Alstom Citadis

A Citadis 302 in Mulhouse

A Citadis 402 in Paris

The Citadis is a low-floor tram built by Alstom in La Rochelle, France, and Barcelona, Spain. 1,140 Citadis are currently in use in 28 cities,^[1] among others: Bordeaux, Grenoble, Lyon, Montpellier, Orléans, the Paris area, and Barcelona, Dublin, Gdańsk, Katowice, Adelaide, Melbourne, Jerusalem and Rotterdam outside France.

Citadis types

The Citadis family includes both partially low-floor and 100% low-floor trams, in versions with three, five, and seven sections.

The Citadis family comprises:

• Citadis 100 - three section, 70% low floor, designed and manufactured in Alstom-Konstal plant in Chorzów for the Polish market (Katowice, Gdańsk)
• Citadis 202 - double articulated 100 % low floor (Melbourne)
• Citadis 301 - also three section but with 70% low floor (Orléans and Dublin).^[2]
• Citadis 302 - five carbody sections, 100 % low floor (Adelaide, Lyon, Bordeaux, Paris T2, Valenciennes, Rotterdam, Buenos Aires, Madrid, Melbourne, Nice, Murcia, Barcelona and Jerusalem)
• Citadis 401 - five sections, 70 % low floor (Montpellier and Dublin)
• Citadis 402 - seven carbody sections, 100% low floor (Bordeaux, Dublin, Grenoble, Paris T3)
• Citadis 403 - seven sections, with modified end bogie design (Strasbourg)
• Citadis X-04 - three sections, 100 % low floor, designed for Central and East Europe and built in Alstom-Konstal plant (Istanbul)
• Regio-Citadis - three sections, 70 % low floor (Kassel, Ridderkerk (connected to Zoetermeer and The Hague transportation systems), Salzgitter)
• Citadis-Dualis - derived from the Citadis series and adapted both to tramway lines and regional railway tracks, it will be operated by the SNCF ^[3] (see below)
• Citadis Compact - 22m long, wide doors (Aubagne)^[4]

The 70 % low-floor “Regio-Citadis” variant allows for tram-train operation, in which trams run also on mainline railway tracks; it is used in the German city Kassel, and has been delivered for The Hague. This train type are having possibilities of duo-powering (diesel/600 VDC, 600 VDC/1,5 kV 16 Hz or 600 VDC/Bioenergy/diesel).

The Regio-Citadis model has now been superseded by “Citadis-Dualis”, redesigned to operate on the same lines as regional trains (on the TER (Transport express régional) network) and intended for running at up to 100 km/h/62 mph, compared to 70 km/h/43 mph for the Citadis tram), and for stop spacings ranging from 0.5 to 5 km (0.31 to 3.1 mi). 31 have been ordered (plus 169 on option ^[5]) by the SNCF at an average cost of €3.2 million per car (about $4.94 million or £2.5 million).^[6]

Like most trams, Citadis vehicles are usually powered by overhead electric wires, but the trams in Bordeaux (and in the future Angers, Reims and Dubai) use the “Aps” (ground-level power supply), a third rail which is only powered while it is completely covered by a tram so that there is no risk of a person or animal coming into contact with a live rail. In outer areas, the trams switch to conventional overhead wires.^[7]

Competitors to the Citadis include Bombardier Transportation's Flexity family (Outlook, Swift, Classic, and the Link tram-train), Siemens Combino and Avanto trams, Ansaldo Sirio and TMK 2200 from Crotram.

Ordered Citadis trams

Africa

A Citadis 302 in Tunis

Country	City	Type	Fleet numbers	Quantity	Year	Length (m)	Width (m)	Comments
Algeria	Algiers	302	101 - 141	41	2010
Algeria	Constantine	302		27
Algeria	Oran	302			2010	30
Morocco	Casablanca	302		74	2012			Able to MU
Morocco	Salé&Rabat	302	32	44	2010			19 double trams, 6 single bidirectional trams
Tunisia	Tunis	302	401 - 430	30	2007	32 - 64 in MU	2.4

America

A Citadis 302 in Buenos Aires

Country	City	Type	Fleet numbers	Quantity	Year	Length (m)	Width (m)	Comments
Argentina	Buenos Aires	302		2	2007	32.5	2.40	Trams lent by Mulhouse (France), returned in 2008.[8]
Argentina	Buenos Aires	302		2	2008		2.40	Trams lent by Madrid (Spain)

Asia

A Citadis 302 undergoing testing in Jerusalem

Country	City	Type	Fleet numbers	Quantity	Year	Length (m)	Width (m)	Comments
Israel	Jerusalem	302		46	2009
Turkey	Istanbul	X-04	801-837	37	2009	28	2.65	Able to MU
United Arab Emirates	Dubai	402		25	2011			APS[9]

Europe

A Citadis 301 in Dublin

A Citadis 302 in Barcelona

A Citadis 401 in Montpellier

A Citadis 402 in Bordeaux

A Citadis 403 in Strasbourg

A RegioCitadis in The Hague

The Alstom Citadis has close to a monopoly in France, where all new trams are low-floor and almost all of them are Citadis trams.

Country	City	Type	Fleet numbers	Quantity	Year	Length (m)	Width (m)	Comments
France	Angers	302		17	2009	32.4	2.40
France	Aubagne	Compact		8[4]	2014	22		First Citadis Compact ordered. Options for 10[4]
France	Bordeaux	402	2201 - 2232 2301 - 2306 2501 - 2520 2801 - 2804	62	2002 2003 2005 2008 2011	43.9	2.40
France	Bordeaux	302	2241 - 2246 2541 - 2546	12 [10][11]	2002 2005	32.8	2.40
France	Grenoble	402 [12]	6001 - 6035	35	2005	43	2.40
France	Grenoble	402	6036 - 6050	14	2009	43	2.40
France	Le Havre	?		22	2011–2012
France	Le Mans	302	01 - 23	23	2007	32.0	2.40
France	Lyon	302	0801 - 0847	47 [13]	2000	32.4	2.40
France	Lyon	302	0848 - 0857	10	2006	32.4	2.40
France	Lyon	302	0858 - 0870	13	2009	32.4	2.40
France	Lyon	302	0871 - 0873	3	2010	32.4	2.40
France	Montpellier	301	2001–2028	30 [14]	1999–2000	40.9
France	Montpellier	302	2031–2033, 2041–2064	27	2006–2007	32.5
France	Montpellier	402		23		43
France	Mulhouse	302	01 - 27	27	2005–2006	32.5
France	Nice	302	01 - 20	20	2006–2007	33
France	Nice	302	21 - 28	8	2010	33
France	Orléans	301	39 - 60	22 [15]	2000	29.9	2.32
France	Orléans	302	61 - 81	21[16]	2010–2011	32.3	2.40
France	Paris	302	0401 - 0413, 0414 - 0426	26 [17]	2002, 2003	32.2	2.40	T2
France	Paris	302	0427 - 0442	16	2008	32.2	2.40	T2
France	Paris	302	0442 - 0459	18	2010	32.2	2.40	T2
France	Paris	402	0301 - 0321	21	2006	43.7	2.65	T3
France	Paris	402	0322 - 0346	25[18]	2012	43.7	2.65	T3
France	Paris	302		19[19]	2013	32	2.4	T7
France	Paris	302		20[19]	2014	32	2.4	T8
France	Reims	302	101 - 118	18 [20][21]	2010	32.4	2.40
France	Rouen	402		27	2011–2012	40-45	2.40	To replace the TFS [22]
France	Strasbourg	403	2001–2041	41 [23]	2005–2006	45.1	2.40
France	Toulouse	302		18	2009–2010	32.4	2.40
France	Tours			21[24]	2012–2013	43	2.40	APS
France	Valenciennes	302		33	2006	33	2.40
Germany	Kassel	RegioCitadis	701 - 718	18	2004–2005	36.8	2.65
Germany	Kassel	RegioCitadis	751 - 760	9	2004–2005	36.8	2.65	Hybrid with diesel engine
Ireland	Dublin	301	3001 - 3026	26	2003–2004	40	2.40	Red line, in 2007 extended from 30 to 40 m
Ireland	Dublin	401	4001 - 4014	14	2003–2004	40	2.40	Red line (transferred from green line 2010)
Ireland	Dublin	402	5001 - 5026	26	2009	43		Green line
Netherlands	The Hague	RegioCitadis	4001 - 4054	54	2006	36.8	2.65
Netherlands	The Hague	RegioCitadis	4055 - 4072	18	2011	36.8	2.65
Netherlands	Rotterdam	302	2001–2060	60	2003	31.6	2.4	One way
Netherlands	Rotterdam	302	2101–2153	53	2009	30	2.4	One way
Spain	Barcelona	302		19	2004	32	2.65	Trambaix network
Spain	Barcelona	302		18	2007	32	2.65	Trambesòs network
Spain	Jaén	302		5	2010	32	2.40
Spain	Madrid	302		70	2007			Metro Ligero de Madrid
Spain	Tenerife	302		20	2007	32.2	2.40
Spain	Murcia	302		11	2011	32	2.40

Oceania

A Citadis 202 in Melbourne

Country	City	Type	Fleet numbers	Quantity	Year	Length (m)	Width (m)	Comments
Australia	Adelaide	302		6[25]	2010		2.4	Surplus Citadis 302 trams from Madrid
Australia	Melbourne	202	3001 - 3036	36	2001	23.0	2.65
Australia	Melbourne	302		27	2005–2006	32.5	2.65	2008 to 2011, rent 5 Mulhouse's Citadis 302[26]

See also

• Ground-level power supply used in Bordeaux
• Urbos
• CROTRAM

References

1. ^ "Planète CITADIS". Alstom, Citadis Mag № 10. 2008-04-10. http://www.citadismag.transport.alstom.com/V10/index.html. Retrieved 2008-05-03.  (French)
2. ^ Note: the Dublin Trams are currently being converted to 401s in a programme which will be completed during 2008
3. ^ CITADIS Dualis Information Sheet
4. ^ ^{a b c} "Aubagne orders Citadis Compact". Railway Gazette International. 7 October 2011. http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/aubagne-orders-citadis-compact.html. 
5. ^ "CITADIS Dualis, Speed and smoothness from the city centre to the suburbs". Alstom. 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-04-24. http://web.archive.org/web/20080424085629/http://www.transport.alstom.com/home/elibrary/technical/products/32031.EN.php?languageId=EN&dir=/home/elibrary/technical/products/. Retrieved 2008-05-03. 
6. ^ Harry Hondius (2 July 2007). "Dualis extends the reach of the Citadis family". Railway Gazette International. http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/dualis-extends-the-reach-of-the-citadis-family.html. Retrieved 2007-09-09. 
7. ^ Wansbeek, C.J. (December 2002). "Bordeaux: Fronting the French tramway revolution". Tramways & Urban Transit (Light Rail Transit Association). http://www.lrta.info/articles/art0212.html. Retrieved 2011-03-28. 
8. ^ "Citadis Cars for an experimental line in Buenos Aires". Alstom. 2006-12-28. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. http://web.archive.org/web/20070929132948/http://www.alstom.com/home/news/business_news/39125.EN.php?languageId=EN&dir=/home/news/business_news/. Retrieved 2007-09-09. 
9. ^ "Al Safouh tram project consortium selected". Railway Gazette International. 2008-04-29. http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view//al-safouh-tram-project-consortium-selected.html. Retrieved 2008-05-02. ^{[dead link]}
10. ^ Fiche technique 302
11. ^ Fiche technique 402 (French)
12. ^ Fiche technique Grenoble 2 (French)
13. ^ Fiche technique (French)
14. ^ Fiche technique 401 (French)
15. ^ Fiche technique Orléans (French)
16. ^ "Urban rail news in brief - November 2008". Railway Gazette International. 19 November 2008. http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/urban-rail-news-in-brief-november-2008.html. Retrieved 2011-03-28. 
17. ^ Fiche technique CIT-RATP (French)
18. ^ "Paris orders additional trams for T3". Railway Gazette International. 6 September 2010. http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/paris-orders-additional-trams-for-t3.html. Retrieved 2011-03-28. 
19. ^ ^{a b} (English)"Citadis remains popular in Paris". Railway Gazette International. 28 January 2011. http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/citadis-remains-popular-in-paris.html. 
20. ^ "Reims tramway sparkles with colour". Alstom. 2007-01-29. http://www.transport.alstom.com/home/news/Hot_news/28229.EN.php?languageId=EN&dir=/home/news/Hot_news/. Retrieved 2007-09-09. ^{[dead link]}
21. ^ "Reims, sa cathédrale, son tram...". Admirable Design. 2007-05-14. http://www.admirabledesign.com/Reims-sa-cathedrale-son-tram. Retrieved 2007-09-09.  (French)
22. ^ "Rouen orders trams to increase capacity". Railway Gazette International. 2010-01-05. http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/10/rouen-orders-trams-to-increase-capacity.html. Retrieved 2011-03-28. 
23. ^ Fiche technique Strasbourg (French)
24. ^ "Tours selects Citadis and APS". Railway Gazette International. 14 September 2010. http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/urban-rail/single-view/view/tours-selects-citadis-and-aps.html. Retrieved 2011-03-28. 
25. ^ European trams to bolster our City-Glenelg fleet
26. ^ See also Trams in Melbourne

External links

• Alstom Transport
• List of all ordered Citadis (en Français/in French) (read the notes written by visitors at the end of the page, because there are some errors in the table)
• «Sensolab drives interior experimentation» - design of Citadis tram interiors for Paris, Le Mans, Angers, Railway Gazette International