Customer : NTL – Groupe Alstom
Since 2012, NTL, an Alstom Group subsidiary, has been the designer and manufacturer of Translohr wheeled tramways, initially designed, developed, manufactured and marketed by the Alsatian company LOHR. At the heart of today’s ecomobility challenges, the solutions developed by NTL are part of the new generation of urban transport systems: accessible, electric and capable.
Areas of intervention
For NTL, HAIKU DESIGN has been involved since the creation of the Translohr tramway by the LOHR Group in the definition, generation of ideas, design studies and experiments relating to the various variants, developments and customer customisations of the models in the range. HAIKU DESIGN’s product design services cover product architecture, exterior and interior bodywork, materials and colour schemes, and interior fittings and equipment for passengers and the driver’s cab: accessibility, ergonomics, supports, seating, information and communication, lighting, ventilation, etc. HAIKU DESIGN’s involvement is complemented by the creation and supply of images of the Translohr for communication purposes.
8 transport networks have already opted for Translohr tyred trams:
– Clermond-Ferrand, France, since 2006,
– Padua (Italy) since 2007,
– Tianjin – Teda (China) since 2007,
– Shanghai (China) since 2009,
– Venice – Mestre (Italy) since 2010,
– Saint-Denis – Sarcelles (Paris, RATP line T5) since 2013,
– Châtillon – Vélizy – Viroflay (Paris, RATP line T6) since 2014.
– Medellín (Colombia) since 2015.
Translohr SP Prime is NTL’s new light, unidirectional, guided, electric transport system. An optimised version of the Translohr STE and positioned as an alternative to the Bus à Haut Niveau de Service (BHNS), the Translohr SP Prime, thanks to its integral and permanent guidance system, offers multiple advantages.
The SP Prime tram was awarded a Public Transport Innovation Trophy for its design in 2014 by GART (Groupement des Autorités Responsables du Transport).
