tram

Roosevelt Island tram is back in action

December 1, 2010

The Roosevelt Island Tram (NY) returned to service Tuesday after an eight-month $25 million makeover. The aerial cars connect residents on this island in the East River with destinations in Manhattan.

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Augsburg to pilot catenary-free trams

May 28, 2010

Germany’s Stadtwerke Augsburg Verkehrs GmbH, the Augsburg Transport Authority,  will pilot a catenary-free tram in cooperation with Bombardier Transportation. Bombardier’s PRIMOVE technology uses cable buried beneath the track to produce a magnetic field. “Our expectation for the PRIMOVE pilot project is to gain further insights into new developments in energy management and energy savings in [...]

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Bombardier presents first catenary-free and contactless operating tram

January 26, 2009

At a test track in Germany, Bombardier Transportation introduced the PRIMOVE, a completely contactless and catenary-free operating tram. For rail operators, the PRIMOVE system offers significant advantages. Among these are the completely invisible power supply, the easy installation and the complete irrelevance of weather conditions. In addition, the contactless and very safe energy transfer system [...]

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