A low-floor Flexity Swift tram in Cologne.

The Flexity Swift tram is a light-rail vehicle manufactured by Bombardier. 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. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 125 KB) This image was copied from de. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 125 KB) This image was copied from de. ... Cologne skyline at night. ... Tram - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... This article is about light rail systems in general. ... Bombardier Inc. ... 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. ... Wheelchair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Cologne skyline at night. ... A millimetre (American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is an SI unit of length that is equal to one thousandth of a metre. ...

They are bi-directional, with cabs at both ends and doors on both sides, and are articulated with three sections. The centre section is very short on most trams, but can be replaced with a longer piece in order to increase capacity, as London is considering doing for future lines. St. ...

The trams can be coupled together into trains, and can safely reach speeds of 80 km/h when running on dedicated lines. 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. Kilometre per hour (American spelling: kilometer per hour) is a unit of both speed (scalar) and velocity (vector). ... Cologne skyline at night. ... St. ... A tram en route to Elmers End on Tramlink route 1. ... Shows the Location of the Province Ä°stanbul Istanbul (Turkish: Ä°stanbul; contraction of the citys previous Greek name Constantinople) is the largest city in Turkey, and arguably the most important. ... Rotterdam is the second largest city in the Netherlands (after Amsterdam), located in the province of South Holland. ...   Stockholm? is the capital and the largest city in Sweden. ... This article is about the city in Minnesota. ... Hiawatha light-rail vehicle #111 near Cedar-Riverside station The Hiawatha Line is a 12 mile (19 kilometer) light rail corridor in Minneapolis, Minnesota that extends to the southern suburb of Bloomington, in Hennepin County connecting downtown Minneapolis to the Minneapolis-St. ...

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). 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). ... Siemens AG (NYSE: SI) is the worlds largest electronics company. ... The Combino is a low floor tram produced by Siemens Transportation Systems (formerly Düwag). ... Avantouinti is Finnish for ice hole swimming, a traditional Finnish practice of cutting through the ice to swim in a frozen body of water. ... Bombardier Inc. ... The Flexity Outlook is a family of light-rail trams manufactured by Bombardier. ... A Flexity Classic tram in Frankfurt. ...

External links

• Flexity Swift official site
• About London's trams (unofficial)

Technical Information concerning the electrical equipment, i.e.

• K4500 - Cologne
• K5000 - Bonn
• K5000 - Cologne
• K4000 - Croydon
• K4000 - Cologne