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Skoda wins tender to deliver 91 trolleybuses in Vilnius

Škoda Group has won the tender for the delivery of trolleybuses in Vilnius, Lithuania. The contract with transport operator JSC “Vilniaus viešasis transportas” includes the delivery of 91 Ško-da 32 Tr vehicles with a total value of more than 52 million euros. The Lithuanian capital&#8217...

Now the Bordeaux “A Line” arrives at the airport

Four years after work began, the extension of the Bordeaux tram line A between Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport and the city centre was inaugurated on 29 April 2023. The new section, approximately 5 km long, is separated from the Quatre – Chemins stop and includes four new stops in addition to the te...

New Alstom Citadis for Toulouse, Besançon and Brest

Alstom is the winner of a joint tender for 22 new low-floor trams, model Citadis, chosen by three French cities: Toulouse, Besançon and Brest. The three networks therefore commissioned Alstom with the 5-unit version of the Citadis model, of which 9 units will be delivered to Toulouse, 5 to Besancon,...

News about Maiorca rail (and tram) network

The board of directors of the Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca (SFM) has awarded the contract for the construction of the extension of the M1 metro line in the island’s capital Palma, from the UIB station to Parc Bit, to a construction consortium consisting of the companies COMSA, TECSA, MAB an...

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Twenty-five years of Skoda streetcars

Skoda crosses an important milestone and celebrates the 25th anniversary of the first streetcar to come out of the company’s plant in Pilsen. Lo and behold, Skoda’s history actually has more distant roots, going back to the early twentieth century, as several streetcar models that plied ...

Padua, new line Sir3 and revamping Sir1 fleet

by Stefano AlfanoPicture: Wikipedia In Padua, the tram network is being extended and renewed. The EIB, the European Investment Bank, has approved a 43.5m € in favour of APS Holding, an in-house company of the Municipality of Padua, for the construction of the SIR3 tram line and the revamping of the ...

Electric mobility in Lyon: oui!

Mobility in Lyon will soon be guaranteed only by ecological vehicles. Sytral Mobilitès, the mobility organising authority for the city of Lyon and the agglomeration (263 municipalities served, more than 1,800,000 inhabitants), owner of more than €5.2 billion in assets, is accelerating its fleet rene...

15 more streetcars from Skoda for the city of Cottbus

After an initial allocation of seven vehicles, Cottbusverkehr GmbH, the public transport company of the city of Cottbus, Germany, has signed a new contract with the Škoda Group for the delivery of 15 more streetcars, which will replace the existing high-floor streetcars. The trams are modern unidire...

Delivered the first Tramlink to Milan

The first Tramlink lands in Milan. In fact, the first new generation tram, destined for both urban and extra-urban service, managed by ATM, arrived from the Stadler plant in Valencia. The vehicle, numbered 7201, has been stored in the main workshop in Milan, awaiting line tests to be held in the com...

Here are the new Lajkonik streetcars for Krakow

Krakow is preparing to receive new trams. Poland’s beautiful and ancient city of 780,000 inhabitants has an impressive tram network, which has been in operation since 1882, and today is extended for 85 km with 22 daytime lines and 3 night-time lines, with over 350 stops. The service operates f...

Tramlink for the new tram line in Lausanne

After Berne, Basel, Waldenburg and Lugano, Tramlink will also arrive in Lausanne. On 10 November, Stadler Rail announced that it had signed a contract with the Lausanne network operator TL for the supply of 10 standard-gauge Tramlink trams for the future T1 line, as well as spare parts and equipment...

Hess awarded a 330 million euros contract from VBZ Zurich

by Stefano Alfano VBZ, the public transport operator for the city of Zurich, has awarded Swiss manufacturer Hess with an order for 13 articulated battery-powered trolleybuses and 13 Hess lighTram bi-articulated battery-powered trolleybuses. And there are plans for further 140 vehicles. The commissio...
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