Rail giant Alstom is to supply 10 extra Citadis trams to the Strasbourg transport company CTS (Compagnie des Transports Strasbourgeois) in a deal worth 28 million euros, as part of a framework agreement signed in November 2014.

The first part of this agreement covered the supply of 12 Citadis trams, which are due to enter service at the end of April. They will serve Illkirch-Graffenstaden, which has undergone rapid development over the last few years.

They will also run on the cross-border line linking the centre of Strasbourg to Kehl in Germany.

Jean-Baptiste Eyméoud, president of Alstom in France, said: “With a first order in 2003 and the signing of a framework agreement in 2014, which includes this new order, the CTS will own a total of 63 Citadis trams.”

The new trams will be 45m long, with capacity for 288 passengers. They will be manufactured mainly in France: at La Rochelle (design and assembly of the trams); Ornans (design and manufacture of the engines); Le Creusot (bogies for intermediate modules); Tarbes (elements of the traction chain); Villeurbanne (electronic equipment); Saint-Ouen (design) — and at the Salzgitter site in Germany (the bogies fitted under the drivers’ cabins).

To date, 2,300 Citadis trams have been sold to over 50 cities in 21 countries.