Flexity Classic
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The Bombardier Flexity Classic is a model of light-rail tram manufactured by Bombardier Transportation (now merged into Alstom). Although it is marketed as the most traditionally designed member of the Flexity family, it is still a modern bi-directional articulated tram with a low-floor section allowing good accessibility, especially to passengers in wheelchairs. Flexity Classic trams run on {{track gauge|sg|allk=on}} in Australia, {{track gauge|metre|allk=on}} in Essen, {{track gauge|1450mm}} in Dresden, and {{track gauge|1458mm}} in Leipzig.
Flexity models operate in a number of German cities, as well as in Stockholm (2010–2020), Norrköping and Gothenburg (Sweden), Kraków and Gdańsk (Poland), and Adelaide in South Australia.
Along with Bombardier's other Flexity trams, the Flexity Classic's closest competitors are Alstom's Citadis and Siemens' Combino, Avenio and Avanto.
Adelaide
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In 2006 TransAdelaide began to replace the Type H cars operating on the Glenelg tram line with 11 Flexity Classic trams built in Bautzen, Germany by Bombardier Transportation.Adelaide trams Railway Digest November 2005 page 11 The first of the new cars was delivered to the Glengowrie depot in November 2005 and entered revenue service on 9 January 2006.Flexity in service Australasian Bus & Coach June 2006 pages 64–66 A further order of four in 2008 brought the total to 15, numbered 101–115.Adelaide tram news Trolley Wire issue 330 August 2012 page 18
The Flexity cars are painted in a standard Adelaide Metro colour scheme of white with yellow, blue and red ends. The trams have low floors throughout 70 per cent of their length, and are accessible to pushchairs and wheelchairs through each of the three sets of doors. Their features include air conditioning, heating, recorded video surveillance and automated audio and visual announcements of the next stop. Roving conductors are employed.
The internal layout accommodates 64 seated passengers and another 115 standing. Initial overcrowding owing to the popularity of the rejuvenated Glenelg line and the short route extension through the business area of Adelaide, and the inadequacy of air conditioning in Adelaide's hot summers, led to adverse reactions from commuters and local media, but the faults were soon rectified and supplementation by Alstom Citadis trams (200 Series) has minimised overcrowding.
= Specifications =
Dresden and Leipzig
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The Flexity Classic XXL model was developed for the Dresden Transport Authority by the German factory Bombardier Transportation in Bautzen. It is {{convert|45|m|ftin|frac=8|abbr=on}} long, runs on twelve axles and has a capacity of 260 passengers with 153 seats. The Flexity Classic XXL (classification NGT D12DD) has, because of Dresden's altitude differences of {{convert|100|m|ft}}, a power-to-weight ratio of {{convert|112|kg/hp|lb/hp kg/kW|0|abbr=on}}{{Citation needed|date=May 2019}}. The tram has been in service since 2003 and serves tram lines with a high peak load of passengers. The exterior is specially designed for the Dresden Transport Authority, which owns 43 trams.
The Flexity Classic XXL is also in service in Leipzig, Germany (classification NGT12-LEI) with the Leipzig Transport Authority (LVB). Although the exterior design is customized, the tram offers the same capacity. It has been in service since 2005. The LVB first ordered 12 trams of this type, then exercised an option for another 12 trams in September 2005 and a third (slightly changed) batch of 9 was delivered in late 2011/early 2012.
Around the world
Image:HB 2016-0607 photo28 tram at Domsheide.jpg|Flexity Classic in service on line 6 in Bremen, Germany
Image:EVAG Linie 109 nach Steele (S).jpg|Flexity Classic in service on line 109 in Essen, Germany
Image:KasselKoenigsplatzStrassenbahn2477.jpg|One out of ten bi-directional Flexity Classic trams in Kassel, Germany
Image:NGT8 Dortmund Hafen.jpg|NGT8 type Flexity Classic at the Harbor station of the “DSW21” network in Dortmund, Germany
Image:Schwerin Strassenbahn 2008-06-10 002c.jpg|Flexity Classic of the “Nahverkehr Schwerin” (NVS) network in Schwerin, Germany
Image:Tramwaj_na_Abrahama.JPG|Flexity Classic (NGT6) in service at Strzyża PKM in Gdańsk, Poland
Image:Hw ngt6.jpg|Flexity Classic (NGT6) in service in Kraków on the “Krakowski Szybki Tramwaj” (Krakowian Fast Tram) network, Poland
Image:Stockholm Tram Car 3 - left side.JPG|Flexity Classic on the Spårväg City Line (an extension of the Djurgården Line) in Trams in Stockholm, Sweden
Image:M06Vidablick.JPG|Flexity Classic on the tramway in Norrköping, Sweden
References
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External links
- [https://rail.bombardier.com/en/solutions-and-technologies/urban/tram-and-light-rail.html Flexity official site]
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Category:Bombardier Transportation tram vehicles
Category:Tram vehicles of Australia
Category:Tram vehicles of Germany
Category:Tram vehicles of Poland