Trams without wires

Alstom adds a static charging system to its catenary-free range

Citadis for Nice: X05 in Alstom’s La Rochelle factory, 15 March 2018.
Keith Fender

Light rail without overhead cables is all the rage: electric vehicles that don’t require catenary avoid attaching structures to buildings and save cluttering the street scene with poles.

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