Astra Imperio is a

tram A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which Rolling stock, vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some ...

produced by the

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

n company Astra Vagoane Călători in Arad. It is a 100% low-floor, designed in partnership with Siemens. Imperio's design is based on the Avenio platform using electronic and traction equipment supplied by

Siemens Mobility Siemens Mobility GmbH is a division of Siemens. With its global headquarters in Munich, Siemens Mobility has four core business units: Mobility Management, dedicated to rail technology and intelligent traffic systems, Railway Electrification, ...

. It is also available with local electronic and traction equipment supplied by , using IVF 260FR inverters, along with SATREC and MBB31 control units; this variant, called Autentic, uses DKABZ 0310-4 motors instead. The tram can be configured as a two to six-section vehicle, each section having a length of , with a powered or unpowered

bogie A bogie ( ) (or truck in North American English) comprises two or more Wheelset (rail transport), wheelsets (two Railroad wheel, wheels on an axle), in a frame, attached under a vehicle by a pivot. Bogies take various forms in various modes ...

, depending on each operator's needs. The first deliveries started in October 2014 for the Arad local transport company.

Technical specifications

The longest tram delivered by Astra Vagoane Călători is the ''Imperio Metropolitan''. These trams were ordered by the

Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ) is the capital and largest city of Romania. The metropolis stands on the River Dâmbovița (river), Dâmbovița in south-eastern Romania. Its population is officially estimated at 1.76 million residents within a greater Buc ...

City Hall administration on behalf of the Bucharest Transport Company (STB).

Product list

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External links

Data at the manufacturer's website
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