Alstom will supply 17 more Citadis trams to the Strasbourg Transport Company (CTS) and the Eurometropole of Strasbourg; worth some 52 million euros, this order follows the delivery of 63 trams by Alstom between 2003 and 2019 (www.alstom.com).

The new trams will ‘reinforce’ the existing lines, including line D, which serves the city centre of Kehl in Germany.

The Citadis tramway is the first to cross a border in France, and it meets the BOStrab standard relating to the construction and operation of trams in Germany.

The Citadis trams for Strasbourg are 45m long and can accommodate up to 288 passengers.

They will be designed and manufactured mainly in France: La Rochelle (design and assembly of the trains), Le Creusot (bogies for the intermediate modules), Tarbes (components for the drive train), Villeurbanne (electronic equipment) and Saint-Ouen (design).

The bogies (situated under the driver cabins) will be manufactured at Alstom’s site in Salzgitter (Germany).

In total, more than 2,600 Citadis trams have been sold to more than 50 cities in 20 countries.