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The Citadis is a low-floor tram
Tram

A tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car, or streetcar is a railroad car, of lighter weight and construction than a train, designed for the transport of passengers within, close to, or between villages, towns and/or cities, on tracks running primarily on streets....
 built by Alstom
Alstom

Alstom is a large France multinational company list of conglomerates which holds interests in the electricity generation and transport markets....
 in La Rochelle
La Rochelle

La Rochelle is a city in western France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime Departments of France....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, and Barcelona
Barcelona

Barcelona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,615,908 in 2008, while the population of the Metropolitan Area was 3,161,081....
, Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
. 1,140 Citadis are currently in use in 28 cities, among others: Bordeaux
Bordeaux

is a Port city on the Garonne in southwest France, with one million inhabitants in its aire urbaine at a 2008 estimate. It is the Capital of the Aquitaine regions of France, as well as the Prefectures in France of the Gironde Departments of France....
, Lyon
Lyon

||-||}Lyon, also known as Lyons in English, is a city in east-central France. Its name is pronounced in French language and Franco-Proven?al language, and or in English language....
, Montpellier
Montpellier

Montpellier is a city in the south of France. It is the capital of the Languedoc-Roussillon Regions of France, as well as the H?rault Departments of France....
, Orléans
Orléans

Orl?ans is a city in north-central France, about 130 km southwest of Paris. It is the capital of the Loiret Departments of France and of the Centre R?gion in France....
, the Paris area, and Barcelona
Barcelona

Barcelona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,615,908 in 2008, while the population of the Metropolitan Area was 3,161,081....
, Dublin
Dublin

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
, Gdansk
Gdansk

Gdansk is the city at the centre of the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Poland. It is Poland's principal seaport as well as the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship....
, Katowice
Katowice

Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Klodnica and Rawa river rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about 50 km from the Silesian Beskids and about 100 km from Sudetes....
, Melbourne
Melbourne

Melbourne is the more common name for the geographic region and Census in Australia of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area. It is the second List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million and serves as the List of Australian capital cities of Victoria ....
 and Rotterdam
Rotterdam

Rotterdam ; city and municipality in the Netherlands province of South Holland, situated in the west of the Netherlands. The municipality is the List of cities in the Netherlands with over 100,000 people in the country, with a population of 584,046 on 1 January 2007 and comprises the southern part of the Randstad, the List of metropolitan are...
 outside France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
.

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
Tram-train

A tram-train is a light rail public transport system where trams also run on main-line regional rail Rail tracks for greater flexibility and convenience....
 operation, in which trams run also on mainline railway tracks; it is used in the German city Kassel
Kassel

Kassel is a city situated along the Fulda River in northern Hessen, Germany, one of the two sources of the Weser river . It is the administrative seat of the Kassel and of the Kassel of the same name....
, and has been delivered for The Hague
The Hague

The Hague is the third largest city in the Netherlands after Amsterdam and Rotterdam, with a population of 475,904 and an area of approximately 100 km?....
.






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The Citadis is a low-floor tram
Tram

A tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car, or streetcar is a railroad car, of lighter weight and construction than a train, designed for the transport of passengers within, close to, or between villages, towns and/or cities, on tracks running primarily on streets....
 built by Alstom
Alstom

Alstom is a large France multinational company list of conglomerates which holds interests in the electricity generation and transport markets....
 in La Rochelle
La Rochelle

La Rochelle is a city in western France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime Departments of France....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
, and Barcelona
Barcelona

Barcelona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,615,908 in 2008, while the population of the Metropolitan Area was 3,161,081....
, Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
. 1,140 Citadis are currently in use in 28 cities, among others: Bordeaux
Bordeaux

is a Port city on the Garonne in southwest France, with one million inhabitants in its aire urbaine at a 2008 estimate. It is the Capital of the Aquitaine regions of France, as well as the Prefectures in France of the Gironde Departments of France....
, Lyon
Lyon

||-||}Lyon, also known as Lyons in English, is a city in east-central France. Its name is pronounced in French language and Franco-Proven?al language, and or in English language....
, Montpellier
Montpellier

Montpellier is a city in the south of France. It is the capital of the Languedoc-Roussillon Regions of France, as well as the H?rault Departments of France....
, Orléans
Orléans

Orl?ans is a city in north-central France, about 130 km southwest of Paris. It is the capital of the Loiret Departments of France and of the Centre R?gion in France....
, the Paris area, and Barcelona
Barcelona

Barcelona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,615,908 in 2008, while the population of the Metropolitan Area was 3,161,081....
, Dublin
Dublin

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
, Gdansk
Gdansk

Gdansk is the city at the centre of the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Poland. It is Poland's principal seaport as well as the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship....
, Katowice
Katowice

Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Klodnica and Rawa river rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about 50 km from the Silesian Beskids and about 100 km from Sudetes....
, Melbourne
Melbourne

Melbourne is the more common name for the geographic region and Census in Australia of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area. It is the second List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million and serves as the List of Australian capital cities of Victoria ....
 and Rotterdam
Rotterdam

Rotterdam ; city and municipality in the Netherlands province of South Holland, situated in the west of the Netherlands. The municipality is the List of cities in the Netherlands with over 100,000 people in the country, with a population of 584,046 on 1 January 2007 and comprises the southern part of the Randstad, the List of metropolitan are...
 outside France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
.

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:
  • Citadis 202 - double articulated 100% low floor (Melbourne
    Melbourne

    Melbourne is the more common name for the geographic region and Census in Australia of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area. It is the second List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million and serves as the List of Australian capital cities of Victoria ....
    )
  • Citadis 301 - also three section but with 70% low floor (Orléans
    Orléans

    Orl?ans is a city in north-central France, about 130 km southwest of Paris. It is the capital of the Loiret Departments of France and of the Centre R?gion in France....
     and Dublin
    Dublin

    Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
    ) .
  • Citadis 302 - five carbody sections, 100% low floor (Lyon
    Lyon

    ||-||}Lyon, also known as Lyons in English, is a city in east-central France. Its name is pronounced in French language and Franco-Proven?al language, and or in English language....
    , Bordeaux
    Bordeaux

    is a Port city on the Garonne in southwest France, with one million inhabitants in its aire urbaine at a 2008 estimate. It is the Capital of the Aquitaine regions of France, as well as the Prefectures in France of the Gironde Departments of France....
    , Paris T2
    Paris Tramway Line 2

    Tramway line T2 is a tramway just outside the limits of Paris proper, connecting La D?fense with Issy-les-Moulineaux west of Paris. It opened in 1997, mostly on converted SNCF right-of-way....
    , Valenciennes
    Valenciennes

    Valenciennes is a Communes of France in the Nord Departments of France in northern France.It lies on the Scheldt river. Although the city and region had seen a steady decline between 1975 and 1990, it has since rebounded....
    , Rotterdam
    Rotterdam

    Rotterdam ; city and municipality in the Netherlands province of South Holland, situated in the west of the Netherlands. The municipality is the List of cities in the Netherlands with over 100,000 people in the country, with a population of 584,046 on 1 January 2007 and comprises the southern part of the Randstad, the List of metropolitan are...
    , Buenos Aires
    Buenos Aires

    Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southern shore of the R?o de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent....
    , Madrid
    Madrid

    Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...
    , Melbourne
    Melbourne

    Melbourne is the more common name for the geographic region and Census in Australia of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area. It is the second List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million and serves as the List of Australian capital cities of Victoria ....
    , Murcia
    Murcia

    Murcia is the capital city of the Region of Murcia, located at the river Segura in south-eastern Spain. Its population is 433,850 , and the population of its metropolitan area is 743,326 ranking as the ninth-largest metropolitan area of Spain....
     and Barcelona
    Barcelona

    Barcelona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,615,908 in 2008, while the population of the Metropolitan Area was 3,161,081....
    )
  • Citadis 402 - seven carbody sections, 100% low floor (Bordeaux
    Bordeaux

    is a Port city on the Garonne in southwest France, with one million inhabitants in its aire urbaine at a 2008 estimate. It is the Capital of the Aquitaine regions of France, as well as the Prefectures in France of the Gironde Departments of France....
    , Grenoble
    Grenoble

    Grenoble is a city in southeastern France situated at the foot of the Alps where the Drac River joins the Is?re River.Located in the Rh?ne-Alpes regions of France, Grenoble is the capital of the Departments of France of Is?re....
    , Paris T3
    Paris Tramway Line 3

    Tramway line T3 is the first modern Tram in Paris proper. Opened on December 16 2006, it is known as the Tramway des Mar?chaux because it follows the boulevards that were built on the route of Adolphe Thiers' fortifications around Paris named after many of Napoleon I of France Marshal of France ....
    )
  • Citadis 401 - five sections, 70% low floor (Montpellier
    Montpellier

    Montpellier is a city in the south of France. It is the capital of the Languedoc-Roussillon Regions of France, as well as the H?rault Departments of France....
     and Dublin
    Dublin

    Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
    )
  • Citadis 403 - seven sections, with modified end bogie
    Bogie

    A bogie is a wheeled wagon or trolley. In Machine terms, a bogie is a chassis or framework carrying wheels, attached to a vehicle. It can be fixed in place, as on a cargo truck, mounted on a swivel, as on a railway carriage or locomotive, or sprung as in the suspension of a caterpillar tracked vehicle....
     design (Strasbourg
    Strasbourg

    Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace Regions of France in northeastern France. With 702,412 inhabitants in 2007, its metropolitan area is the Aire urbaine....
    )
  • Regio-Citadis - three sections, 70% low floor (Kassel
    Kassel

    Kassel is a city situated along the Fulda River in northern Hessen, Germany, one of the two sources of the Weser river . It is the administrative seat of the Kassel and of the Kassel of the same name....
    , Ridderkerk
    Ridderkerk

    Media:Nl-Ridderkerk.ogg is a town and municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of 25.10 km? ....
     (connected to Zoetermeer
    Zoetermeer

    Zoetermeer is a city in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. The municipality covers an area of 37.06 km? . Though a small village until the late 1960s, with only 6,392 people living in the entire municipality in 1950 , by March 1, 2007 this number had grown to 118,483, making Zoetermeer the third largest population cen...
     and The Hague
    The Hague

    The Hague is the third largest city in the Netherlands after Amsterdam and Rotterdam, with a population of 475,904 and an area of approximately 100 km?....
     transportation systems), Salzgitter
    Salzgitter

    Salzgitter is a city in southeast Lower Saxony, Germany, located between Hildesheim and Braunschweig. Salzgitter is an independent city#Germany....
    )
  • Citadis-Dualis - derived from the Citadis series and adapted both to tramway lines and regional railway tracks, it will be operated by the SNCF
    SNCF

    SNCF is a France public enterprise. Its functions include operation of rail services for passengers and freight, and maintenance as well as signalling of rail infrastructure owned by R?seau Ferr? de France ....
      (see below)


The 70% low-floor “Regio-Citadis” variant allows for tram-train
Tram-train

A tram-train is a light rail public transport system where trams also run on main-line regional rail Rail tracks for greater flexibility and convenience....
 operation, in which trams run also on mainline railway tracks; it is used in the German city Kassel
Kassel

Kassel is a city situated along the Fulda River in northern Hessen, Germany, one of the two sources of the Weser river . It is the administrative seat of the Kassel and of the Kassel of the same name....
, and has been delivered for The Hague
The Hague

The Hague is the third largest city in the Netherlands after Amsterdam and Rotterdam, with a population of 475,904 and an area of approximately 100 km?....
. This train type are having possibillities of duo-powering (diesel
Diesel

Diesel or diesel fuel in general is any fuel used in diesel engines. The most common is a specific fractional distillation of petroleum fuel oil, but alternatives that are not derived from petroleum, such as biodiesel, biomass to liquid or gas to liquid diesel, are increasingly being developed and adopted....
/600 V
Volt

The volt is the SI SI derived unit of electric potential difference or electromotive force, commonly known as voltage. It is named in honor of the Lombard physicist Alessandro Volta , who invented the voltaic pile, possibly the first chemical battery ....
DC, 600 V
Volt

The volt is the SI SI derived unit of electric potential difference or electromotive force, commonly known as voltage. It is named in honor of the Lombard physicist Alessandro Volta , who invented the voltaic pile, possibly the first chemical battery ....
DC/1,5 kV
Volt

The volt is the SI SI derived unit of electric potential difference or electromotive force, commonly known as voltage. It is named in honor of the Lombard physicist Alessandro Volta , who invented the voltaic pile, possibly the first chemical battery ....
 16 Hz
Hertz

The hertz is a measure of frequency per unit of time, or the number of list of cycles per second. It is the SI base unit of frequency in the International System of Units , and is used worldwide in both general-purpose and scientific contexts....
 or 600 V
Volt

The volt is the SI SI derived unit of electric potential difference or electromotive force, commonly known as voltage. It is named in honor of the Lombard physicist Alessandro Volta , who invented the voltaic pile, possibly the first chemical battery ....
DC/Bioenergy
Bioenergy

Bioenergy is renewable energy made available from materials derived from biological sources. In its most narrow sense it is a synonym to biofuel, which is fuel derived from biological sources....
/diesel
Diesel

Diesel or diesel fuel in general is any fuel used in diesel engines. The most common is a specific fractional distillation of petroleum fuel oil, but alternatives that are not derived from petroleum, such as biodiesel, biomass to liquid or gas to liquid diesel, are increasingly being developed and adopted....
).

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
Kilometres per hour

The kilometre per hour is a physical unit of both speed and velocity . The unit symbol is km/h or km?h-1; however, the colloquial abbreviations "kph" and "kmph" are sometimes also used in English-speaking countries, in analogy to mph, although these are not in accordance with international scientific standards....
 (62 mph, compared to 70 km/h (43 mph) for the Citadis tram), and for stop spacings ranging from 0.5 km to 5 km (460 yds to 3.1 mi). 31 have been ordered (plus 169 on option ) by the SNCF
SNCF

SNCF is a France public enterprise. Its functions include operation of rail services for passengers and freight, and maintenance as well as signalling of rail infrastructure owned by R?seau Ferr? de France ....
 at an average cost of €
Euro

The euro is the official currency of 16 out of 27 European Union member state of the European Union . The states, known collectively as the Eurozone are: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Republic of Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain....
3·2 millions per car (about $4.94 millions or £2.5 millions) .

Like most trams, Citadis vehicles are usually powered by overhead electric wires, but the trams in Bordeaux
Bordeaux

is a Port city on the Garonne in southwest France, with one million inhabitants in its aire urbaine at a 2008 estimate. It is the Capital of the Aquitaine regions of France, as well as the Prefectures in France of the Gironde Departments of France....
 (and in the future Angers, Reims and Dubai) use the “Aps” (ground-level power supply)
Ground-level power supply

Ground-level power supply, also known as surface current collection and Alimentation par Sol is a modern method of third rail electrical pick-up for street trams....
, a third rail
Third rail

A third rail is a method of providing electricity to power a rail transport through a continuous rigid conductor alongside the railway track or between the rails....
 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 .

Competitors to the Citadis include Bombardier Transportation's
Bombardier Transportation

Bombardier Transportation is the rail transport equipment division of the Bombardier group. Bombardier Transportation is the world?s largest company in the rail equipment manufacturing and servicing industry....
 Flexity family
Flexity

Flexity is the name given by Bombardier Transportation to most of the trams they manufacture. For specific information, see the following articles:...
 (Outlook
Flexity Outlook

The Flexity Outlook family are articulated light rail trams manufactured by Bombardier Transportation. Part of the Flexity family, although 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....
, Swift
Flexity Swift

The Flexity Swift tram is a light rail vehicle manufactured by Bombardier Transportation. Most models follow a 70% low floor design in order to allow access to those in wheelchairs without requiring the construction of high platforms, though some of Cologne's fleet use a high-floor format with level boarding platforms instead, in order to r...
, Classic
Flexity Classic

The Flexity Classic is a model of light rail tram manufactured by Bombardier. Although it is marketed as the most traditionally-designed member of the Flexity family, it is nevertheless a modern bi-directional articulated tram with a low floor section allowing improved accessibility, especially to passengers in wheelchairs....
, and the Link
Flexity Link

The Flexity Link is a low floor tram-train manufactured by Bombardier Transportation. It is designed to be able to run both on an urban tram network and on main railway lines, in order to provide direct journeys into a city's centre without passengers having to transfer from a regional train to a tram....
 tram-train
Tram-train

A tram-train is a light rail public transport system where trams also run on main-line regional rail Rail tracks for greater flexibility and convenience....
), Siemens
Siemens AG

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft is Europe's largest engineering Conglomerate . Siemens' international headquarters are located in Berlin and Munich, Germany....
 Combino
Combino

The Combino is a low floor tram produced by Siemens AG Transportation Systems . The first prototype was produced in 1996 at the Duewag works in D?sseldorf; the trams are currently made in Krefeld-Uerdingen....
 and Avanto
Avanto (tram)

The Avanto is a low floor tram manufactured by Siemens AG. It is used or on order by several systems in the United States and for tram-train operations in France....
 trams and TMK 2200 from Crotram
CROTRAM

Crotram is a Croatian consortium of two companies, which produces the first Croatian low-floor tram . It consists of and , both from Zagreb....
.

Ordered Citadis trams


Argentina

  • Buenos Aires
    Buenos Aires

    Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southern shore of the R?o de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent....
    : Tranvía del Este
    Tranvía del Este

    Tranv?a del Este or ?Puerto Madero Tramway? is a light rail line in the Puerto Madero neighborhood of Buenos Aires operated by the rail company Ferrov?as....
     . The service is provided by two Citadis
    Citadis

    The Citadis is a low-floor tram built by Alstom in La Rochelle, France, and Barcelona, Spain. 1,140 Citadis are currently in use in 28 cities, among others: Bordeaux, Lyon, Montpellier, Orl?ans, Paris aire urbaine, and Barcelona, Dublin, Gdansk, Katowice, Melbourne and Rotterdam outside France....
     302 model trams, manufactured by the French
    France

    France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
      company Alstom
    Alstom

    Alstom is a large France multinational company list of conglomerates which holds interests in the electricity generation and transport markets....
     and granted under a free concession by the city of Mulhouse
    Mulhouse

    Mulhouse is a city and communes of France in eastern France, close to the Switzerland and Germany borders. With 271,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2007 it is the largest city in the Haut-Rhin departments of France, and the second largest in the Alsace regions of France after Strasbourg....
    .


Australia

  • Melbourne
    Melbourne

    Melbourne is the more common name for the geographic region and Census in Australia of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area. It is the second List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million and serves as the List of Australian capital cities of Victoria ....
    : C class Melbourne tram
    C class Melbourne tram

    C class is the designation given to the type of Citadis trams used in Melbourne, Victoria , Australia. These three-section low floor Electricity trams were built by the transport company Alstom, and the first unit was delivered to the city in 2001, with the last units following in 2002....
    , operated by Yarra Trams
    Yarra Trams

    Yarra Trams is a tram operating company in Melbourne, Australia. It is a partnership between French company Transdev and Australian company Transfield Services....
    . Between 2008 and 2011, Melbourne is renting five of Mulhouse's Citadis 302 trams .


France

Tramway Valenciennes Place Gare 3
The Alstom Citadis has close to a monopoly
Monopoly

In economics, a monopoly exists when a specific individual or enterprise has sufficient control over a particular product or service to determine significantly the terms on which other individuals shall have access to it....
 in France, where all new trams are low-floored and almost all of them are Citadis trams
Tram

A tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car, or streetcar is a railroad car, of lighter weight and construction than a train, designed for the transport of passengers within, close to, or between villages, towns and/or cities, on tracks running primarily on streets....
.
  • Bordeaux
    Bordeaux

    is a Port city on the Garonne in southwest France, with one million inhabitants in its aire urbaine at a 2008 estimate. It is the Capital of the Aquitaine regions of France, as well as the Prefectures in France of the Gironde Departments of France....
    : Tramway de Bordeaux
    Tramway de Bordeaux

    The Bordeaux tramway network consists of three lines serving the city of Bordeaux in southwestern France. The first line was opened on 21 December 2003; further extensions have increased the route length to ....
     
  • Grenoble
    Grenoble

    Grenoble is a city in southeastern France situated at the foot of the Alps where the Drac River joins the Is?re River.Located in the Rh?ne-Alpes regions of France, Grenoble is the capital of the Departments of France of Is?re....
    : Tramway de Grenoble
    Tramway de Grenoble

    Grenoble tram network is 32 km long, and comprises four lines: lines A, B, C and D. Line A was opened in 1987, line B in 1990, line C entered into service on the 20 May 2006 and line D opened on the October 2007....
     
  • Le Mans
    Le Mans

    Le Mans is a commune in France in France, located on the Sarthe River. Traditionally the capital of the province of Maine , it is now the pr?fecture of the Sarthe D?partement in France, and is furthermore the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Le Mans....
    : Setram (Société anonyme d'économie mixte des transports en commun de l'agglomération mancelle)
  • Lyon
    Lyon

    ||-||}Lyon, also known as Lyons in English, is a city in east-central France. Its name is pronounced in French language and Franco-Proven?al language, and or in English language....
    : Tramway de Lyon
  • Montpellier
    Montpellier

    Montpellier is a city in the south of France. It is the capital of the Languedoc-Roussillon Regions of France, as well as the H?rault Departments of France....
    : TaM (Transports de l'agglomération de Montpellier)
  • Mulhouse
    Mulhouse

    Mulhouse is a city and communes of France in eastern France, close to the Switzerland and Germany borders. With 271,000 inhabitants in the metropolitan area in 2007 it is the largest city in the Haut-Rhin departments of France, and the second largest in the Alsace regions of France after Strasbourg....
    : Tramway de Mulhouse
  • Nice
    Nice

    Nice is a city in Southern France France located on the Mediterranean Sea coast, between Marseille, France, and Genoa, Italy, with 1,197,751 inhabitants in the 2007 estimate....
    : Tramway de Nice
    Tramway de Nice

    This article is about the new tramway of Nice, for the old network, see Tramway de Nice et du LittoralThe Tramway de Nice is a tramway of the France Southern city of Nice....
  • Orléans
    Orléans

    Orl?ans is a city in north-central France, about 130 km southwest of Paris. It is the capital of the Loiret Departments of France and of the Centre R?gion in France....
    : SEMTAO (Société d'économie mixte des transports de l'agglomération orléanaise)
  • Paris
    Paris

    Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
    : Tramway parisien
    Tramways in Paris

    Tramways are operated in Paris by its public transport authority, RATP, which also operates the Paris M?tro and most Bus . The city currently has four lines and is planning an additional one....
     (a branch of the RATP
    RATP

    The R?gie Autonome des Transports Parisiens is the major transit operator responsible for public transportation in Paris and its surroundings....
    )
  • Strasbourg
    Strasbourg

    Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace Regions of France in northeastern France. With 702,412 inhabitants in 2007, its metropolitan area is the Aire urbaine....
    : Tramway de Strasbourg
    Tramways in Strasbourg

    The Strasbourg tram system, run by the Compagnie des transports strasbourgeois, consists of five lines, A, B, C, D and E. Lines A and D were opened in 1994, lines B and C were opened in 2000 and line E was opened in 2007....
     
  • Valenciennes
    Valenciennes

    Valenciennes is a Communes of France in the Nord Departments of France in northern France.It lies on the Scheldt river. Although the city and region had seen a steady decline between 1975 and 1990, it has since rebounded....
    : Tramway de Valenciennes
    Tramway de Valenciennes

    The Valenciennes tram is a light rail system in the Valenciennes urban area in the Nord d?partement in France of northern France. One line has been completed, and eventually the network will include four lines, be 48 km long and serve sixteen cities and villages....
  • Reims
    Reims

    The city of Reims lies in the Champagne-Ardenne region in northeastern France 129 km east-northeast of Paris.Founded by the Gauls, it became a major city during the period of the Roman Empire....
    : Tramway de Reims
    Tramway de Reims

    The tramway de Reims is a French transportation system planned for opening in mid-March 2011. It is going to travel through the town North to South, along a 11-km-long track....
     – Delivery to commence in October 2009


Ireland

Ireland Dublin Tram
*Dublin
Dublin

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
: Luas
Luas

Luas , also promoted in the development stage as the Dublin Light Rail System, is a light rail or tram system serving Dublin, the first such system in the decades since the closure of the last of the Dublin tramways....


Netherlands

  • Rotterdam
    Rotterdam

    Rotterdam ; city and municipality in the Netherlands province of South Holland, situated in the west of the Netherlands. The municipality is the List of cities in the Netherlands with over 100,000 people in the country, with a population of 584,046 on 1 January 2007 and comprises the southern part of the Randstad, the List of metropolitan are...
    : RET (Rotterdamse Elektrische Tram)
    Rotterdamse Elektrische Tram

    RET is the main public transport operator in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. It currently operates 28 bus lines, 9 tram lines and two rapid transit/light rail lines in Rotterdam and the surrounding municipality....


Poland

  • Gdansk
    Gdansk

    Gdansk is the city at the centre of the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Poland. It is Poland's principal seaport as well as the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship....
    : ZKM Gdansk (Zaklad Komunikacji Miejskiej w Gdansku), ZTM (Zarzad Transportu Miejskiego w Gdansku)
  • Katowice
    Katowice

    Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Klodnica and Rawa river rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about 50 km from the Silesian Beskids and about 100 km from Sudetes....
    : Tramwaje Slaskie
    Silesian Interurbans

    Silesian Interurbans - one of the largest tram systems in the world has been in existence since 1894. The system is spread over more than 50 kilometres and covers thirteen towns in the Upper Silesia metropolitan area and their suburbs , which is densely industrialised and inhabited by more than 2 million people....


Spain

  • Barcelona
    Barcelona

    Barcelona is the capital and most populous city of the Autonomous communities of Spain of Catalonia and the second largest city in Spain, with a population of 1,615,908 in 2008, while the population of the Metropolitan Area was 3,161,081....
    : Trambaix
    Trambaix

    The Trambaix is a light rail system connecting the Baix Llobregat area with the city of Barcelona in Spain. It opened to the public on April 5 2004 after a weekend when the tram could be used free of charge....
    , Trambesòs
    Trambesòs

    The Trambes?s is a light rail system connecting Sant Adri? de Bes?s and Badalona with the city of Barcelona in Catalonia. The original line, known as T4, opened on May 8 2004 and runs from Ciutadella-Vila Olimpica in Barcelona to the east of the city and extends roughly north-eastwards, reaching Sant Adri? de Bes?s....
  • Madrid
    Madrid

    Madrid is the Capital and largest city of Spain. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits in the European Union after Greater London and Berlin, and its Madrid metropolitan area is the Largest urban areas of the European Union in the European Union after Paris aire urbaine, Greater London Urban Area, a...
    : Metro Ligero de Madrid
    Madrid Metro

    The Madrid Metro is the large rapid transit system serving the city of Madrid.It is one of the largest metro systems in the world, which is especially remarkable considering Madrid's population of approximately 3.5 million to 6 million ....
  • Tenerife
    Tenerife

    Tenerife, a Spain island, is the largest of the seven Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa. Tenerife has an area of 2034.38 square kilometers, and 886,033 inhabitants, which make it the most populated island of the Canary Islands and Spain....
    : Tranvía Metro Tenerife
    Tenerife Tram

    Tenerife Tram is a tram service based on the island of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands. Service started on June 2, 2007 over a line which links the Intercambiador in Santa Cruz de Tenerife with Avenida de la Trinidad in San Crist?bal de La Laguna....
  • Murcia
    Murcia

    Murcia is the capital city of the Region of Murcia, located at the river Segura in south-eastern Spain. Its population is 433,850 , and the population of its metropolitan area is 743,326 ranking as the ninth-largest metropolitan area of Spain....
    : Tranvimur


Tunisia

  • Tunis
    Tunis

    Tunis is the Capital of the Tunisian Republic and also the Tunis Governorate, with a population of 1 200,000 in 2008 and over 3,980,500 in the municipal area....
    : Métro léger de Tunis / ?????? ?????? ??????? ????
    Métro léger de Tunis

    The M?tro l?ger de Tunis is an expanding public transportation network for the Tunis area that was started in 1985. It represents not a subterranean transit system but a light rail network....


United Arab Emirates

  • Al Sufouh Tram (Ar.
    Arabic language

    Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language....
    : ???? ??????) in Dubai
    Dubai

    Dubai is one of the seven Emirates of the United Arab Emirates and the most populous city of the United Arab Emirates . It is located along the southern coast of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula....
     is expected to have 25 Citadis 402. It will use APS
    Ground-level power supply

    Ground-level power supply, also known as surface current collection and Alimentation par Sol is a modern method of third rail electrical pick-up for street trams....
    . Phase 1 will open in April 2011 .


See also

  • Ground-level power supply used in Bordeaux
    Ground-level power supply

    Ground-level power supply, also known as surface current collection and Alimentation par Sol is a modern method of third rail electrical pick-up for street trams....
  • CROTRAM
    CROTRAM

    Crotram is a Croatian consortium of two companies, which produces the first Croatian low-floor tram . It consists of and , both from Zagreb....


External links

  • (read the notes written by visitors at the end of the page, because there are some errors in the table)
  • - design of Citadis tram interiors for Paris, Le Mans, Angers