Alstom Citadis

A Citadis 302 in Mulhouse
A Citadis 401 in Dublin
A Citadis 402 in Paris

The Citadis is a family of low-floor trams (streetcars) and light rail vehicles built by Alstom. More than 1140 Citadis trams are in use in over 28 cities,[1] including: Bordeaux, Grenoble, Lyon, Montpellier, Rouen, Orléans, the Paris area, Nottingham, Algiers, Oran, Constantine, Barcelona, Dubai, Dublin, Istanbul, Gdańsk, Katowice, Adelaide, Melbourne, Jerusalem, Rabat, Casablanca, Tunis, Rotterdam and Rio de Janeiro. An evolution of Alstom's earlier TFS vehicle, most Citadis trams are made in Alstom's factories in La Rochelle, Reichshoffen and Valenciennes, France, and in Barcelona, Spain, and Annaba, Algeria.[2] Also, Gaziantep bought second-hand TFS's from Rouen.

Competitors to the Citadis include Bombardier Transportation's Flexity family, Siemens's Combino, Avenio, S70/Avanto trams and LRVs, CAF's Urbos, Škoda ForCity and other Škoda tramcars, AnsaldoBreda Sirio, TMK 2200 from Crotram and Kinki Sharyo LRVs.

Citadis types

The Citadis family includes both partial and fully low-floor trams and LRVs, in versions with three (20x), five (30x), seven (40x), and nine (50x) sections. It comprises the following standard variants:

Articulated models

Specialty models

Tram-trains

The “Regio-Citadis” variant is designed for tram-train operation, with trams running on mainline railway tracks; it is used on RegioTram Kassel and RandstadRail in and around The Hague. This train type can be built as a dual-voltage or electro-diesel vehicle with various configurations (diesel / 600 V DC, 600 V DC / 15 kV  16 2⁄3 Hz or 600 V DC / 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The Regio-Citadis model has now been superseded by "Citadis-Dualis", redesigned to operate on the same lines as regional trains (on the TER (Transport express régional) network in France) at up to 100 km/h (62 mph), compared to 70 km/h (43 mph) for the standard Citadis tram), and for stop spacings ranging from 0.5 to 5 km (0.31 to 3.11 mi). A total of 31 sets have been ordered (plus 169 on option[7]) by the SNCF at an average cost of €3.2 million per train set (about $4.94 million or £2.5 million).[8]

Power supply

Like most trams, Citadis vehicles are usually powered by overhead electric wires collected by a pantograph, but the trams in several places do not use pantograph current collection entirely.

The most popular solution is Alstom's proprietary ground-level power supply (APS, first used in Bordeaux and subsequently in Angers, Reims, Orleans, Tours, Dubai, Rio de Janeiro, and in the future, Sydney), consisting of 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. On the networks in France and in Sydney, the trams switch to conventional overhead wires in outer areas,[9] but the Dubai vehicles are the first to employ APS for its entire passenger length (although they are still equipped with pantographs for use in the maintenance depot).

Another option is to use on-board batteries to store electrical power, allowing brief periods of catenary-free operation without the need to install special infrastructure. The Citadis trams in Nice operate off a set of nickel metallic hydride batteries in two large open spaces where overhead wires would be an eyesore.[10]

Ordered Citadis trams

Africa

Country City Image Type Fleet numbers Quantity Year Length (m) Width (m) Comments
 Algeria Algiers
(Algiers tramway)		 402 101–141 41 2010 2.65
 Algeria Constantine
Constantine tramway		 402 101–127 47 2010 43.9 2.65 of whom 27 were manufactured in Barcelona and 20 were assembled in Annaba, Algeria.[2]
 Algeria Oran
Oran Tramway		 302 101–130 30 2010 43.9 2.65
 Algeria Ouargla
Ouargla tramway		 402 101–123 23 2017 43.9 2.65
 Algeria Mostaganem 402 101–130 30 2017 43.9 2.65
 Algeria Sidi Bel Abbes 402 101–130 30 2016 43.9 2.65
 Algeria Setif 402 101–130 47 2016 43.9 2.65
 Algeria Batna 402 101–130 30 2016 43.9 2.65
 Algeria Annaba 402 101–130 30 2017 43.9 2.65
 Algeria Skikda 402 101–130 20 2018 43.9 2.65
 Algeria Tébessa 402 101–130 20 2018 43.9 2.65
 Morocco Casablanca
(Casablanca Tramway		 302 74 2012 2.65 Single ended - operate in service as back-to-back pairs. Semi permanently coupled.
 Morocco Rabat-Salé
(Rabat-Salé tramway)		 302 32 44 2010 2.65 19 double trams (back to back single ended pairs, semi permanently coupled), 6 single bidirectional trams
 Tunisia Tunis 302 401–430 30 2007 32 - 64 in MU 2.4 Single ended - operate in service as back-to-back pairs.

North America

Country City Type Fleet numbers Quantity Year Length
(m or
ft in)		 Width
(m or
ft in)		 Comments
 Canada Ottawa - Confederation Line Citadis Spirit (variant of 302) 34 (options for more) 2018 49 m or 160 ft 9 1⁄8 in 2.65 m or 8 ft 8 3⁄8 in 2 car trains totalling 98 m (321 ft 6 1⁄4 in)
with a capacity of 600 passengers.
Train to be built in Hornell, NY and final assembly in Ottawa[11]

South America

Country City Image Type Fleet numbers Quantity Year Length (m or ft) Width (m or ft) Comments
 Brazil VLT Carioca
Rio de Janeiro		 402 32[12] 2016 44 m or 144 ft 4 1⁄4 in[13] 2.650 m or 8 ft 8 3⁄8 in[13] With APS
system
 Ecuador Cuenca[14] 302 14 2016

Middle East

Country City Image Type Fleet numbers Quantity Year Length (m) Width (m) Comments
 Israel Jerusalem 302 46 2009 2.65
 United Arab Emirates Dubai 402 001-025 25 2013-2014 2,65 APS[15]
 Qatar Lusail 302 2019 2,65 APS[16]

Europe

Country City Image Type Fleet numbers No. Year Length (m) Width (m) Comments
 France Angers 302 1001-1017 17 2009 32.4 2.40
 France Aubagne Compact 8[5] 2014 22 2.40 First Citadis Compact ordered. Options for 10[5]
 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[17][18] 2002
2005		 32.8 2.40
 France Grenoble 402[19] 6001 - 6035, 6036 - 6050 49 2005, 2009 43 2.40
 France Le Havre 302 22 2011–2012 2.40
 France Le Mans 302 1001 - 1034 34 2007, 2011, 2014 32.0 2.40
 France Lyon 302 0801 - 0847, 0848 - 0857, 0858 - 0870, 0871 - 0873 70 2000, 2006, 2009, 2010 32.4 2.40
 France Montpellier 301 2001–2028 30[20] 1999–2000 40.9 2.65 Extended to Citadis 401
 France Montpellier 302 2031–2033, 2041–2064 27 2006–2007 32.5 2.65
 France Montpellier 402 23 43 2.65
 France Mulhouse 302 01 - 27 27 2005–2006 32.5 2.40 Two of these (04 and 05) were used in Argentina on the Tranvía del Este.
 France Nice 302 01 - 20, 21 - 28 28 2006–2007, 2010 33 2.65
 France Orléans 301 39 - 60 22[21] 2000 29.9 2.32
 France Orléans 302 61 - 81 21[22] 2010–2011 32.3 2.40
 France Paris 302 0401 - 0413, 0414 - 0426, 0427 - 0442, 0442 - 0459 60 2002, 2003, 2008, 2010 32.2 2.40 T2
 France Paris 402 0301 - 0321, 0322 - 0346 46 2006, 2012 43.7 2.65 T3
 France Paris 302 19[23] 2013 32 2.40 T7
 France Paris 302 20[23] 2014 32 2.40 T8
 France Reims 302 101 - 118 18[24][25] 2010 32.4 2.40
 France Rouen 402 27 2011–2012 40-45 2.40 To replace the TFS[26]

Actually a light rail.

 France Strasbourg 403 2001–2041 41[27] 2005–2006 45.1 2.40
 France Toulouse 302 24 2009–2010 32.4 2.40 Designed by Airbus
 France Tours 402 21[28] 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 2.40 Green line
 Netherlands The Hague RegioCitadis 4001 - 4054, 4055 - 4072 72 2006, 2011 36.8 2.65
 Netherlands Rotterdam 302 2001–2060 60 2003 31.6 2.40 Unidirectional[29]
 Netherlands Rotterdam 302 2101–2153 53 2011 30 2.40 Unidirectional[29]
 Poland Gdańsk NGd99 1001–1004 4 1999 26.6 2.35 Marketed as the Konstal NGd99, based on 100 series
 Poland Katowice 116Nd 800–816 17 2000 24 2.35
 Russia Saint Petersburg 301 CIS (71-801 according to Russian unifying system of rolling stock classification) 8900-8902, 8907 4 2014 25.5 2.50 Single ended
 Spain Barcelona 302 23 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 32 2.40 One of those types are in use on the Lidingöbanan in Stockholm for testing, and another was used in Buenos Aires on the Tranvía del Este.
 Spain Tenerife 302 20 2007 32.2 2.40
 Spain Murcia 302 11 2011 32 2.40
 Turkey Istanbul X04 801-837 37 2009 28 2.65 Able to MU
 UK Nottingham 302 216 - 237 22[30] 2014 2.40 NET Citadis poster

Oceania

Country City Image Type Fleet numbers Quantity Year Length (m) Width (m) Comments
 Australia Adelaide 302[31] 6[31] 2010[32] 32 2.40 Purchased from Madrid in 2009, being surplus to their demands.[31][33]
 Australia Melbourne 202[34] 3001–3036[35] 36[35] 2001–2002[35] 23.0[35] 2.65[35] Locally designated C-class.[35]
 Australia Melbourne 302[36] 5103, 5106, 5111, 5113, 5123[37] 5[37] 2008–2009[37] 32.5[37] 2.65[37] Locally designated C2-class.[37]
Leased from Mulhouse, France in 2008, and later purchased by the Victorian government.[38]
 Australia Sydney X05[39] 30[39] 2019 2.65 for CBD and South East Light Rail[39]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Planète CITADIS" (in French). Alstom, Citadis Mag № 10. 2008-04-10. Archived from the original on 14 May 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
  2. 1 2 "CITAL inaugurates its assembly and maintenance site for Alstom Citadis trams in Annaba". Alstom.com. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2015.
  3. ↑ http://transphoto.ru/list.php?serv=0&cid=2&mid=4350 Saint-Petersburg, 71-801 (Alstom Citadis 301 CIS) vehicle list
  4. ↑ CITADIS Dualis Information Sheet
  5. 1 2 3 "Aubagne orders Citadis Compact". Railway Gazette International. 7 October 2011.
  6. ↑ "Alstom launches North American light rail vehicle with Ottawa contract". Railway Gazette. 14 February 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "CITADIS Dualis, Speed and smoothness from the city centre to the suburbs". Alstom. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-04-24. Retrieved 2008-05-03.
  8. ↑ Harry Hondius (2 July 2007). "Dualis extends the reach of the Citadis family". Railway Gazette International. Retrieved 2007-09-09.
  9. ↑ Wansbeek, C.J. (December 2002). "Bordeaux: Fronting the French tramway revolution". Tramways & Urban Transit. Light Rail Transit Association. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
  10. ↑ "Nice Tramway, France". Railway-Technology.com. Retrieved 2014-05-30.
  11. ↑ http://www.railwayage.com/index.php/passenger/light-rail/alstom-finalizes-ottawa-lrt-contract.html
  12. ↑ "Planejamento de Fabricação do Material Rodante" (PDF) (in Portuguese). 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2014-08-31.
  13. 1 2 "Memorial Descritivo Geral do Veículo VLT" (PDF) (in Portuguese). 2014-05-26. Retrieved 2014-08-31.
  14. ↑ CUENCA LIGHT RAIL
  15. ↑ "Al Safouh tram project consortium selected". Railway Gazette International. 2008-04-29. Archived from the original on November 7, 2009. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
  16. ↑ "Alstom and Qatar Rail unveil the design of Lusail Citadis tram". 2016-04-19.
  17. ↑ "Fiche technique 302". Retrieved 2013-07-11.
  18. ↑ Fiche technique 402 (French)
  19. ↑ "Fiche technique Grenoble 2" (in French). Retrieved 2013-07-11.
  20. ↑ Fiche technique 401 (French)
  21. ↑ Fiche technique Orléans (French)
  22. ↑ "Urban rail news in brief - November 2008". Railway Gazette International. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
  23. 1 2 "Citadis remains popular in Paris". Railway Gazette International. 28 January 2011.
  24. ↑ "Reims tramway sparkles with colour". Alstom. 2007-01-29. Archived from the original on February 21, 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-09.
  25. ↑ "Reims, sa cathédrale, son tram..." (in French). Admirable Design. 2007-05-14. Archived from the original on 26 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-09.
  26. ↑ "Rouen orders trams to increase capacity". Railway Gazette International. 2010-01-05. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
  27. ↑ Fiche technique Strasbourg (French)
  28. ↑ "Tours selects Citadis and APS". Railway Gazette International. 14 September 2010. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
  29. 1 2 "Airco voor vrijwel alle Rotterdamse trams in 2016" [Air conditioning for almost all trams in Rotterdam 2016] (in Dutch). Treinreiziger. 2015-07-23. Archived from the original on 2015-12-23. Aan het einde van 2016 hebben naar verwachting alle 113 Citadis-trams airco. Dagelijks wordt de Rotterdamse tram door zo'n 130.000 mensen gebruikt.
  30. ↑ "Nottingham tram Phase Two contract signed". Railway Gazette International. 15 December 2011.
  31. 1 2 3 Fenton, Andrew (7 June 2009). "Six new trams for Adelaide - ex-Madrid". The Adelaide Advertiser. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  32. ↑ Zed, Tom (26 March 2010). "Tram service a slow coach ride to the city". The Adelaide Advertiser. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  33. ↑ Castello, Renato (24 May 2009). "European trams to bolster our City-Glenelg fleet". The Adelaide Advertiser. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  34. ↑ "Low floor trams have arrived!". Yarra Trams. 17 August 2001. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  35. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "C-Class". Yarra Trams. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  36. ↑ "Mulhouse Light Rail and Tram Train, France". railway-technology.com. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  37. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "C2-Class". Yarra Trams. Retrieved 27 October 2013.
  38. ↑ "Tram Procurement Program". Public Transport Victoria. Archived from the original on 13 May 2013. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  39. 1 2 3 Alstom to deliver to Sydney Citadis X05, the latest evolution of its tram range Alstom February 2015

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