GENEVA TESTS PROTOTYPE LOW FLOOR TRAM

Service testing of a chopper-controlled tram with a floor level only 480 mm above the rail head is under way in Geneva. Constructed as the prototype for a future build of 45 articulated cars, the tram has a central mini-bogie developed by Ateliers de Constructions Mecaniques de Vevey.

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• Corporate Authors:

  IPC Transport Press Limited

  Quadrant House, The Quandrant
  Sutton, Surrey,   England 
• Publication Date: 1984-5

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 359
• Serial:
  • Railway Gazette International
  • Volume: 140
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: DVV Media Group
  • ISSN: 0373-5346
  • Serial URL: http://www.railwaygazette.com/about-us.html

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Design; Light rail vehicles; Low floor vehicles; Streetcars; Technology; Trucks; Vehicle design
• Uncontrolled Terms: Design criteria
• Geographic Terms: Switzerland
• Subject Areas: Design; Motor Carriers; Public Transportation; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00386395
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 28 1984 12:00AM