Helsinki residents are invited to acquaint with the new LRV, Artic XL, at Cable Factory, which will operate the future Jokeri and Crown Bridges LRTs. The first prototype car to be tested in traffic will be launched into Helsinki inner city tram service next year.
The new LRV is a product of customer-oriented service design. The prototype, which tests the functionality of the design, also shows the blue-and-green coloring of Artic XL.
Helsinki City Transport (HKL), the owner and operator of trams in Helsinki, has ordered 29 Artic XL LRVs produced by Transtech at the Otanmäki plant, in eastern Finland.
Jokeri LRT will be built between Itäkeskus in Helsinki and Keilaniemi in Espoo. The planned length of the line is approximately 25 km, of which 16 km will be in Helsinki and the remaining 9 km in Espoo.
Crown Bridges project envisages the construction of a 10-km tram connection between the Helsinki city centre and Laajasalo and three new bridges.
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