Alstom Citadis tram for Nice Côte d’Azur has been unveiled and it will be put into service on the East-West line and Line 3 by the end of 2018 – early 2019.
The distinctive feature of the new tramway line requested by the Nice Côte d’Azur Metropole is the absence of overhead contact lines over the entire surface section of the route, combined with intermittent charging in stations. This Metropole requirement meets the desire to integrate the new tramway line into the urban landscape while preserving the city’s architecture.
The future lines of the tramway will be entirely catenary-free (apart from the sections in the tunnel). For this, Alstom will supply its latest ground-based static charging technology, SRS – a global premiere. This allows the tram to charge safely and automatically in under 20 seconds while stopped inside the station. Equipped with this technology, the future trams of the East-West tramway line will be able to charge up at each station as passengers get on and off, without extra stopping time and without driver intervention.
French designer Ora Ïto collaborated with Alstom to personalise the Citadis X05 range for the city of Nice.
Photo: Alstom
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