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You are now ready for the new trams to be used on Line 1 to arrive at Murcia.
According to forecasts, will begin arriving from day 22, with the exact date still to be determined.
In total nine vehicles will arrive in the city (one per week), while eleven will be running on the Line 1 (since the dealer already has two trams of Section 0).
Thus, the new trams will take about 48 hours to travel the distance between Madrid and Murcia, and circulated only at night and a reduced speed.
The convoy will be escorted by the Guardia Civil and transport has been necessary to ask permission to the delegations of the Government of the communities they pass.
The model chosen for the tram line 1 is the same that has been circulating these past three years in Section 0.
Its high degree of functionality, accessibility and safety made him the perfect candidate.
The model 302 TGA Citadis Asltom of Murcia has six gates, four doubles, 54 seats and a capacity of 186 passengers.
They are also equipped with CCTV to control security inside the cars, PA systems and indicators within the target.
All interior signage is designed in shades of contrasting color for ease of use to people with visibility problems.
Also will be 'ground floor', that is the absence of roads in the interior of the units by facilitating the movement inside the disabled or pushchairs.
One of the main features of the cars that run on this Alstom Line 1 is able to transport the same number of people that three buses and 150 vehicles and reduce noise inside and outside of the trams.
Besides the pollution level is four times smaller than a bus and ten times smaller than a bus.
For the construction of these trams were used reusable materials such as steel, aluminum and copper.
This model of tram is already circulating in different cities, including Paris (T3 line), Barcelona, Parla, Madrid, Tenerife, Dublin, Montpellier, Lyon, Orleans, Athens and Mulhouse.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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