Have you ever wondered how our ForCity Smart Artic would look like in your city?
After learning that many of the Nordic cities share the same challenges when it comes to making it through more or less 8 -10 months of the worst climate conditions you can imagine for your beloved rolling stock, we dared to help you picture how very smoothly, dare I say perfectly, our Tampere Artic slides through Swedish and Norwegian track, regardless the weather.
Of course it's a visualization, but it seeks to support you as a customer and your stakeholders to envision our desired mutual outcome: surving citizens all year round with easily maintainable, highly reliable light rail vehicles that are known specifically for withstanding all of these evil bugbears as snow, ice, deep freeze cycles, humidity, fog, slippery leaves. One of my favourite go-to pitches is always: 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒎 𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕.
ForCity Smart Artic was not designed to stand around in the depot for days to await panel gluing. It will not be towed to maintenance, because a bogie fails.
The Artic tram was 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 - thanks to:
⭐️being designed to last deep temperatures
⭐️withdstanding corrosive environment
⭐️roof components protected under a covered roof
⭐️quick exchange of all exterior components within a few minutes
⭐️no glueing on the car body structure
⭐️fully pivoting bogies with traditional axles and megi springs
⭐️16 driven wheels with low unsuspended mass, improving slip and slide control remarkably
⭐️5 independent HVAC units to guarantee comfort in various conditions
⭐️redundant systems and proven components
Feel free to confirm with our Finnish customers - the true masters of handling any weather💪
(𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 Northern Works 𝘢𝘯𝘥 Idis Design Ltd 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘶𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶)
Škoda Group North Region
Škoda Group
Tampereen Raitiotie Oy/ Tampere Tramway Ltd.