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Alstom Citadis 302 (Nottingham Express Transit)
The 22 Citadis trams Alstom built in Barcelona for NET's Phase Two lines to Clifton and Chilwell, delivered in 2013-14. Each is about 105 ft (32 m) long in five modules, with a front styled to sit with the Incentros, and the two fleets run on both lines together.
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- Type
- Tram, five sections, low floor
- Builder
- Alstom, Barcelona (Spain)
- Built
- 2013–2014
- In service
- since 2014
- Lines
- Nottingham Express Transit
- Formation
- Five modules, about 105 ft (32 m) long, double-ended: a cab module at each end and a centre module, each on a bogie, with a suspended module between them on each side; a single door on each cab module and two double doors on each suspended module, none on the centre module
- Trains in fleet
- 22
- Top speed
- 43 mph (70 km/h)
- Power
- 750 V DC overhead, single-arm pantograph · how it works
- Bogies
- Alstom Citadis 302 bogies, two motor and a trailer, hidden behind the bodyside (Nottingham Express Transit)
- Train length
- 105 ft (32.00 m)
- Profile
- tram
- Seats per train
- 58
- Total capacity
- 58 seats and 144 standing (TheTrams.co.uk); 62 seats and 200 in all (British Trams Online); up to 274 (Alstom, 2014)
- Status
- In service: 22 trams, numbered 216-237, all in NET's silver, dark green and black (British Trams Online, 3 October 2026). 228 has been out of use since a collision with a bus on 19 February 2026; 232 returned in July 2025 after its 2023 derailment at Bulwell.
Sources
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- Nottingham Express Transit fleet list British Trams Online, updated 3 October 2026numbers 216-237; built 2013-14 by Alstom, Barcelona; delivery dates; first in service; seats; single-arm pantograph; livery and status in October 2026
- Alstom delivered the final Citadis tram to Nottingham Alstom, 13 November 201422 trams built in Barcelona; 105 ft (32 m); 70 km/h (43 mph); up to 274 passengers; five in service from 10 August 2014
- NET unveils designs for the new Alstom trams destined for Nottingham's expanding network Alstom, 17 May 2012the order within the Tramlink Nottingham consortium; the design to blend with the existing fleet
- Rail Accident Report 02/2024: Derailment of a tram at Bulwell, Nottingham, 12 June 2023 Rail Accident Investigation Branch, March 2024around 105 ft (32 m); 70 km/h (43 mph); five modules, which carry bogies and doors; the operator
- Nottingham Express Transit: Trams TheTrams.co.uk (Peter Courtenay), fleet list updated 27 August 201558 seated and 144 standing; 50 mph (80 km/h); 750 V DC
- Rail Accident Report 02/2024: Derailment of a tram at Bulwell, Nottingham, 12 June 2023 Rail Accident Investigation Branch, March 2024, p. 11 (figure 4)the drawing: tram 223 near side-on: positions of the doors, windows and joints, the front's outline, the heights' proportions, the pantograph's place (indicative drawing)
- '20200810 NET 217.jpg' (photograph: Citadis 217 whole, three-quarter, NG2; CC0) Wikimedia Commons (Alex Noble), 10 August 2020a second reading of the positions; side heights; the pantograph raised
- 'Nottingham Tram 222, 2025-10-16.jpg' (photograph: Citadis 222 three-quarter; CC BY 4.0) Wikimedia Commons (Tony Hisgett), 16 October 2025the livery in October 2025 and its colours; the bodyside's foot
- 'Nottingham Express Transit (219) - 28 April 2025.jpg' (photograph: Citadis 219 whole, long lens; CC0) Wikimedia Commons (Aethonatic), 28 April 2025the sections near side-on; the pantograph raised
- 'NET trams parked at the Old Market Square stop - 26 July 2025.jpg' (photograph: Citadis 219 and Incentro 215 side by side; CC0) Wikimedia Commons (Aethonatic), 26 July 2025the Citadis's height against the Incentro's
- 'Nottingham Express Transit (229) - 12 October 2025.jpg' (photograph: Citadis 229 three-quarter, close; CC0) Wikimedia Commons (Aethonatic), 12 October 2025the front close: no coupler showing
- The Highway Code: road works, level crossings and tramways (rules 288 to 307), rule 307 Department for Transport (GOV.UK), accessed 10 October 2026, p. rule 307the "In operation" drawing's contact wire: 19 ft 0 in (5.8 m), the normal height of tramway wires over a carriageway
- The Highway Code: road works, level crossings and tramways (rules 288 to 307), rule 307 Department for Transport (GOV.UK), accessed 10 October 2026, p. rule 307the contact wire in the In operation drawing: 19 ft 0 in (5.8 m) above rail, the normal height of tramway wires over a carriageway
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- Length: 105 ft (32 m; Alstom, 2014; RAIB 'around 32 metres'); Rail Journal's 107 ft (32.6 m) was not read (the site refused the request); the drawing uses 105 ft (32.0 m)
- Top speed: 70 km/h (43 mph; Alstom; RAIB, maximum permitted); British Trams Online and TheTrams.co.uk give 50 mph (80 km/h)
- Seats: 58 (TheTrams.co.uk) or 62 (British Trams Online); total 202 (TheTrams.co.uk), 200 (British Trams Online), over 200 (RAIB) or up to 274 (Alstom)
- First in service: 27 July 2014 (British Trams Online) or 10 August 2014 (Alstom, 2014)
- Width, height, wheelbase and wheels: not found in a checked source
- The drawing: indicative, laid out from RAIB's near side-on photograph (positions to about 0.15 m, the cab door to about 1 ft 8 in (0.5 m); heights scaled to an estimated 11 ft 0 in (3.35 m) roof; the bogies' places estimated, none being visible); two three-quarter photographs put the cab door 5 ft 11 in to 7 ft 10 in (1.8-2.4 m) further from the nose
- The pantograph's place: on the centre module by its end next to an intermediate module, hinge and head at that end, knee towards the middle, read from RAIB's figure 4 (raised); 217 (2020) and 219 (2025) agree on the place, 222 (2025) reads through perspective as if on the intermediate module; no folded side-on view was found
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