Bordeaux tramway
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The Bordeaux tramway network consists of six lines serving the city of Bordeaux in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. The system has a route length of 82 kilometres, serving a total of 133 tra
A TBM Line B tram torwards Pessac Centre running on the Place des Quinconces
Tramway at place de la Comédie in the 1900s
Central rail of the APS system
Driver's compartment
Ground-level power supply
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Ground-level power supply, also known as surface current collection or, in French, alimentation par le sol, is a concept and group of technologies that enable electric vehicles to collect electric pow
Bordeaux tramway
…serving a total of 133 tram stops. The first line of Bordeaux's modern tramway opened on 21 December 2003. The system is notable for using the Alstom APS ground-level power supply system in the city centre. It has been operated by Keolis since 1 May 2009. The first public transport service in Bordeaux was a horse-drawn omnibus…
Seville Tram equipped with CAF ACR ground-level power supply, 2019
Conduit for current collection between the rails of streetcars in Washington, D.C., 1939. First installed in 1895, it remained in operation until 1962.
Remaining conduit tram track on the ramp to the abandoned Kingsway tram subway in London, 2011, with plants growing in the conduit
Bordeaux tramway equipped with Alstom APS ground-level power supply, 2006