Flexity Berlin

The Flexity Berlin is a tram type built for the Berlin tramway network by Bombardier Transportation, developed in the late 2000s from the Flexity family of fully low-floor trams. Its modular design follows the earlier Adtranz Incentro, and the operator BVG ordered four prototypes for testing, in 30 metre five-module and 40 metre seven-module lengths, each in double-ended or single-ended form. The first were shown at the InnoTrans fair in 2008. BVG ordered 99 trams in 2009, with roll-in starting on 5 September 2011, and 39 more of the long version in 2012, to replace its older high-floor Tatra KT4 trams. The nearby Strausberg Railway also took two short trams in 2013. The pilot batch was assembled at Bautzen and series production at Hennigsdorf near Berlin, at about 20 to 24 trams a year, using motors and other parts from Mannheim and Siegen.