Alstom Citadis

The Alstom Citadis is a family of low-floor trams (streetcars) and light rail vehicles built by Alstom. As of 2017, over 2,300 Citadis trams have been sold and 1,800 tramways are in revenue service throughout the world, with operations in all six inhabited continents.[1] An evolution of Alstom's earlier TFS vehicle, most Citadis vehicles are made in Alstom's factories in La Rochelle, Reichshoffen and Valenciennes, France, and in Barcelona, Spain, and Annaba, Algeria.[2]

A Citadis 302 in Mulhouse
A Citadis 401 in Dublin
A Citadis 305 in Sydney
Citadis Spirit, the model designed for Canadian operators, seen on Ottawa's Confederation Line

Citadis types

The Citadis family includes both partial and fully low-floor trams and LRVs, in versions with three (20x), five (30x), seven (40x), and nine (50x) sections. It comprises the following standard variants:

Urban vehicles

Citadis X00:

Citadis X01 (First generation):

  • Citadis 301 – three section, 70% low floor (Orléans)
    • Citadis 301 CIS – 100% low floor version with IPOMOS bogies on 1,524 mm (5 ft) gauge (Moscow, Saint-Petersburg[3]). Also designated 71-801 according to the Russian unified system of rolling stock classification (71=trams, 8=manufacturer code (Alstom), 01=model code).
  • Citadis 401 – five sections, 70% low floor (Montpellier and Dublin, some converted from 301s)

Citadis X02 (Second generation):

Citadis X03 (Third generation):

  • Citadis 403 – seven sections, 100% low floor (Strasbourg)

Citadis X04 (Fourth generation):

  • Citadis 304 – 100% low floor, next generation design for Central and Eastern Europe (Istanbul)

Citadis X05 (Fifth generation):

  • Citadis 205 or Compact – three sections, 100% low floor (Aubagne, Avignon)[4]
  • Citadis 305 – five sections, 100% low floor (Sydney, Caen, Kaohsiung)
  • Citadis 405 – seven sections, 100% low floor (Nice, Paris line T9, T10)

Light-rail vehicles
  • Regio-Citadis – three sections, 70% low floor LRV (Kassel, The Hague, Salzgitter)
  • Citadis Dualis – four or five sections, 100% low-floor LRV (operated by the SNCF,[5] see below)
  • Citadis Spirit – three or four sections, 100% low floor LRV designed for the North American market (Ottawa, Toronto)[6][7][8]

Power supply

Like most trams, Citadis vehicles are usually powered by overhead electric wires collected by a pantograph, but the trams in several places do not use pantograph current collection entirely. Other places, such as Toronto, use a trolley pole.

The most popular solution is Alstom's proprietary ground-level power supply (APS, first used in Bordeaux and subsequently in Angers, Reims, Orleans, Tours, Dubai, Rio, and Sydney), consisting of a type of 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. On the networks in France and in Sydney, the trams switch to conventional overhead wires in outer areas,[9] but the Dubai vehicles are the first to employ APS for its entire passenger length (although they are still equipped with pantographs for use in the maintenance depot).

Another option is to use on-board batteries to store electrical power, allowing brief periods of catenary-free operation without the need to install special infrastructure. The Citadis trams in Nice operate off a set of nickel metallic hydride batteries in two large open spaces where overhead wires would be an eyesore.[10] This has since been superseded by a supercapacitor-based energy storage system (SRS)[11] which is in use in Rio de Janeiro (alongside APS) and along a new line in Nice. The Regio-Citadis can also be built as a dual-voltage or electro-diesel vehicle with various configurations.

Ordered Citadis trams

Africa
Country City Image Type Fleet numbers Quantity Year Length (m) Width (m) Comments
Algeria Algiers
(Algiers tramway)		 402 101–141 41 2010 2.65
Algeria Constantine
(Constantine tramway)		 402 101–127 47 2010 43.9 2.65 of which 27 were manufactured in Barcelona and 20 were assembled in Annaba, Algeria.[2]
Algeria Oran
(Oran Tramway)		 302 101–130 30 2010 43.9 2.65
Algeria Ouargla
(Ouargla tramway)		 402 101–123 23 2017 43.9 2.65
Algeria Mostaganem 402 101–130 30 2017 43.9 2.65
Algeria Sidi Bel Abbes 402 101–130 30 2016 43.9 2.65
Algeria Setif 402 101–130 47 2016 43.9 2.65
Algeria Batna 402 101–130 30 2016 43.9 2.65
Algeria Annaba 402 101–130 30 2017 43.9 2.65
Algeria Skikda 402 101–130 20 2018 43.9 2.65
Algeria Tébessa 402 101–130 20 2018 43.9 2.65
Morocco Casablanca
(Casablanca Tramway)		 302 74 2012 2.65 Single ended – operate in service as back-to-back pairs. Semi-permanently coupled.
Morocco Rabat-Salé
(Rabat-Salé tramway)		 302 32 44 2010 2.65 19 double trams (back to back single ended pairs, semi-permanently coupled); 6 single bidirectional trams.
Spain Tenerife
302 20 2007 32.2 2.4 On important dates, such as Carnivals or Christmas, trams operate as doubles.
Tunisia Tunis 302 401–430 30 2007 32 – 64 in MU 2.4 Single ended – operate in service as back-to-back pairs.

Asia
Country City Image Type Fleet numbers Quantity Year Length Width Comments
China Chengdu (Chengdu tram) 302 40 2018 32.6 m (106 ft 11 1⁄2 in) 2.65 m (8 ft 8 3⁄8 in) five-module vehicles
Taiwan Kaohsiung (Circular light rail) 305 15 2019 33.4 m (109 ft 7 in) 2.65 m (8 ft 8 3⁄8 in) [12]
China Shanghai Songjiang (Songjiang Tram) 302 30 2018 33 m (108 ft 3 1⁄4 in) 2.65 m (8 ft 8 3⁄8 in) five-module vehicles

North America

The main article provides vehicle and order descriptions.

Country City Image Type Fleet numbers Quantity Year Length Width Comments
Canada Ottawa
(Confederation Line)		 Citadis Spirit 1101-1134 34 (+38 planned) 2018 48 m (157 ft 5 3⁄4 in) 2.65 m (8 ft 8 3⁄8 in) Four-module vehicles
Canada Toronto
(Line 6 Finch West)		 Citadis Spirit 0 (61 planned) 2021 48 m (157 ft 5 3⁄4 in) 2.65 m (8 ft 8 3⁄8 in) Four-module vehicles

South America
Country City Image Type Fleet numbers Quantity Year Length Width Comments
Brazil Rio de Janeiro
(VLT Carioca)		 402 101–132 32[13] 2016 44 m (144 ft 4 1⁄4 in)[14] 2.650 m (8 ft 8 3⁄8 in)[14] Seven-module vehicles. With APS
system
Ecuador Cuenca[15] 302 14 2020 32.4 m (106 ft 3 5⁄8 in) 2.40 m (7 ft 10 1⁄2 in) Five-module vehicles. With APS and Overhead line

Middle East
Country City Image Type Fleet numbers Quantity Year Length (m) Width (m) Comments
Israel Jerusalem
(Jerusalem Light Rail)		 302 46 2009 2.65
United Arab Emirates Dubai
(Dubai Tram)		 402 001-025 25 2013–2014 2,65 APS[16]
Qatar Lusail
(Lusail LRT)		 305 2019 2,65 APS[17]

Europe
Country City Image Type Fleet numbers No. Year Length (m) Width (m) Comments
France Angers
(Angers tramway)		 302 1001–1017 17 2009 32.4 2.40
France Aubagne 205 8[4] 2014 22 2.40 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[18][19] 2002
2005		 32.8 2.40
France Caen 305 26 2018–2019 33 2.40
France Grenoble 402[20] 6001 – 6035, 6036 – 6050 49 2005, 2009 43 2.40
France Le Havre 302 22 2011–2012 2.40
France Le Mans 302 1001–1034 34 2007, 2011, 2014 32.0 2.40
France Lyon 302 0801 – 0847, 0848 – 0857, 0858 – 0870, 0871 – 0873 70 2000, 2006, 2009, 2010 32.4 2.40
France Lyon 402 0874 – 0885, 0886 – 0892 12[21] 2012–2013, 2016 43.8 2.40 Replaces the Citadis 302 on the line 3 while the 302 are transferred on the other lines.
France Montpellier 301 2001–2028 30[22] 1999–2000 40.9 2.65 Extended to Citadis 401
France Montpellier 302 2031–2033, 2041–2064 27 2006–2007 32.5 2.65
France Montpellier 402 23 43 2.65
France Mulhouse 302 01–27 27 2005–2006 32.5 2.40 Two of these (04 and 05) were used in Argentina on the Tranvía del Este.
France Nice tramway 302 01 – 20, 21 – 28 28 2006–2007, 2010 33 2.65 Trams from 14 to 28 are extended to 402
France Nice tramway 405 19 2017–2018 45 2.65 First ever Citadis trams from the fifth generation delivered in mainland Europe.
France Orléans 301 39–60 22[23] 2000 29.9 2.32
France Orléans 302 61–81 21[24] 2010–2011 32.3 2.40
France Paris 302 0401 – 0413, 0414 – 0426, 0427 – 0442, 0442 – 0460, 0461 – 0466 66 2002, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2015 32.2 2.40 T2
France Paris 402 0301 – 0321, 0322 – 0346, 0347 – 0360 46 2006, 2012, 2017 43.7 2.65 T3
France Paris 302 701–719 19[25] 2013 32 2.40 T7
France Paris 302 801–820 20[25] 2014 32 2.40 T8
France Paris 405[26] 22[27] 2019–2020 44 2.65 T9
France Reims 302 101–118 18[28][29] 2010 32.4 2.40
France Rouen 402 27 2011–2012 40–45 2.40 To replace the TFS[30]

Used as a light rail.

France Strasbourg 403 2001–2041, 3001-? 41[31] 2005–2006, 2016–? 45.1 2.40
France Toulouse 302 5001–5025 24 2009–2010 32.4 2.40 Designed by Airbus
France Tours 402 21[32] 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
Greece Athens X05 25 2019
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 2.40 Green line
Ireland Dublin 502 5027-5033 7 2017 55 2.40 Green line
Netherlands The Hague RegioCitadis 4001 – 4054, 4055 – 4072 72 2006, 2011 36.8 2.65
Netherlands Rotterdam 302 2001–2060 60 2003 31.6 2.40 Unidirectional[33]
Netherlands Rotterdam 302 2101–2153 53 2011 30 2.40 Unidirectional[33]
Poland Gdańsk NGd99 1001–1004 4 1999 26.6 2.35 Marketed as the Konstal NGd99, based on 100 series
Poland Katowice 116Nd 800–816 17 2000 24 2.35
Russia Saint Petersburg 301 CIS (71-801 according to Russian unifying system of rolling stock classification) 8900–8902, 8907 4 2014 25.5 2.50 Single ended
Spain Barcelona 302 23 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 32 2.40 One of those types are in use on the Lidingöbanan in Stockholm for testing, and another was used in Buenos Aires on the Tranvía del Este.
Spain Murcia 302 11 2011 32 2.40
Turkey Istanbul X04 801–837 37 2009 28 2.65 Able to MU
UK Nottingham 302[34] 216–237 22[35] 2014 2.40 NET Citadis poster

Oceania
Country City Image Type Fleet numbers Quantity Year Length (m) Width (m) Comments
Australia Adelaide 302[36] 201–209 9 2010, 2018 32 2.40 Surplus units purchased from Metro Ligero, Madrid in 2009 (6) and 2017 (3)[36][37][38]
Australia Melbourne 202[39] 3001–3036[40] 36[40] 2001–2002[40] 23.0[40] 2.65[40] Locally designated C-class.[40]
Australia Melbourne 302[41] 5103, 5106, 5111, 5113, 5123[42] 5[42] 2008–2009[42] 32.5[42] 2.65[42] Locally designated C2-class.[42]
Leased from Mulhouse, France in 2008, and later purchased by the Victorian government.[43]
Australia Sydney 305[44] 001-060 60[44] 2019 33[45] 2.65 for CBD and South East Light Rail[44]

See also

References
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