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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.
Alstom APS was the first modern commercial ground-level power supply system, first installed commercially in Bordeaux. [8] [9] The French government reports no electrocutions or electrification accidents on any tramway in France from as early as 2003 [10] until as recently as December 31, 2021. [10] [11] [12]
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.
The line uses Alstom's APS (a third rail embedded in the ground between the tracks) for electrification to avoid visual pollution, a difference from other tram lines in the city, which have traditional overhead wires suspended from roadside posts.
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]
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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.