The Hitachi Sirio (

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for

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, formerly sold as the AnsaldoBreda Sirio) is a

low-floor tram A low-floor tram is a tram that has no steps between one or more entrances and part or all of the passenger cabin. The low-floor design improves the accessibility of the tram for the public, and also may provide larger windows and more airspace. ...

built by

Hitachi Rail Italy Hitachi Rail Italy S.p.A. is a multinational rolling stock manufacturer company based in Pistoia, Italy. Formerly AnsaldoBreda S.p.A., a subsidiary of state-owned Finmeccanica, the company was sold in 2015 to Hitachi Rail of Japan. After the dea ...

(formerly AnsaldoBreda), a Japanese-Italian manufacturer of

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s and light-rail vehicles. It can be ordered as either one-directional or bi-directional and with a variety of track gauges.

Operators

Italy

Milan

Azienda Trasporti Milanesi ("Milanese Transports Company JSC"; ATM) is the municipal public transport company of Milan and 46 surrounding metropolitan municipalities. It operates 5 metro lines (see Milan Metro), 17 tram lines (see Trams in Milan), 122 bus lines and 4 ...

(ATM), the city transport company of

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, has bought numerous one-directional Sirios. In 2002, the first carriages were delivered. The ATM has 48 seven section Sirios (7100 series) with a length of ; these trams can hold a capacity of 285 people, of which 71 can sit. The ATM has also 35 + 33 five section ''Sirietto'' (literally "little Sirio": 7500-7600 series) with a length of ; these trams have a capacity of 206 people, of which 54 can sit. The 7600 is different from the 7500 series because of the internal seating arrangement. Both types of Sirios have a width of and have been built for the unusual

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of . The maximum speed is . Since 2022, all Sirios and Siriettos in Milan have the white-yellow livery analogue to the rest of the rolling stock.

Bergamo

Tramvie Elettriche Bergamasche (TEB) has bought 14 bi-directional Sirios composed of 5 sections for the T1 line

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. The exterior design of the trams was made by

Pininfarina Pininfarina S.p.A. (; ; short for Pininfarina Società per Azioni) is an Italian automotive design, car design firm and coachbuilder, with headquarters in Cambiano, Turin, Italy. The company was founded by Battista "Pinin" Farina in 1930. On 14 ...

Florence

Gestore Sistema Tranviario (GEST), owned partly by

RATP DEV The RATP Group () is a French state-owned enterprise (Établissement public à caractère industriel et commercial, EPIC) that operates public transport systems primarily in Paris, France. Headquartered in Paris, it originally operated under th ...

and the local transport company ATAF Gestioni bought 46 bi-directional Sirios composed of 5 sections.

Naples

Azienda Napoletana Mobilità (ANM) bought 22 bi-directional Sirios composed of 3 units.

Sassari

The Sardinian transport company, Azienda Regionale Sarda Trasporti (ARST) bought 4 bi-directional Sirios composed of 5 units.

Sweden

Gothenburg

The city of

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, ordered 40 one-directional Sirio trams, known as the M32 class, which were to be put into service on the

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during 2005 and onwards. The trams were delivered late and functioned poorly when put into traffic. Among reported problems were excessive track damage caused by the trams, malfunctioning air conditioners inside the trams, and poor ride quality. The City of Gothenburg therefore withheld a large part of the payment for a delivered tram until fully operational. On December 3, 2009, the city authorities exercised their option for a further 25 trams of the same design at a cost of €61 million. In February 2013, 38 out of the total 40 trams delivered in the first series were taken out of service due to extensive corrosion on the chassis. Repairing the rusted chassis and moldy passenger floors is expected to be completed by 2017, at a cost of an extra €10 million for the Gothenburg council, according to the revised contract, though Ansaldobreda bears the majority of the cost for these deficiencies. . Due to further delays on the part of Ansaldobreda with corrosion repairs and substandard quality in completed works, the council of Gothenburg cancelled the contract for corrosion repairs in November 2015. The investigation launched into the matter found, that the trams were jerry-built, . It was also discovered, that the badly built trams have resulted in extensive track damage that will be very costly to repair, adding to the "fiasco" of the Gothenburg Ansaldobreda tram affair. In August 2017, an

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outside the courts awarded Gothenburg municipality 12 million euro in damages. The municipality was to compensate Ansaldobreda for a breach of contract as the municipality had annulled the contract on the grounds of late delivery of often faulty trams, while Ansaldobreda was to compensate the municipality for their extra expenses and the inability of the trams deliver the promised logistic capacity.

Greece

Athens

Athens Tram The Athens Tram is the modern public tram network system serving Athens, Greece. The system is owned and operated by STASY, which replaced Tram S.A. in June 2011. STASY operates a fleet of 25 Alstom Citadis and 35 Hitachi Sirio, Sirio vehicle ...

operates a fleet of 35 bi-directional Sirio vehicles, styled by

Turkey

Samsun

The

Samsun Tram The Samsun Light Rail Transit System (Samsun Tramway) is a light rail transit system located in Samsun and Atakum, Turkey. The Samsun Tramway connects Ondokuz Mayıs University to Samsun Stadium. The system was constructed in three phases bet ...

uses 16 trams.

Kayseri

38 trams are utilized.

China

Zhuhai

Zhuhai Tram Line 1, opening November 2014, trams built by

CRRC Dalian CRRC Dalian Co., Ltd. (), often abbreviated as DLoco, is a company located in Dalian, Liaoning Province, China, producing railway locomotives, multiple units and diesel engines. The factory was established in 1899 during the period of constructio ...

Beijing

Xijiao line The Xijiao Line of the Beijing Subway, also called No. 29 Line () is a light rail line in Haidian District of Beijing. It runs west and north from Bagou station, Bagou on Line 10 (Beijing Subway), Line 10 to the Fragrant Hills station (Beijing ...

, trams built by CRRC Dalian.

Notes

External links

Ansaldobreda Sirio official page
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Florence tramway project official site
Tram vehicles of Greece Tram vehicles of Italy Tram vehicles of Gothenburg Articulated passenger trains AnsaldoBreda trams 600 V DC multiple units