Üstra Hannoversche Verkehrsbetriebe (Hannover’s local transport authority) awarded Vossloh Kiepe and Alstom a contract for 50 trams in April, and Alstom has announced that they will be providing the bogies for a sum worth €21m.
The total order has a volume of around €126 million, with Alstom providing 150 bogies. The contract includes an option to deliver 96 additional tramways, representing 288 additional bogies.
The first tramways, which will feature energy savings of 15% due to efficient recovery of energy and lighter weight of the vehicles, are set to enter service in 2013.
The bogies will be manufactured at Alstom’s site in Salzgitter and the vehicles in Düsseldorf and Leipzig (Germany). Alstom will equip each of the 50 vehicles with one trailer bogie and two motor bogies.
“The bogies manufactured by Alstom for Üstra are of a completely new and innovative design,” commented Dr. Martin Lange, Managing Director of Alstom Transport in Germany and Austria.
The bogies are configured to meet the special requirements of the Vossloh trains for Hannoversche Verkehrsbetriebe.
Alstom has placed special focus on low service times and high service efficiency. Therefore, the bogies have special height settings to improve access possibilities during service.
Alstom say the bogies ‘fulfill high ecological standards through a lightweight construction and have a minimised noise radiation due to wheel absorbers and protection boxes’.
