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Alstom APS, also known as Alimentation par Sol or Alimentation Par le Sol (which literally means "feeding via the ground"), is a form of ground-level power supply for street trams and, potentially, other vehicles. APS was developed by Innorail, a subsidiary of Spie Enertrans, but was sold to Alstom when Spie was acquired by Amec.
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.
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]
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 ...
The trams use the Alimentation par le Sol II (APS II) ground-level power supply, [22] and so do not need overhead cables. [4] This method was first used in Bordeaux , France. The Dubai Tram is the world's first tram network to use platform screen doors at the stations, as well as a new Supervised Vehicle Operation (SVO) mode that will ensure ...
Tampa International Airport People Movers. This is a list of automated people mover systems located at airports around the world. These systems are used to transport people from one location within an airport to another.
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.