-Glenelg fleet
  27. ^ See also Trams in Melbourne

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