The Eurometropole of Strasbourg and the Compagnie des Transports Strasbourgeois (CTS) have chosen Alstom to supply the new trams for the Strasbourg network in a contract worth a maximum of €250 million. The first order will include twelve Citadis trams, with ten further trams to follow in the second phase. Eurometropole may order more trams during the eight-year period of the framework agreement if it needs to them to deliver its service. Alstom will deliver the first trams in March 2025 and the trains will enter service at the end of the same year.

The new Citadis trams will be 45 metres long and 2.40 metres wide, with eight double doors of 1.30 m per side, including at each end, to make it easier for passengers to get on and off. They can carry 286 passengers and are equipped with glass-panelled doors to enhance the feeling of comfort and safety for passengers.

In compliance with the PMR (Persons with Reduced Mobility) legislation, the trams are equipped with door opening buttons at the correct height, wider seats and areas reserved for wheelchair users and pushchairs.
The trams are air-conditioned and equipped with a dynamic passenger information system as well as a video protection system. The trains are cross-border in nature and will be approved in accordance with BOStrab, the German federal regulation on the construction and operation of trams in Germany.

The trams will reduce energy consumption by at least one fifth compared to the current equipment, thanks to new motorisation, efficient management of climatic comfort and 100% LED lighting. The trams are eco-designed, 95% recyclable and 99% reusable.

Alstom expects the Citadis trams to reduce maintenance operations by 30% during their thirty years of commercial operation. Maintenance requirements have been taken into account with a lower number of spare part references, improved accessibility of components and sensors distributed throughout the tram to enable remote diagnosis of the equipment. This is expected to anticipate and optimise periods of downtime and offer optimum availability for commercial service.

Nine Alstom sites in France are involved in the manufacturing of these Citadis trams:

• La Rochelle, for design and assembly,
• Le Creusot, for the bogies,
• Ornans, for the engines,
• Villeurbanne, for on-board electronics and cyber security,
• Aix-en-Provence, for the tachometric units,
• Sens, Gennevilliers and Saint-Florentin, for brake discs and linings,
• and Saint-Ouen, for design.

To date, Alstom has sold more than three thousand vehicles from the Citadis range in seventy cities in twenty countries around the world, including Cologne in Germany, Athens in Greece, Dublin in Ireland, Kaohsiung City in Taiwan, and twenty-three cities in France. Citadis trams have covered over one billion kilometres in ten billion passenger journeys since the first tram entered service in 2000.

Jean-Baptiste Eyméoud, President of Alstom France, said that the company “is very proud to supply the Eurometropole’s new trams and to participate in the development of a greener and more innovative urban transport network. These new energy-efficient trams will also provide greater comfort for passengers. We would like to thank the Eurometropole of Strasbourg and the CTS for their renewed confidence in our latest generation Citadis tram solutions.”