- C2 class Melbourne tram
MelbourneTram
DESCRIPTION= C2 class tram undergoing testing
NAME=C2 class (Citadis 302)
ENTERED SERVICE=2008
BUILDER=Alstom
IN SERVICE= 3 (in service) / 1 (testing)/ 1 (awaiting delivery)
FLEET= C2.5103, C2.5106, C2.5111, C2.5113, C2.5123 [cite web
url=http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=trams&class=C2
title=VICSIG - Trams - C2 class
publisher=www.vicsig.net
accessdate=2008-05-26]
DEPOTS=
TARE= 40.0 t
LENGTH= 32.52 m
WIDTH= 2.65 m5 Articulated sections
HEIGHT= 3.27 m
MOTORS= 4 x 129kWThe C2 class are a group of
Citadis trams built byAlstom for theMulhouse ,France tram network but leased byYarra Trams inMelbourne ,Australia . The trams are bidirectional and consist of five 100%low floor sections.The first tram arrived in Melbourne in February 2008 with the official launch occurring on May 26, 2008 after testing around the network, [cite web
url=http://www.vicsig.net/index.php?page=trams&number=5101&class=C2
title=VICSIG - Trams - C2.5101
publisher=www.vicsig.net
accessdate=2008-05-26] with the first unit entering service on the June 11, 2008 with the nickname "Bumble Bee 1". [cite web
url=http://www.dpc.vic.gov.au/domino/Web_Notes/newmedia.nsf/8fc6e140ef55837cca256c8c00183cdc/c304d09bdc7de903ca25746500802c43!OpenDocument
title=Media Release: FIRST OF FIVE FRENCH TRAMS NOW ON MELBOURNE TRACKS
publisher=www.dpc.vic.gov.au
date=June 11, 2008
accessdate=2008-06-12] The five trams will be leased to December 2011 through Yarra Trams French shareholderTransdev , which operates Mulhouse’s tram network. All five trams are expected to be in service by September. The Mulhouse trams were made available for outside use as the entire fleet was ordered at once, but the network itself is being built in stages. [cite web
url=http://www.railway-technology.com/projects/mullhouse/
title=Railway Technology - Mulhouse Light Rail and Tram Train
publisher=www.railway-technology.com
accessdate=2008-05-26]The trams remain in their yellow livery as worn in Mulhouse, but have been renumbered and had Yarra Trams logos added to them. The trams are intended to operate on the Route 96 (East Brunswick-St Kilda Beach) service.cite web
url=http://www.yarratrams.com.au/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-39/44_read-1271
title=Five more trams to be added to the metropolitan system
date=February 7, 2008
publisher=www.yarratrams.com.au
accessdate=2008-05-26]References
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