International Railway Journal, 8/12/22
More LRVs for Canberra to serve catenary-free routes
Existing CAF fleet will be equipped with batteries.
THE Canberra Metro consortium has been awarded a contract to supply five additional LRVs for the light rail network in the Australian capital, which will be equipped with batteries to operate on new extensions that will be built without overhead wires.
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Canberra Metro consortium member CAF is to supply five new LRVs which will be progressively delivered from 2024, enabling operation to continue as the existing fleet of 14 Urbos 3 LRVs is withdrawn from service to be retrofitted with traction batteries.
