Geneva | Switzerland (02/01/2010) Tango is the evocative name of the new trams that will begin entering service throughout the Geneva region’s public transportation network by the end of 2011. Last June, the planned purchases were publicly put out to tender in order to implement the canton’s structure plan for public transportation between 2011 and 2014. The winner of the tender was the Swiss company Stadler Rail. The procurement includes the delivery of 32 new vehicles in the time period from 2011 to 2014 and will be worth a total of CHF 154 million (105 million euro), value added tax excluded. The new trams will complement TPG’s existing vehicle fleet for the significantly extended metre-gauge network and will meet requirements for future mobility in the growing region of Geneva–Vaud–France. Since 2003, Geneva’s tram network has expanded yearly by the addition of a new line or leg. The expansion of lines 14 and 16 to CERN (TCMC project, stage 3) is already on its way to completion by the end of 2010; and after two intensive years of construction, the line to Bernex (TCOB project) should be opened in 2011. The final stage will be marked by the first delivery of TPG’s newly acquired Tango trams. Each of the new tram are bidirectional vehicles with five articulations. They are 44 metres long and 2.30 metres wide and weigh 57 tonnes, having a capacity of 261 passengers, 88 of which are seated. The seven platform-level entrances with folding doors provide sufficient space for wheelchairs and thus meet legal public transport requirements for disabled people.