Siemens has secured a €32m contract from Stadtwerke Ulm (SWU) to deliver 12 Avenio M low-floor trams, as part of a project to expand the German city’s metre-gauge tram network.
The contract also includes an option for the delivery of six additional vehicles.
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The new trams will be built at the Siemens plant in Vienna, Austria, with trolleys manufactured in Graz and the control and drive technology at its Nuremberg plant.
The first tram is scheduled to be delivered by mid-2017, while the last vehicle is expected to be delivered in early 2018.
The 31m-long trams will be capable of accommodating about 175 passengers and will feature aluminium bodies and regenerative braking.
According to Siemens, the order is the first it has received for the multi-articulated version of the Avenio.
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By GlobalDataThe aluminium car body and the already used Avenio advanced motion and control technologies will help in reducing energy consumption.
The new trams are designed for use on the new Line 2, which will link the Science Park in the north-west of the city to the main station and Kuhberg in the south-west.
The planned 10.5km line will have 20 stations and will share tracks with Line 1 for 1.2km in the city centre and it is to open in 2018 with a forecast to carry 8,300 passengers a day.
The project costs around €192m, of which federal and state funds will cover €85.3m of the cost of construction and depot expansion, with the remaining €106.7m will be financed by the city.
Image: Executives from both the companies at the signing of the contract. Photo: courtesy of Siemens.
