The Tango is a light rail vehicle and

tram A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport are ...

made by Stadler Rail. It can be built as either a 100%

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or 70%

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unit. It is in use in Bochum,

Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and List of cities in Germany by population, largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European Union by population within ci ...

(BVG-Class IK),

Basel , french: link=no, Bâlois(e), it, Basilese , neighboring_municipalities= Allschwil (BL), Hégenheim (FR-68), Binningen (BL), Birsfelden (BL), Bottmingen (BL), Huningue (FR-68), Münchenstein (BL), Muttenz (BL), Reinach (BL), Riehen (BS ...

Geneva , neighboring_municipalities= Carouge, Chêne-Bougeries, Cologny, Lancy, Grand-Saconnex, Pregny-Chambésy, Vernier, Veyrier , website = https://www.geneve.ch/ Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevr ...

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, third-largest city and Urban area (France), second-largest metropolitan area of F ...

and Aarhus.

Characteristics

The cities operating Tango are demanding the following characteristics for their rolling stock: speed (up to ), robustness, security and compatibility with the common use of infrastructure, economic (capacity adapted to the traffic and prospects for their development) as well as comfort and aesthetics. In the case of the

Appenzell Railways Appenzell Railways (german: Appenzeller Bahnen, AB) is a Swiss railway company with headquarters in Herisau. It operates a network of railways in the cantons of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, St. Gallen and Thurgau. History Th ...

, the light rail needs to deal also with strong gradients in the foothills south of St. Gallen.

Usage

In Lyon, the Tango tram is serving the express line

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linking downtown with Saint Exupéry Airport, and its TGV train station, opened in 2010. Stadler Tango in Geneva

An order of 32 vehicles has been placed by the city of

in December 2009. 20 were ordered by Stuttgarter Strassenbahnen, the first one being completed in September 2012.

Appenzeller Bahnen Appenzell Railways (german: Appenzeller Bahnen, AB) is a Swiss railway company with headquarters in Herisau. It operates a network of railways in the cantons of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, St. Gallen and Thurgau. History Th ...

(AB) has contracted Stadler Rail to deliver seven new Tango for use on the new

Appenzell–St. Gallen–Trogen railway The Appenzell–St. Gallen–Trogen railway, also known as the Durchmesserlinie (diameter line), is a Metre-gauge railway, metre gauge Interurban, overland tramway in the Swiss cantons of Canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden and ...

starting from 2017. Previously, the western line from St. Gallen to Appenzell was operated by heavy rail with a

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section. Aarhus Letbane will receive a mix of 12 Stadler Tango (with a top speed of 100 km/h) and 14 Stadler Variobahn, with a total of 26 units.stadlerrail.com:

' (English, 2016)

References

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External links

Stadler Rail – Tango (tram)
Tram vehicles of Switzerland Stadler Rail rolling stock 600 V DC multiple units 750 V DC multiple units

Characteristics

Usage

See also

References

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