Rolling Stock
Tramlink is operated with a total of 30 vehicles. The original fleet comprised 24 articulated low floor Flexity Swift CR4000 trams built by Bombardier Transportation in Vienna. The trams are numbered beginning at 2530, continuing from the highest-numbered tram 2529 on London's former tram network, which closed in 1952. In 2006, the CR4000 fleet was refurbished, including a repaint into a new livery.
As of September 2009, it was reported that four more trams were planned, and to avoid the extra costs of a short production run, Tramlink was seeking to lease these from Edinburgh Trams, where the construction of new track and depot is facing long delays, but the rolling stock was due for delivery from early in 2010. The Edinburgh Tram will be manufactured by CAF of Spain. To accommodate the extra services, some sections of single-track line may be doubled.
In January 2011 Tramtrack Croydon began tendering for the supply of an additional 10 new or second-hand trams for Tramlink to be supplied from the end of summer 2011. The trams will be used between Therapia Lane and Elmers End. On 18 August 2011 TfL announced that Stadler Rail had won a £16 million contract to supply six Variobahn trams similar to those used by Bybanen in Bergen, Norway. They are to enter service in spring 2012.
| Class | Image | Top speed | Number | Built | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mph | km/h | ||||
| CR4000 | 50 | 80 | 24 | 1998–2000 | |
| Variobahn | 50 | 80 | 6 | 2011-2012 | |
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