The tramway Class 7000 are a series of
articulated tram
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s ordered by the
ATM to be used on the
Turin light rail network.
A quantity of 100 was ordered in 1981 from
Fiat Ferroviaria
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(then in
Savigliano
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It is home to ironworks, foundries, locomotive works (once owned by Fiat Ferroviaria, now by Alstom) and silk manufactures, as well as sugar ...
), to be fitted with
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electrical equipment,
[Hamilton, J.G.; and Price, J.H. (June 1983). "Torino — RETE '82". '']Modern Tramway
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/Light Rail Transit Association
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(UK). and the first car was delivered in February 1983.
['']Modern Tramway
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'', June 1983, p. 206 (news section).
However, the building of the five
light rail
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lines originally planned was stopped after the opening of the first line (line 3) in 1987. As the 7000s could not be used on the traditional tram lines because of their dimensions and weight, the order was truncated at 51 units, and the other units were substituted by the
5000 series.
On December 7th 2013, line 3 was limited and didn't need bidirectional tram anymore, as lines 3 and 9 were the only ones 7000s could serve and on line 3 they weren't needed anymore and line 9 didn't need them either they weren't usable anymore.
GTT tried to sold the remaining ones to other public transport companies, but no sale was made. Therefore, they were all withdrawn and demolished by 2016 due to their high maintenance costs, very limited access on the network and the lack of spare parts on the market.
References
External links
Tram di Torino - Tram serie 7000{{in lang, it
Tram vehicles of Italy
Light rail vehicles
Transport in Turin
Fiat Ferroviaria
600 V DC multiple units