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Bordeaux tram using APS on route B near the Roustaing tramstop A section of APS track showing the neutral sections at the end of the powered segments plus one of the insulating joint boxes which mechanically and electrically join the APS rail segments. Alstom APS, also known as Alimentation par Sol or Alimentation Par le Sol (which literally ...
The system has a route length of 77.5 kilometres (48.2 mi), serving a total of 133 tram stops. [1] [4] [5] The first line of Bordeaux's modern tramway opened on 21 December 2003. The system is notable for using the Alstom APS ground-level power supply system in the city centre. It has been operated by Keolis Bordeaux since 1 May 2009.
The 18 trams used on the line are Alstom Citadis 302. They consist of five body sections and have capacity for 205 passengers, with 56 seated. The line uses the APS third rail system for 1.9 km (1.2 mi) around Reims Cathedral, [2] minimising visual intrusion in the historic city centre. [4]
M33 Flexity Classic, Alstom 2019–, M34 Flexity Classic, Alstom 2023–, (M34 is a longer version of M33) In 2013 work with deciding new tram stocks began. By April 2016, it was announced that a minimum 40 trams of the new model M33 had been ordered from Bombardier Transportation Sweden AB/Vossloh Kiepe GmbH for delivery by year 2019. [8]
Opened on 25 June 2011, [2] the system is operated by RATP Dev and replaced some bus lines, with the buses redeployed throughout the rest of the metropolitan area. The Alstom APS ground-level power supply has been used on two parts of the line totalling 1.5 km (0.93 mi) [2] in order to avoid overhead lines in the centre of Angers and Avrillé.
Mar. 13—Albuquerque Public Schools has adjusted its academic calendar for March, the district announced on its website last week. Originally, the plan would have had middle schoolers out of ...
Aug. 15—A legal dispute between Albuquerque Public Schools and a bus contractor has left the state's largest district scrambling to provide transportation services for students, a spokesman said ...
Seville Tram equipped with CAF ACR ground-level power supply, 2019. Ground-level power supply, also known as surface current collection or, in French, alimentation par le sol ("feeding via the ground"), is a concept and group of technologies that enable electric vehicles to collect electric power at ground level instead of the more common overhead lines.