The first of 121 new CAF Urbos trams arrives in Rome for ATAC
After twenty-one years, the first next-generation tram has arrived in Rome. The first of the 121 Urbos models that CAF will deliver to ATAC has reached the Italian capital and will transform the city’s rail-based public transport. The total investment amounts to more than €450 million. Numbered in the 9300 series and measuring 33.5 meters […]
After twenty-one years, the first next-generation tram has arrived in Rome. The first of the 121 Urbos models that CAF will deliver to ATAC has reached the Italian capital and will transform the city’s rail-based public transport. The total investment amounts to more than €450 million.
Numbered in the 9300 series and measuring 33.5 meters in length, the new vehicle will be able to carry up to 215 passengers, including 68 seated and two passengers with reduced mobility. The vehicles will be bidirectional and will feature the same livery already used on the most recently supplied buses.
Among the many features of the new tram, in addition to a low-floor design and air-conditioning system, there are onboard battery packs that allow the vehicle to run autonomously on certain sections of the line, also reducing the need for overhead wires in future extensions. The tram is also equipped with a front collision-avoidance system.
The Urbos trams are intended to replace the oldest rolling stock, such as the Stanga cars of the 7000 series dating back to the late 1940s and the 9000 series from the early 1990s.
The first operational deployment of the new vehicles is planned for the future Togliatti tramway, one of the most important projects in Rome’s surface rail revival plan. The line will connect Subaugusta to Ponte Mammolo, also intersecting Metro Line C, with a total length of 8 km and 19 stops. Later, the new trams will operate across the entire city network.
By Stefano Alfano
