Bombardier Flexity
Bombardier Transportation markets its rail vehicles for urban transport under the name Flexity . At the moment, several are under this designation road and rail types subsumed, which differ not only externally but also technically strong.
Trams
Flexity Classic
The Flexity Classic is a family of partial low-floor - trams , predominantly in Germany are used. The transport companies in Dresden , Frankfurt am Main and Dortmund are the largest customers in Germany.
Flexity Outlook
Two different 100% low-floor vehicle series are summarized under the name Flexity Outlook:
- On the one hand the Cityrunner , which is now called Flexity Outlook C and was first used in Graz in 2000 . The vehicle series is widespread in German-speaking countries in addition to Graz in Augsburg , Innsbruck , Krefeld and Linz , but can also be found in Brussels , Eskişehir , Geneva , Łódź , Marseille , Palermo and Valencia / Alicante .
- The euro Tram falls into this category and is marketed as Flexity Outlook e. It is primarily known from Strasbourg , but is also used in Milan and Porto .
Flexity Berlin
For the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), Bombardier constructed the Flexity Berlin, which was specially adapted to Berlin's needs, from the incentive . This is a 100% low-floor tram, which is manufactured in four different configurations (one-way or bidirectional vehicles with a length of 30.8 or 40 m). The design of the vehicles was specially designed for Berlin and should be based on the Bauhaus style. After four pre-series vehicles in the various variants mentioned in 2008, the first batch of 99 vehicles was delivered by 2012. All 210 vehicles from the framework agreement agreed in 2006 were ordered. The delivery of the vehicles is to continue until 2020. Two additional vehicles from the Berlin series were ordered by the Strausberger Eisenbahn and have been in use there since 2013.
Flexity 2
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The Flexity 2 is the current, further developed 100% low-floor tram from Bombardier Transportation, which was introduced in 2009. The first customer is the Blackpool tram in England. From the third quarter of 2014, 61 vehicles will also be delivered to the Basler Verkehrs-Betriebe under the name “Flexity Basel” .
Flexity Freedom
For the North American market, Bombardier Transportation offers the Flexity Freedom vehicle family, which was presented in October 2011 and developed in parallel with the Flexity 2. It is also designed as a 100% low-floor vehicle. During the construction, particular attention was paid to compliance with Canadian and US American standards. This vehicle family is to be produced in North America.
Flexity Vienna
The Flexity Vienna model is Wiener Linien 's successor to the ULF . At the end of 2018, the first vehicles began regular operation on route 67. The Viennese Flexity model also has 100% low-floor space with an entry height of 215 millimeters. 119 (optionally 37 more) new trams will be delivered to Wiener Linien by 2026.
Light rail vehicles
Flexity Swift
The Flexity Swift is a family of light rail cars that is offered in both low-floor and high-floor versions. This type of vehicle was first used in 1995 by the Cologne Transport Company (KVB); today it is used by transport companies in Cologne , Bonn , Bursa , Frankfurt am Main , Istanbul , London - Croydon , Minneapolis , Rotterdam , Stockholm , Heilbronn and Karlsruhe used.
Flexity Link
The Flexity Link is a so-called tram-train vehicle, i.e. a tram that can run on both the inner-city tram network and the regional rail network. Provided the appropriate infrastructure is available, this enables the region to be optimally connected to the inner cities. There are currently 28 Flexity Link railcars in use on the Saarbahn in the greater Saarbrücken area .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ BVG orders more trams. In: New Germany . February 28, 2017, accessed March 1, 2017 .