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ALSTOM ORDER FOR RATP LINE T3

Alstom has received zamównienie for 25 trams for Paris. Twenty-five Citadis trams ordered a French Alstom RATP – the operator of public transport in Paris. Warehouses to be delivered in 2012.  The Alstom order was announced today an option agreement signed in December 2003 . Its value is EUR 77 million, along with tools and spare parts – 85 million.
Commissioned by the Paris tramway will be 44 meters in length and capacity of over 300 passengers, including 78 on the seats. T3 .

Alstom has confirmed the receipt of ordersfor trams from 34 cities including Citadis 1431 -s. The RATP trams comes in two widths – 2.4 meters and 2.65 meters.

Nottingham

Nottingham named England’s least car-dependent city

Nottingham’s investment in cycle tracks, a tram network and buses made it the top ranking city for green transport

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/sep/14/nottingham-named-least-car-dependent

TW6000 tram

Budapest transport company to buy second-hand German trams

http://www.bbj.hu/?col=1000&id=54186

 The Budapest transport company BKV will buy 16 second-hand TW6000 trams

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for about HUF 160 million as a result of a public procurement tender, = CAD$740,960.00 or about CAD$46,300 per unit BKV told MTI on Thursday. The trams will replace some of the old Ganz trams from early next year.

Angers: first video from inside new tram

http://www.ouest-france.fr/actu/actualite-video_-Exclusif-premiere-video-a-bord-du-tramway-en-circulation_42314-1506141-pere-pdl_filDMA.Htm

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