Citadis light rail vehicles: Designed to reflect your city’s unique identity
Citadis Light rail at a glance
- The broadest market coverage, worldwide
- Setting the standard as market leader
- Ordered or in service in 140 cities around the world
- Dedicated to all types of lines and tramway/light rail networks
- Both standard and customised trams to reflect the city’s unique identity
As a market leader in the light rail vehicle (LRV) segment, Alstom Citadis™ offers modern mobility solutions for the modern-day city. Our global leadership in the light rail sector is built on innovative technology that has been tried and tested in numerous applications, resulting in best-in-class reliability. We offer unique modular concepts, providing public transport authorities and operators with the opportunity to customise the tram to meet their specific requirements, from current infrastructure to rolling stock.
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>8,000vehicles ordered
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140In successful revenue service in more than 140 cities around the world
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>30year track record
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4times less energy consumption than a bus, 10 times less than a car
Unmatched capacity
Our light-rail solutions are highly flexible and can be configured to match changing passenger levels. Due to the vehicle modularity, it can fulfil the capacity needs of any urban environment by adding additional modules to the existing vehicles at a later point in time. The trams can also be coupled to form longer trainsets in multiple units, enabling an overall capacity of more than 20,000 passengers per hour, per direction.
A revelation for passengers
Alstom’s light-rail solutions have been designed to delight the passenger. Tall windows offer a wide view of the city, while the ergonomic seats, pleasing materials, climate control and real-time passenger information displays ensure a comfortable and convenient ride. Wide doors allow smoother passenger exchange at each stop and therefore lower dwell time, and the low floor throughout the vehicle enables both accessibility and easy movement within the vehicle.
Putting safety first
Extensive experience in active and passive safety technology is reflected in the tram design, which sets new standards in safety performance. ODAS™, the world’s first homologated obstacle detection assistance system, assists tramway drivers in critical situations by detecting obstacles and avoiding collisions. Developed to make urban transport even safer, it can be installed or retrofitted on Alstom and non-Alstom trams.
With Alstom’s collision and overspeed monitoring and prevention system, COMPAS™, trams operate at a safe speed and brake automatically, preventing collisions. This vision-based system provides greater safety for passengers, drivers and road users.
Battery-powered version for emissions-free transport
Alstom leads the industry in offering a complete range of catenary-free solutions proven, in commercial passenger service, to be reliable and giving optimised energy consumption. The Citadis B™ on-board solution gives fully autonomous operation between stops and blends seamlessly into the urban environment.
