Design Differences With Original Combino
Unlike the former Combino model, the Combino Supra is designed in nine meter fixed sections. Each section has a bogie, either powered or unpowered. The tram length can be anywhere from two sections (18 meters) to eight (72 meters). In the Budapest and Almada trams, modules are placed in two car blocks, each block joined by a double articulation join. This is in contrast to the original Combino, and other articulated low floor trams, where modules are suspended between others. Siemens claims the axle load of this design is 10 metric tonnes for a tram width of 2.65 meters, such as the Almada tram.
For the Budapest order, the tram went from nine modules of the original Combino to six modules for the Combino Supra.
The original Combino design featured a half-width door near the drivers cab. The Combino Supra has changed this to a full double-leaf door.
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