Bombardier Transportation announced that it will provide an additional 21 Flexity Berlin trams to the German capital. This fourth call off exercises all options from the framework agreement signed with Berlin Transport Authority (BVG) in 2006 for a maximum of 210 vehicles. The order is valued at approximately EUR 71 million euro.
The Flexity Berlin tram is bidirectional and it has 40m long and 100% low-floor. A specialty of the Berlin vehicle is the big wheel diameter which allows for a longer wheel life time – yet achieving 295 mm low entrance height and an almost ramp-free passenger cabin. The tram also features a regenerative braking system that harnesses the energy typically lost when vehicles brake and feeds it back into the tram’s propulsion system. The award-winning and ecologically-friendly vehicles offer ample space, multipurpose areas and air-conditioning in both the passenger area as well as the driver’s cabin.
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