A new low-floor tramway has been launched in Moscow, Russia, by TramRus, a joint venture between rail manufacturers Alstom and Transmashholding.
Developed on the basis of the Citadis platform, the new tramway is capable of running at speeds of up to 75km/h and will be operated on tram service 17 connecting Medvedkovo with VDNKh metro station in Moscow, Russia.
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The tramway has been designed by applying modern engineering solutions, such as new low-floor bogies and modular design, which reduces maintenance and repair costs, as well as energy consumption by more than 10%.
The 25.5m-long tram can accommodate up to 255 people, which is almost twice the maximum capacity of the existing Moscow trams.
It also received a certificate of conformity under the road certification scheme.
The low-floor tram ran more than 2,000km during the tests organised from December 2013 to June this year.
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By GlobalDataEarlier this month, Alstom and Huawei launched the first live testing of a long-term evolution (LTE) multi-services broadband radio network technology for the metro market.
Huawei will provide the LTE network and Alstom will provide the train and LTE-compliant onboard equipment. Testing will be carried out at Alstom’s Valenciennes site in France.
The system will provide metro operators with a single wireless infrastructure that offers mission-critical voice communication, secure train signalling and broadband data communication, such as live video streaming of surveillance cameras.
Image: New Alstom-TMH tramway comes into commercial operation in Moscow. Photo: courtesy of Alstom.
