Article | REF: D5551 V1

Rail traction: tramways - Rolling stock characteristics

Author: Georges MULLER

Publication date: November 10, 2007

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2. Partial low-floor or high-floor streetcars

2.1 Alstom "Citadis

When Alstom launched its new Citadis range, the motor bogie, enabling the construction of a type of tramway with an integral low floor, was still under development and, to meet its orders, the manufacturer produced a first series with a partial low floor. The motor bogies, of a very classic design, came from its German subsidiary LHB in Salzgitter.

The general characteristics of first-generation Citadis are shown in table 13 .

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