Alstom to deliver 31 trainsets of its new Citadis Dualis
model to SNCF, for a total amount of 100 million euros

This order is a world first for the completely new Dualis
model of tram-train developed by Alstom. Designed to meet the
need for greater fluidity between urban and suburban transport,
Dualis operates the link between a citys centre and its
suburbs, without the need for off-loading, by reconciling the
advantages of the train and the tramway.

Based on Alstoms Citadis  tramway, the Dualis
version employs the fundamental elements that have contributed
to that models success: modularity, accessibility,
reliability. But Dualis goes even further as  it is just
as capable of operating on a tramway network as on a regional
rail network thanks to adaptations incorporated in terms of
power, safety and comfort. This configuration makes it a highly
versatile means of transport: its tram build enabling it to run
through the city, while its performance as a train allows it to
transport passengers at over 100km/h once on the outskirts of
town, without the need to change the means of transport.

The tram-train concept was initially developed in Germany,
where Alstom has put into service its Regio Citadis model, in
Kassel. The Citadis range therefore enables Alstom to respond
to the extension of tramway networks to city suburbs with
Citadis Dualis and to the penetration of regional lines into
urban spaces with Regio Citadis.

Developed at Alstoms Valenciennes site in France, the
first Citadis Dualis trainsets should enter service in January
2010 on the Nantes network and, in March 2010, on the Lyons
network.

To date, 930 Citadis tramsets have been ordered by 24 cities
around the world and another 30 cities have a tramway project
scheduled for the next 3 years. Tramways are now well on their
way to becoming the urban transport solution of choice because
they make it possible to offer sustainable mobility, to rethink
and re-energize urban space, to preserve architectural heritage
and contribute to city growth.

Technical characteristics:

• Modularity
  • 3 lengths: 33m, 42m, 52m­ 
  • 2 widths: 2.40m, 2.65m
• Capacity
  • Periurban configuration: 220 passengers of which 95
    seated (42m-long, 2.65m-wide version)
  • Suburban configuration: 240 passengers of which 80
    seated (42m-long, 2.65m-wide version)
• Tramway network suburban network compatibility
  • 3 types of power supply depending on the network:
    25kv-750v / 1,500v-750v / diesel-750 v
  • Railway signalling allowing an evolution towards
    European ERTMS standards
  • Wheels adapted to tramway rails and to regional train
    rails
• Comfort et accessibility
  • Customisation of interior outfitting
  • Integral low floor and special zones for
    wheelchairs
  • Video-surveillance and real-time information
  • WiFi multimedia-ready trainsets

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