Alstom has delivered the first of the new Citadis trams for Strasbourg less than two years after signing a framework agreement with the Strasbourg transport company CTS (Compagnie des Transports Strasbourgeois) for the supply of 50 trams. The first part of this agreement concerns an order for 12 trams, worth a total of EUR 41 million. The first tram will now begin dynamic on-track testing with the following 11 Citadis due to be delivered by May 2017.
The trams will be added to CTS’s existing fleet as part of the extensions to lines A and D. On line D they will run all the way to Kehl in Germany. Entry into commercial service is scheduled for next April. This will be France’s first ever tram to cross a border, that will be put into operation between Strasbourg and Kehl.
The Citadis trams in Strasbourg will be the first trams approved by German federal BOStrab regulations covering the construction and operation of trams in Germany. The trams are 45 metres long and have the capacity for 288 passengers.
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