Alstom’s Design & Styling department teamed up with the designers from the Peugeot Design Lab to style this latest creation. The lines of this tramway emphasise the beauty of the city of Strasbourg and add a touch of modernity.
Alstom has already delivered 12 of the new Citadis trams to CTS, out of a total of 22 ordered under a framework agreement signed in late 2014. The project won 9000 votes in an online campaign launched by the city’s transport manager, CTS (Compagnie des Transports Strasbourgeois).
The new Citadis trams are slick and modern. The wrap-around tilted windscreen heralds a free-flowing, agile tramway. At the front wheels, the way the body moves is inspired by the curves of a Peugeot car. As a whole, the smooth, non-aggressive design is meant to be welcoming.
The commissioning of this first French cross-border tram line is a historical event. No tram had run between Strasbourg, in the Bas Rhin department of France, and Kehl, in Germany, for 72 years.
The new trams will serve the extensions of the two existing lines. The D line, which has been extended to Kehl, makes life easier for the nearly 20,000 Strasbourg residents who work in Germany, while the A line serves the town of Illkirsch south of Strasbourg. French and German politicians came together for the inauguration, and its arrival was enthusiastically celebrated over a weekend of festivities. 
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