The stunt at Sweden’s biggest electric car show was carried out to highlight mass transit as the most sustainable travel option.
Ranked 32 operating systems' based on services offered, ridership, economic viability, multimodal integration, and reliability.
The priority for interconnection by rail is a particular public policy focus as this encourages alternative means of access to airports versus private car travel.
The first firm order under this framework contract is for 60 Flexity trams and is valued at approximately $206 million.
The contract is valued at approximately $156 million, with Bombardier's share amounting to approximately $109 million.
Alstom Transport's SRS is an innovative ground-based static charging system for trams & electric buses with on-board energy storage. SRS is based on over 10 years of service-proven catenary-free feeding solutions with APS, and allows charging during normal dwell time. Compatible with a broad range of vehicles, SRS is compact and can be easily integrated in stations.
The new LRVs are scheduled to be delivered between January 2014 and June 2017; the new trams will arrive in Frankfurt/Main between August and December 2012.
The Pays d'Aubagne et de l'Etoile metropolitan region is the first municipality to acquire Alstom's new Citadis Compact tramway, the first model in the New Generation Citadis range, and has now become the 20th French metropolitan region to choose Citadis technology.
The high-capacity MOVIA metro, the highly energy-efficient FLEXITY 2 light rail vehicles and the CITYFLO 650 communication-based train control system are also being exhibited.
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