Alstom will provide the city of Montpellier France, with 23
additional Citadis trams for its third line

Alstom had already supplied the equipment for lines 1 and 2,
brought into service in 2000 and 2006.



The contract is worth a total of 117 million. It
consists of a firm order, worth 65 million, which
includes design studies, building a scale 1 model and
manufacturing 23 Citadis tram trainsets. It also covers three
conditional phases relating to 12 additional trainsets and the
maintenance over 10 years of the 23 trainsets of the firm
phase. The signature of the contract is expected in the next
weeks.



This third Montpellier tram line will connect the west and the
south of the region and will serve the areas of Juvignac,
Montpellier, Lattes and Pérols. 22,4 km long and including
32 stations, it will be brought into service in 2012.



The external design and interior of the trams, selected for
their originality and attractiveness, result from a joint
design project between the Transport department of the
Montpellier area council (TaM) and the design departments of
Christian Lacroix and Alstom Transport.



The Alstom Citadis tramway offers passengers an optimal quality
of life on board and a maximum level of comfort: low integral
floor, air-conditioning, video surveillance, on-board visual
and audio information. With a length of a 42 metres, the
trainsets will be able to accommodate more than 300 passengers.
The trains will be developed at Alstoms Valenciennes
site, northern France, centre of excellence of the Group for
urban rolling stock. Five other French sites will take part in
the manufacturing: Tarbes for electrical and electronic
traction equipment, Ornans for engines, Le Creusot for bogies,
Villeurbanne for onboard electronics and La Rochelle for final
assembly.



Montpellier will benefit from a proven product, based on a long
market pedigree and extensive experience. To date, 1221 Citadis
tramways have been ordered by 29 cities across the world. More
than 60 other cities have a future tramway project.


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