The Flexity Outlook family are articulated light-rail trams manufactured by Bombardier Transportation. Part of the Flexity family, although their designs are often customised heavily to meet the technical needs and aesthetic designs, they fall into two distinct sub-categories with dramatically different appearances.

Eurotram

The design was acquired by Bombardier when they took over Adtranz. In 2003 the design was taken on a marketing tour of Australia, with Porto tram number 018 shortened by 2 modules and put on display in Sydney on the Metro Light Rail. It was then taken to Melbourne where it operated on the local tram network between January and March 2003 as a 7 section tram.

Cityrunner

The more common Cityrunner, which has a more traditional tram design, is used by several cities in Austria (in Innsbruck, Linz and Graz), also Milan (Italy), Łódź (Poland), Geneva (Switzerland), Eskişehir (Turkey), and Brussels, and vehicles for Marseille, Valencia and Alicante are in the design and production phase.

Both models have 100%-low floors. While most Flexity Outlook trams are bi-directional, Bombardier have built single-ended versions for cities including Graz, Łódź and Milan. They follow a modular design, allowing them to be customised for use on networks that require narrow vehicles or tight curve radii, or simply to give them a unique appearance for each city.

The Flexity Outlook's closest competitors are the Citadis from Alstom, the Combino and Avanto from Siemens and Bombardier's other Flexity trams.

References

External links

• Flexity official site