All eight new Siemens Avenio trams are in revenue passenger service in Munich. The Munich city utility company (SWM) ordered the trams in October 2012 in order to modernize and supplement its existing fleet for the light rail network of the MVG (Munich Transportation Corporation). The tram for MVG has the customer type designation T1. The first trams have been in service in Munich since September 2014. The Avenio represents the new generation of Siemens trams which is being deployed in Munich for the first time in the world.
In the picture: The Avenio on Karlsplatz (Stachus) / in front of the Palace of Justice Munich.
SWM (Stadtwerke München – Munich Municipal Authorities) and its subsidiary company MVG (Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft – Munich Transport Corporation) have ordered an additional 22 Avenio trams from Siemens for 70 million euros. They will supplement the eight trams of the same type which have already been running for passenger services since 2014. The order includes options for up to 124 further units with a total value of up to 300 million euros. The trams are being built at the Siemens plant in Vienna, with delivery scheduled to take place from mid-2017.
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