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The new tramways for Lille come from Alstom

The French metropolitan city of Lille and Mel, manager of the transport network, have chosen Alstom as their supplier for the replacement of the low-floor trams produced in the 1990s by Breda. Alstom will build 24 new low-floor trams (with an option for 6 more), which will enter into service in 2026...

New Stadler’s Tramlink is in regular service in Bern

On 1 November 2023, the first of 27 new Tramlinks started regular service on the Bern network. With the introduction of the 20 bi-directional trams and 7 one-way trams supplied by Stadler Rail, Bernmobil achieves its goal of adapting the transport service to the needs of increasing mobility in the c...

Luxembourg, tramway network extension planned

On September 13, the Minister of Mobility, Francois Bautch, the Burgomasters of the six municipalities involved, Sanem, Esch-sur-Alzette, Mondercange, Schifflange, Leudelange, the city of Luxembourg  (124,500 inhabitants) and Luxtram’s general manager, André Von Marck, presented the project of...

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Spotlight on the Citymood 12e by IIA: the VIDEO test drive

Manufactured in Flumeri, Southern Italy (some 100 km west of Naples), in one of the largest bus plants in Europe, the Menarini Citymood 12e, launched in late 2021, is the only standard size battery-electric bus featuring the ‘made in Italy’ label. It features a self-supporting steel fram...

Unleash the potential of your eBuses batteries, by PowerUp

The performance and safety evaluation of electric vehicle (EV) batteries is a multifaceted process that extends beyond reliance on a single key performance indicator. Instances of electric buses breakdowns or fires typically stem from a culmination of factors rather than a singular event.
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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...

Urbos 3, here are the new CAF trams for Budapest

Budapest’s tram fleet is being renewed, an important step in modernising public transport in the Hungarian capital, which has a population of more than 1,750,000. BKK, operator of the public transport network in Budapest, and the Municipality of Budapest, as part of the Széchenyi Plan Plus pro...

New Stadler streetcars for Valencia and Alicante

On 3 March, Stadler signed an order with Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana (FGV) for the supply of 16 trams of the Tramlink model, with an option for a further 12 vehicles (in two lots of 6 units each). The value of the order is € 84.3mln and the delivery time is set at 32 months […]...

CAF’s new generation of streetcars for Carris, Lisbon

The first of the new generation of trams, ordered in April 2021 by Carris, is ready and about to be delivered to Lisbon. Carris is the operator of the public transport network in Lisbon, Portugal’s capital city of 545,000 inhabitants, has decided to renew its tram fleet, choosing the five-modu...

Presented the new metro for Paris Line 18

The transport authority of Île-de-France Mobility (IdFM), Société du Grand Paris (SGP), the company managing the Grand Paris Express project, and Alstom presented the final design of the rolling stock for the future metro line 18, which will connect Orly Airport to Versailles. The new line 18 of the...
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