Specifications - Caen Tramway, France
| Key Data | |
|---|---|
| Operator | Twisto Transports Urbains |
| Population | 250,000 |
| Date opened | November 2002 |
| Cost | €235.5 million |
| Staff | 40 |
| Route Details | |
| Gauge | Not applicable |
| Lines | 2 |
| Length | 15.7km (9.75miles) |
| Stations | 34 |
| Passengers carried/year | TBC |
| Staff | TBC |
| Electrification | |
| Voltage | 750V DC |
| System | Overhead |
| Rolling Stock | |
| Builder | Bombardier |
| Type | GLT 'tram-on-tyre' system |
| Vehicles | Three-car articulated, single-ended, rubber tyred, electrically-guided trams |
| Traction motors | Alstom 300kW |
| Power | Electric, plus auxiliary 200kW diesel generator |
| Weight | 25.5t |
| Length | 24.5m (80ft) |
| Width | 2.5m (8ft 4in) |
| Height | 3.22m (10ft 7in) |
| Maximum speed | 70km/h (43.5mph) |
| Maximum gradient | 13% (1 in 8) |
| Capacity | 154 passengers plus 41 standing |
| Special Characteristics | |
| Uses rubber-tyred trams | |
| Overhead pick-up, return current to centre rail | |
| Electronic guidance system | |
| Two lines running north-south | |
| Integrated with 21 bus routes including through ticketing | |
| Runs on reserved roadway | |
| Existing cycleways trebled at same time as tramway built | |
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