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Stadler Tramlink
Tramlink is a family of three-, five- and seven- section low-floor trams, mostly of multi-articulated type, produced by Stadler Rail Valencia. The Tramlink was originally developed by Vossloh but has been manufactured by Stadler since they took over Vossloh's factory in Valencia in 2016.
Initially Vossloh built two prototype vehicles. These bi-directional vehicles had five sections and were 32 m long and 2.4 m wide. Testing took place from 2011 on the tram sections of Metrovalencia. Four identical vehicles were ordered for a tram project in León which was never built. The prototype vehicles are not known to have carried passengers, and their current location is unknown.
Between 2011 and 2014 the Rostock tramway received 13 uni-directional vehicles from Vossloh Kiepe, which from December 2014 began to replace Tatra T6A2 trams and 4BNWE trailers. The Rostock Tramlinks have two special features. The bottoms of the side walls slope inwards from 2.65 m wide to only 2.3 m to allow them to use the existing platforms. The vehicles are fitted with supercapacitors on the roof. These store up to 0.9 kWh of energy generated by regenerative braking, which can then be used for acceleration or heating and air conditioning, which is hoped to reduce the total energy consumption. The double doors in the suspended middle sections are each 1300 mm wide and the single doors in the end sections are 800 mm wide.
After tests with a Combino from Nordhausen and a long-term loan of a Cityrunner from Innsbruck, Stern & Hafferl Verkehr ordered eleven bi-directional Tramlink V3 type trams from Vossloh Kiepe in 2014 for use on the Traunseebahn and the Atterseebahn. The vehicles were produced at Vossloh Kiepe's Spanish factory in Valencia. In order for the vehicles to be used on both the Traunseebahn and the Gmunden Tramway they are approved under railway and tramway regulations. Delivery was begun in 2015. The trams began operating on the Traunseebahn in March 2016. On 1 September 2018 the Traunseebahn and the Gmunden Tramway were connected and the Tramlink vehicles operate over both.
Tramlink vehicles have been in operation since 2015 on the Baixada Santista Light Rail in Brazil. The bi-directional vehicles were ordered at the end of 2012 and are fitted with batteries for use on the catenary-free section of track in the centre of Santos.
In summer 2018 the Ferrovie Luganesi ordered nine Tramlink vehicles for approximately 50 million Swiss francs. The contract included an option for a further three vehicles. The seven-section vehicles were built at Stadler's factory in Valencia and replaced the Be 4/8 and Be 4/12 Mandarinli trains from 1978/79 on the Lugano–Ponte Tresa Railway The first vehicle was delivered on 11 March 2021, the last a year later.
In 2018 Erfurter Verkehrsbetriebe ordered 14 Tramlink vehicles for the Erfurt tramway system. The uni-directional vehicles are 42 m long and can carry 248 passengers. They have been in service since 2021 and the total cost was around 56 million euros. As well as in Valencia some of the production also took place at Stadler's factory in Pankow, Berlin. In May 2023 an option in the original contract was used to order ten more trams.
In autumn 2018 Baselland Transport (BLT) and Aargau Verkehr (AVA) announced a joint order for 18 seven-section Tramlinks, worth 103 million Swiss francs. The trams with a maximum speed of 80 km/h have been in service since the end of 2022 on the Waldenburgerbahn and the newly built Limmattalbahn. The Waldenburgerbahn, formerly the only 750 mm-gauge railway in Switzerland, was being rebuilt and re-gauged to metre gauge. The joint order allowed considerable savings on the cost of the vehicles and their maintenance. On the Waldenburgerbahn the approximately 45 m long trains are intended to be used in coupled pairs at peak times. The Limmattalbahn vehicles are fitted with a ZSI-127 train protection system. Although this is not used on the Limmattalbahn itself, it is needed for the vehicles to use part of the Wohlen–Dietikon railway line in Dietikon and to access the AVA workshops in Bremgarten.
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Tramlink is a family of three-, five- and seven- section low-floor trams, mostly of multi-articulated type, produced by Stadler Rail Valencia. The Tramlink was originally developed by Vossloh but has been manufactured by Stadler since they took over Vossloh's factory in Valencia in 2016.
Initially Vossloh built two prototype vehicles. These bi-directional vehicles had five sections and were 32 m long and 2.4 m wide. Testing took place from 2011 on the tram sections of Metrovalencia. Four identical vehicles were ordered for a tram project in León which was never built. The prototype vehicles are not known to have carried passengers, and their current location is unknown.
Between 2011 and 2014 the Rostock tramway received 13 uni-directional vehicles from Vossloh Kiepe, which from December 2014 began to replace Tatra T6A2 trams and 4BNWE trailers. The Rostock Tramlinks have two special features. The bottoms of the side walls slope inwards from 2.65 m wide to only 2.3 m to allow them to use the existing platforms. The vehicles are fitted with supercapacitors on the roof. These store up to 0.9 kWh of energy generated by regenerative braking, which can then be used for acceleration or heating and air conditioning, which is hoped to reduce the total energy consumption. The double doors in the suspended middle sections are each 1300 mm wide and the single doors in the end sections are 800 mm wide.
After tests with a Combino from Nordhausen and a long-term loan of a Cityrunner from Innsbruck, Stern & Hafferl Verkehr ordered eleven bi-directional Tramlink V3 type trams from Vossloh Kiepe in 2014 for use on the Traunseebahn and the Atterseebahn. The vehicles were produced at Vossloh Kiepe's Spanish factory in Valencia. In order for the vehicles to be used on both the Traunseebahn and the Gmunden Tramway they are approved under railway and tramway regulations. Delivery was begun in 2015. The trams began operating on the Traunseebahn in March 2016. On 1 September 2018 the Traunseebahn and the Gmunden Tramway were connected and the Tramlink vehicles operate over both.
Tramlink vehicles have been in operation since 2015 on the Baixada Santista Light Rail in Brazil. The bi-directional vehicles were ordered at the end of 2012 and are fitted with batteries for use on the catenary-free section of track in the centre of Santos.
In summer 2018 the Ferrovie Luganesi ordered nine Tramlink vehicles for approximately 50 million Swiss francs. The contract included an option for a further three vehicles. The seven-section vehicles were built at Stadler's factory in Valencia and replaced the Be 4/8 and Be 4/12 Mandarinli trains from 1978/79 on the Lugano–Ponte Tresa Railway The first vehicle was delivered on 11 March 2021, the last a year later.
In 2018 Erfurter Verkehrsbetriebe ordered 14 Tramlink vehicles for the Erfurt tramway system. The uni-directional vehicles are 42 m long and can carry 248 passengers. They have been in service since 2021 and the total cost was around 56 million euros. As well as in Valencia some of the production also took place at Stadler's factory in Pankow, Berlin. In May 2023 an option in the original contract was used to order ten more trams.
In autumn 2018 Baselland Transport (BLT) and Aargau Verkehr (AVA) announced a joint order for 18 seven-section Tramlinks, worth 103 million Swiss francs. The trams with a maximum speed of 80 km/h have been in service since the end of 2022 on the Waldenburgerbahn and the newly built Limmattalbahn. The Waldenburgerbahn, formerly the only 750 mm-gauge railway in Switzerland, was being rebuilt and re-gauged to metre gauge. The joint order allowed considerable savings on the cost of the vehicles and their maintenance. On the Waldenburgerbahn the approximately 45 m long trains are intended to be used in coupled pairs at peak times. The Limmattalbahn vehicles are fitted with a ZSI-127 train protection system. Although this is not used on the Limmattalbahn itself, it is needed for the vehicles to use part of the Wohlen–Dietikon railway line in Dietikon and to access the AVA workshops in Bremgarten.
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