ALSTOM signs contracts for a new tram system in
Tunisia
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TRANSTU (formerly SMLT), the company in charge
of the Tunis light metro system, has awarded ALSTOM two contracts
worth a total of 91 million for the supply of 30 CITADIS
tramways and infrastructure work for the city of Tunis. The
contracts, provisionally awarded to ALSTOM in June 2004, were
signed today in Tunis by Patrick Kron, ALSTOM's Chairman and CEO
and Chedly Hajri, Chairman and CEO of TRANSTU, in the presence of
Jean-Pierre Raffarin, French Prime Minister, and Mohamed
Ghannouchi, Tunisian Prime Minister.
The first contract, worth 80 million,
is for the supply of 30 new CITADIS tramways which will reinforce
and renew the fleet of TRANSTU. The company operates a
32-kilometer light metro network with five lines, a
suburban railway line and a bus network in the Tunisian
capital.
These 30-meter long vehicles will offer rapid,
comfortable and safe service. They will be the first
air-conditioned tramway cars in circulation in Tunisia. The low
floors will offer easy access for all passengers, including those
with reduced mobility. The trams will operate on the current
network and on two future extensions of seven kilometres
each.
The second contract, worth 11 million,
is for the infrastructure work of the first of these two
extensions. ALSTOM will be responsible for the energy systems and
for a part of the trackwork. Beginning of service on the
extension is planned for mid 2006.
The CITADIS design concept combines
standardisation of modular, service-proven components with
customisation of interior and exterior design in order to meet
the individual requirements of each city in terms of aesthetics,
comfort and accessibility. ALSTOM has sold over 700 CITADIS trams
around the world. CITADIS trams in commercial service have
carried 500 million passengers over 35 million kilometres.
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