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The battery charging is done at several stops |
The Councillor for Traffic and Transport, Javier Iniesta, attended the week goes to the National Transport Commission of the Federation of Municipalities held in Zaragoza and in which was the recent regulation of movement and the new basic law on inland transport .
Iniesta took the opportunity to know the Aragonese capital tram CAF brand and has traction control ACR (Quick Charge Accumulator), power system trams without overhead contact wire.
The batteries are recharged by braking energy and connection to the electricity grid at stops.
In this way, it is a completely safe, with the highest security certification (SIL 4) and that only works when the tram is located above.
The council has explained that "this system is very interesting because it eliminates the overhead, which shall be binding on the tram over the Gran Vía".
Zaragoza has a tram line twelve kilometers of which two are urban section, similar to that now arises in Murcia, and also linking two areas separated by the river
The integration of the tram in the city center of the capital of Aragon has been a great boost in the number of users of this transport, which has about 80,000 passengers a day.
Trade also found in the environment of the urban layout of this tram sales rose about 20%, the downtown traffic was reduced by 40% and 60% and their implantation in this area has been a 12% CO2 emissions savings.
Note that over the past Fiestas del Pilar, the tram was running 24 hours for nine consecutive days and displace about a million travelers.
Furthermore, this tram raid the center of Zaragoza has made integrating with the furniture and holding a perfect coexistence with pedestrians and other vehicles.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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