The Flexity Link is a low-floor tram-train manufactured by Bombardier Transportation. It is designed to be able to run both on an urban tram network and on main railway lines, in order to provide direct journeys into a city's centre without passengers having to transfer from a regional train to a tram. Passenger door of a low-floor tram Passenger door of a non-low-floor tram In public transportation, low floor is a term describing vehicles such as busses, trolleybusses and trams whose passenger compartment has a floor which is considerably lower than that of traditional cars. ... A tram-train is a simple idea where trams are able to run on train tracks for greater flexibility and convenience. ... Bombardier Transportation is the rail equipment division of the Bombardier group. ...
The Flexity Link's principal competitor in the tram-train market is Alstom's Regio-Citadis. The other members of Bombardier's Flexity family (the Swift, Classic, and Outlook) are not designed for tram-train operation. Alstom (formerly GEC-Alsthom) is a large French company whose businesses are power generation and manufacturing trains (e. ... A Citadis tram in Melbourne, Australia The Citadis is a low-floor tram built by Alstom in La Rochelle, France, currently in use around the world, in (among others), the Paris region, Lyon, Montpellier, Bordeaux, Orléans, Rotterdam, Dublin (see Luas), and Melbourne (see Trams in Melbourne). ... A low-floor Flexity Swift tram in Cologne. ... A Flexity Classic tram in Frankfurt. ... The Flexity Outlook is a family of light-rail trams manufactured by Bombardier. ...
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The Flexity Classic is a model of light-rail tram manufactured by Bombardier.
Although it is marketed as the most traditionally-designed member of the Flexity family, it is nevertheless a modern bi-directional articulated tram with a low-floor section allowing improved accessibility, especially to passengers in wheelchairs.
The Flexity Classic's closest competitors are ALSTOM 's Citadis, the Siemens Combino and Avanto, and Bombardier's other Flexity trams (including the Swift, Outlook, and Link).
Most models follow a 70% low-floor design in order to allow access to those in wheelchairs without requiring the construction of high platforms, though some of Cologne 's fleet use a high-floor format (900 mm) with level boarding platforms instead, in order to retain compatibility with stations built for older trams.
Systems using the Flexity Swift tram include Cologne (for which it was originally designed), south London 's Tramlink, Istanbul, Rotterdam, Stockholm, and the Minneapolis Hiawatha Line.
The Flexity Swift's closest competitors are ALSTOM 's Citadis, the Siemens Combino and Avanto, and Bombardier 's other Flexity trams (including the Outlook, Classic, and Link).
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