(ANSA) - Rome, October 20 - Italian train-maker Alstom has
signed a framework agreement with the Strasbourg public
transport company CTS to supply 50 Citadis trams, Alstom
announced Monday.
The first part of the agreement, worth 41 million euros,
calls for the delivery of 12 trams to begin service by the end
of 2016. Manufacture of the Citadis trams will occur mainly in
France, while the design of the trams and the production of
their traction systems will take place in the northern periphery
of Milan, Sesto San Giovanni.
Alstom to supply 50 trams to Strasbourg
41 million euro order for 12 trams by 2016 for first phase