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The line that interconnects with Hydro One starts here at the Wabash Substation where four double-circuit 120 kv Lines come out of the station.
🇫🇷 Fr.
Grand chantier du tramway :
Du 7 juillet au 31 août 2025, le réseau tramway sera entièrement interrompu pour réaliser la dernière grande phase de sa modernisation avant l’arrivée du nouveau tramway en 2026.
Des quais rénovés et adaptés au nouveau tramway
Depuis 2023, les quais des 36 stations de tramway du réseau se rénovent pour :
adapter les quais aux rames plus longues du nouveau tramway,
sécuriser l’accès pour tous,
améliorer l’accessibilité aux personnes en situation de handicap,
améliorer le confort des voyageurs.
7 kilomètres de voie ballastée entièrement renouvelée
Comme une route, la voie de tramway doit être entretenue régulièrement pour garantir une circulation en toute sécurité. Travaux complexes, qui nécessitent l’intervention d’engin de chantier spécifique.
Ce renouvellement est programmé tous les 30 ans sur les branches Roubaix/Tourcoing et tous les 15/20 ans sur le tronc commun, selon l’état de l’assainissement. En tout, ce sont 4000 mètres linéaires de rails et 12 000 traverses qui seront changés sur la ligne en direction de Roubaix.
Alimentation du tramway : une vaste opération de sécurisation
Faire circuler un tramway implique des kilomètres de câbles électriques, des centaines de consoles, des dizaines de pylônes… Le tout interconnecté.
10 pylônes seront déplacés pour mieux sécuriser les voies de circulation.
530 consoles bénéficieront de travaux de renouvellement préventifs. Une console est un support qui maintient le câble électrique au-dessus des voies du tramway.
Et aussi…
L’interruption totale de la circulation est aussi l’occasion de réaliser une série d’opérations annexes comme la végétalisation de quatre stations ou encore l’adaptation de la signalisation au nouveau tramway au niveau des terminus.
- Informmation source correspondant au QR code de l'affiche :
www.ilevia.fr/cms/actualite/grand-chantier-du-tramway-pou...
🇬🇧 GB. UK.
Major tramway project:
From July 7 to August 31, 2025, the tramway network will be completely closed to carry out the final major phase of its modernization before the arrival of the new tramway in 2026.
Platforms renovated and adapted for the new tramway
Since 2023, the platforms at the network's 36 tramway stations have been renovated to:
adapt the platforms to the longer trains of the new tramway,
secure access for all,
improve accessibility for people with disabilities,
improve passenger comfort.
7 kilometers of completely renewed ballasted track
Like a road, the tramway track must be regularly maintained to ensure safe operation. This complex work requires the use of specialized construction equipment.
This renewal is scheduled every 30 years on the Roubaix/Tourcoing branches and every 15 to 20 years on the common section, depending on the state of the sanitation system. In total, 4,000 linear meters of rails and 12,000 sleepers will be replaced on the line toward Roubaix.
Tramway power supply: a vast safety operation
Running a tram involves kilometers of electrical cables, hundreds of brackets, dozens of pylons, and more. All interconnected.
Ten pylons will be relocated to better secure the traffic lanes.
530 brackets will undergo preventive replacement work. A bracket is a support that holds the electrical cable above the tram tracks.
And also...
The complete interruption of service also provides an opportunity to carry out a series of additional operations, such as planting vegetation at four stations and adapting the signaling to the new tram at the termini.
🇳🇱 NL.
Groot tramproject:
Van 7 juli tot en met 31 augustus 2025 zal het tramnet volledig gesloten zijn om de laatste grote fase van de modernisering uit te voeren vóór de komst van de nieuwe tram in 2026.
Perrons gerenoveerd en aangepast voor de nieuwe tram
Sinds 2023 zijn de perrons van de 36 tramstations van het netwerk gerenoveerd om:
de perrons aan te passen aan de langere treinen van de nieuwe tram,
de toegang voor iedereen te beveiligen,
de toegankelijkheid voor mensen met een beperking te verbeteren,
het comfort van de reizigers te verbeteren.
7 kilometer volledig vernieuwd ballastspoor
Net als een weg moet het tramspoor regelmatig worden onderhouden om een veilige werking te garanderen. Deze complexe werkzaamheden vereisen de inzet van gespecialiseerd materieel.
Deze vernieuwing vindt elke 30 jaar plaats op de aftakkingen Roubaix/Tourcoing en elke 15 tot 20 jaar op het gemeenschappelijke gedeelte, afhankelijk van de staat van het sanitair. In totaal worden 4.000 strekkende meter rails en 12.000 dwarsliggers vervangen op de lijn richting Roubaix.
Stroomvoorziening tram: een enorme veiligheidsoperatie
De tram heeft kilometers aan elektriciteitskabels, honderden beugels, tientallen masten en meer nodig. Allemaal met elkaar verbonden.
Tien masten worden verplaatst om de rijstroken beter te beveiligen.
530 beugels worden preventief vervangen. Een beugel is een steun die de elektriciteitskabel boven de tramsporen houdt.
En ook...
De volledige onderbreking van de dienst biedt ook de mogelijkheid om een reeks extra werkzaamheden uit te voeren, zoals het planten van groen op vier stations en het aanpassen van de seingeving aan de nieuwe tram in de eindstations.
🇩🇪 DE.
Großes Straßenbahnprojekt:
Vom 7. Juli bis 31. August 2025 wird das Straßenbahnnetz vollständig gesperrt, um die letzte große Modernisierungsphase vor der Inbetriebnahme der neuen Straßenbahnlinie im Jahr 2026 durchzuführen.
Bahnsteige für die neue Straßenbahnlinie saniert und angepasst
Seit 2023 werden die Bahnsteige an den 36 Straßenbahnstationen des Netzes saniert, um:
die Bahnsteige an die längeren Züge der neuen Straßenbahnlinie anzupassen,
den Zugang für alle zu sichern,
die Zugänglichkeit für Menschen mit Behinderungen zu verbessern und
den Fahrgastkomfort zu erhöhen.
7 Kilometer komplett erneuerter Schotterweg
Wie eine Straße muss auch die Straßenbahnstrecke regelmäßig instand gehalten werden, um einen sicheren Betrieb zu gewährleisten. Diese komplexen Arbeiten erfordern den Einsatz spezieller Baumaschinen.
Die Erneuerung ist auf der Strecke Roubaix/Tourcoing alle 30 Jahre und auf dem gemeinsamen Abschnitt alle 15 bis 20 Jahre geplant, abhängig vom Zustand der Abwasserentsorgung. Insgesamt werden auf der Strecke Richtung Roubaix 4.000 Laufmeter Schienen und 12.000 Schwellen ausgetauscht.
Stromversorgung der Straßenbahn: Eine umfassende Sicherheitsmaßnahme
Der Betrieb einer Straßenbahn erfordert kilometerlange Stromkabel, Hunderte von Halterungen, Dutzende von Masten und vieles mehr. Alles ist miteinander verbunden.
Zehn Masten werden versetzt, um die Fahrspuren besser zu sichern.
530 Halterungen werden präventiv ausgetauscht. Eine Halterung ist eine Halterung, die das Stromkabel über den Straßenbahngleisen hält.
Und außerdem...
Die vollständige Betriebsunterbrechung bietet zudem die Möglichkeit, eine Reihe zusätzlicher Maßnahmen durchzuführen, beispielsweise die Bepflanzung von vier Stationen und die Anpassung der Signalisierung an den Endstationen an die neue Straßenbahn.
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🇫🇷 Fr.
- Alstom fournira les nouveaux tramways de la Métropole Européenne de Lille
● La Métropole Européenne de Lille a retenu Alstom pour la fourniture de ses nouvelles rames de tramway, en remplacement du matériel roulant existant de la ligne historique de la Mongy qui relie les villes de Lille, Roubaix et Tourcoing
● Ce marché d’un montant de 124 millions d’euros comprend une commande de 30 tramways de type Citadis.
20 décembre 2023 – Alstom a été choisi par la Métropole Européenne de Lille (MEL) pour fournir les nouvelles rames de tramways de la Ligne R et de la Ligne T du réseau lillois. Une première commande comprendra 24 rames Citadis, à laquelle 6 rames supplémentaires pourraient s’ajouter. Les premières livraisons auront lieu au début de l’année 2026 pour une mise en service prévue mi-2026.
Un concentré d’innovations au service du bien-être des voyageurs
D’une longueur de 32,40 mètres et d’une largeur de 2,40 mètres, les nouveaux tramways de la MEL sont à écartement métrique. Ils sont dotés de 4 portes doubles par face, afin de faciliter la montée et la descente des voyageurs. Ils offrent une capacité d’accueil minimum de 196 passagers.
Conformes à l’arrêté PMR (Personnes à Mobilité Réduite), les rames sont dotées de boutons d’ouverture de porte à bonne hauteur, de sièges plus larges et de zones réservées aux usagers en fauteuil roulant et aux poussettes.
Pour un voyage confortable en toute sécurité, les rames Citadis sont climatisées et dotées d’un système d’informations voyageurs dynamique ainsi que d’un dispositif de vidéoprotection.
Des tramways économes en énergie et respectueux de l’environnement
Ces tramways sont économes en énergie, grâce à une nouvelle motorisation, une gestion efficace du confort climatique et des éclairages 100 % LED. Ces tramways sont éco-conçus, recyclables à 95 % et revalorisables à 99 %.
Les exigences de maintenabilité ont déjà été prises en compte avec un nombre réduit de références de pièces de rechange, une meilleure accessibilité des composants ainsi que des capteurs répartis sur la rame pour permettre un télédiagnostic du matériel, permettant ainsi d’anticiper et donc d’optimiser les périodes d’immobilisation et offrant une disponibilité optimale pour le service commercial.
La contribution des sites français au contrat de tramways de Lille
Plusieurs sites d’Alstom en France participent à la fabrication de ces tramways Citadis et notamment :
● La Rochelle, pour la conception et l’assemblage ;
● Villeurbanne, pour l’électronique embarquée et la cybersécurité ;
● Aix-en-Provence, pour les centrales tachymétriques.
- Alstom a vendu à ce jour ( Information juin 2025 ) plus de 3 200 tramways de la gamme Citadis à 70 villes dans 20 pays du monde (dont 26 villes en France). Les tramways Citadis ont parcouru plus d’1 milliard de kilomètres et transporté 10 milliards de passagers depuis la mise en service de la première rame en l'an 2000.
Alstom™ et Citadis™ sont des marques déposées du Groupe Alstom.
Source :
www.alstom.com/fr/press-releases-news/2023/12/alstom-four...
🇬🇧 GB. UK.
- Alstom to supply new trams for the European Metropolis of Lille
● The European Metropolis of Lille has selected Alstom to supply its new trams, replacing the existing rolling stock on the historic Mongy line, which connects the cities of Lille, Roubaix, and Tourcoing.
● This €124 million contract includes an order for 30 Citadis trams.
December 20, 2023 – Alstom has been selected by the European Metropolis of Lille (MEL) to supply new trams for Line R and Line T of the Lille network. The initial order will include 24 Citadis trams, with an additional six trams expected. The first deliveries will take place in early 2026, with entry into service scheduled for mid-2026.
A Concentration of Innovations Serving Passenger Well-Being
Measuring 32.40 meters in length and 2.40 meters in width, the new MEL trams are metre gauge. They feature four double doors per side to facilitate boarding and alighting. They offer a minimum capacity of 196 passengers.
Compliant with the PMR (Persons with Reduced Mobility) decree, the trams feature door release buttons at the correct height, wider seats, and areas reserved for wheelchair users and strollers.
For a comfortable and safe journey, the Citadis trams are air-conditioned and equipped with a dynamic passenger information system and video surveillance.
Energy-efficient and environmentally friendly trams
These trams are energy-efficient, thanks to a new engine, efficient climate control, and 100% LED lighting. These trams are eco-designed, 95% recyclable, and 99% reusable.
Maintainability requirements have already been taken into account with a reduced number of spare parts, improved component accessibility, and sensors distributed throughout the train to enable remote equipment diagnostics, thus anticipating and optimizing downtime and ensuring optimal availability for commercial service.
The contribution of French sites to the Lille tram contract
Several Alstom sites in France are involved in the manufacture of these Citadis trams, including:
● La Rochelle, for design and assembly;
● Villeurbanne, for on-board electronics and cybersecurity;
● Aix-en-Provence, for tachometer power plants.
- Alstom has sold to date (Information June 2025) more than 3,200 Citadis trams to 70 cities in 20 countries worldwide (including 26 cities in France). Citadis trams have traveled more than 1 billion kilometers and carried 10 billion passengers since the first tram entered service in 2000.
Alstom™ and Citadis™ are registered trademarks of the Alstom Group.
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🇫🇷 Fr.
Transpole / Ilévia ( Wikipédia )
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il%C3%A9via
🇬🇧 UK
Transpole / Ilévia ( Wikipédia )
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il%C3%A9via
🇩🇪 DE.
Transpole / Ilévia ( Wikipédia )
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il%C3%A9via
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🇫🇷 Fr.
Tramway de Lille - Roubaix - Tourcoing ( Wikipédia )
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tramway_de_Lille_Roubaix_Tourcoing
Tramway du Grand Boulevard
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tramway_du_Grand_Boulevard
🇬🇧 GB. UK.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lille_tramway
🇩🇪 DE.
Straßenbahn Lille
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stra%C3%9Fenbahn_Lille
NL.
Tram van Rijsel
nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tram_van_Rijsel
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🇫🇷 Fr.
Liste des tramways de France
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_tramways_en_France
Liste des projets de tramways en France
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_projets_de_tramways_en_Fr...
Liste des tramways en Europe
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_tramways_en_Europe
Liste des tramways dans le monde
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_tramways
🇬🇧 GB. UK.
List of town tramway systems in France
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_town_tramway_systems_in_France
List of town tramway systems in Europe
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_town_tramway_systems_in_Europe
List of tram and light rail systems in the world.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tram_and_light_rail_transit...
🇳🇱 NL.
Lijst van steden met tramlijnen in Frankrijk
nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lijst_van_steden_met_tramlijnen_in_...
🇩🇪 DE.
Liste von Straßenbahnen in Europa.
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_von_Stra%C3%9Fenbahnen_in_Europa
Liste von Städten mit Straßenbahnen
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_von_St%C3%A4dten_mit_Stra%C3%...
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I made two pairs of Venhaus silver interconnects, one rca and one balanced xlr. They sound great but are a bitch to make. The rca cables have white teflon tape topped with techflex. The xlr cables have some black woven fabric covering, can't remember where I got it.
Cisco Fabric Interconnect (FI) is the heart of a FlexPod. It connects the compute with network and storage.
NK57DWW - ADL Trident 2 / ADL Enviro 400.
Stagecoach East Midland (Grimsby) InterConnect livery 19210.
Route 51 Grimsby to Louth.
YX67VCN - ADL Trident 2 / ADL Enviro 400MMC
Stagecoach East Midland (Gainsborough) 10900, interConnect livery.
Arrived in Cleethorpes on the X90 from Gainsborough via Market Rasen.
Nucleation of Metal Clusters on Carbon Nanotubes
Electromigration in metal interconnects limits the number of devices in a single microprocessor. This limitation has already led to the replacement of Al as interconnect material by Cu, which has a higher current carrying capacity of the order of 106 A/cm2. Nevertheless, as the dimensions of the interconnect lines continue to shrink, electromigration and stress-induced migration phenomena remain reliability concerns for inlaid copper interconnects. CNT’s, capable of carrying currents of the order of 109 A/cm2, appear as a good candidate to replace state-of-the-art inlaid copper interconnects in microprocessors. A key step for integration of CNT’s in actual devices is the formation of stable and low-resistance ohmic contacts. Palladium appears as the most promising contact metal; elimination of the Schottky barrier and ballistic transmission of electrons has been already reported [1]. However, there is no obvious reason why Pd should give a smaller barrier than, say, Pt. Why is its electrical behaviour different? Does palladium react chemically with the CNT?
Here we investigate the interaction between CNT’s and three different metals, namely platinum, palladium and gold, which are thermally evaporated onto CNT’s. High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM) was used to monitor the nucleation and evolution of the metal coatings on the CNT’s, whereas chemical interaction was monitored by X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS).
It was observed that during the onset of the evaporation, clusters are formed at the CNT surface (Figure 1). Electron tomography will be carried out to gain three-dimensional information on how the CNT is coated with clusters. The cluster size increases by forming a quasi-continuous coating onto the CNT surface when the amount of metal evaporated on the surface is increased. Functionalization of the CNT surface leads to a better dispersion of the clusters and reduces the cluster size by creating more active sites for clusters to nucleate.
Figure 2 shows a metal cluster on top of a CNT surface. The preserved structure of the graphene layers under the cluster suggests the absence of a mixed metal-carbon phase. Further information and confirmation can be obtained by XPS. If a chemical reaction is present at the interface, then the chemical environment of the atoms at the interface will show new features in the XPS spectra. The absence of new features near the metal core levels spectra (Figure 3) proves that no Pt-C, Pd-C or Au-C bonds are formed.
The increase in the FWHM of the core-levels and the shift in the binding energy (Figure 3) will be discussed in terms of intrinsic initial electronic structure and final states effect.
I've had quite a lot of fun recently adding routes and vehicles that I've see in real life to the Gainsborough map in OMSI.
The 107 was one route I wanted to add as although it pretty much mirrors the 3 (in game, I don't think the 3 is a thing in real life) it adds a bit more bus traffic to the map and allows me to bring in more vehicles plus it (supposedly) goes to Lincoln rather than turning back at Lea Green.
And what better buses to use on the 107 than the E400 MMCs that I see on it in real life? Well, actually I've set up the AI lists so that half the allocation on the 107 is MMCs, and the rest is randomised between Tridents, B7TLs and more MMCs that can also crop up on other routes.
10900 is what's showed up this time and is here at the very top of the map by the Laughton Lane terminus. The AI can't pull the manoeuvre needed to turn back around so I've got the AI bus to drive off the end of the map and re-enter again once it is time to commence the next journey.
Luckily I didn't have to do this livery as someone had already put it on Fellowsfilm, and all I had to do was download it!
In 2009, Stagecoach invested in 5 brand new Enviro400 bodied Scania's for interconnect service100 which linked Gainsborough with Scunthorpe and Lincoln. At the time, Stagecoach had also introduced a new version of beachball livery for use on the interconnect network, which can be seen on 15508, FX09 CZY arriving in Lincoln on service100.
Fleet No. - 15508
Reg. No. - FX09 CZY
Chassis - Scania N230UD
Bodywork - Alexander Dennis Enviro400
Seating - H47/29F
Please Note:
1 - All images are copyright and must not be used without full permission from myself. All images published on here are my own work and taken on public property unless full permission has been given to enter a premises.
2 - I always try to include some information about the bus or the route in picture to the descriptions, however sometimes information may be listed incorrectly, if so I would be grateful if you could let me know what amendments need to be made.
The outstanding non-InterConnect photo of this upload is of Lincoln Enviro 300 27788, which on 17.4.24 can be seen crossing Pelham Bridge northbound with an M2. Of all the dozens of Moy Park works buses I've ever seen in Lincoln, this is the only instance where I've spotted a single decker on one.
FX12 BJJ
InterConnect Liveried Scania 15813 is pictured at Partney with a Skegness-bound 56, taken from 15651 working the route in the opposite direction on 21.3.24
AE12 CKJ
Foreplay tube preamp with solid state ADCOM power amp using Ecosse The Best Boy and XLO interconnect cables.
On the flip side, here’s the bottom of the drive cage. The 2.5-inch hard drive is still here, although now it’s of the Serial ATA, rather than parallel ATA, variety. To the right resides our old friend the fan.
Took the modified Toyota Prius out on a roadtrip. Bonham, TX to Houston, TX and back.
Configuration: Rebuilt 140,000+ mile HV Battery pack, with two replacement modules from another pack with similar miles. Piggybacked onto the HV Battery is a capacitor bank, and a lithium battery bank. Also attached, is a lithium battery bank, piggybacked onto the aux 12volt battery, of which is trickled charged with a solar panel in the back window. The gasoline was 87 octane regular grade with 10% methanol.
In the photos, you'll see what the overall trip MPG average ended up being. Factors that I believe hurt the results were the start/stop highway parking lots in Dallas and Houston, both there and back, along with the fact, I ran out of gasoline, on one leg of the trip, and had to have BetterWorld Auto Club, deliver 3 gallons to get me on the road. I drove for several miles on battery, to get to a rest area, and it took quite awhile to get the battery recharged once on the road again. NOTE: Car is empty when it shows 1/4 tank, learned that the hard way.
I averaged 65mph, on the highway, crawling speeds in the 4 lane parking lots, and you'll see from the temperature display, I had the A/C running as well. Keep in mind this is a 2001 Prius, that doesn't have an electric a/c compressor.
Anyhow, Does the trip MPG Average seem OK?
Seeing as a fresh new InterConnect livery has appeared - and I've gone for several uploads now without featuring one of these Gainsborough 67 plates - here's a classic InterConnect 100 photo of MMC 10899 getting away from Lincoln, seen on Saxilby Road at the Grandstand, on 1.8.23
As yet I haven't seen any photos of the repainted InterConnects on Flickr, so you might well be wondering "what new livery?", but yesterday on Bustimes I spotted that a few of Skeg's Scania E400s have been treated to a fresh coat of two-tone purple. It's essentially the same as the TwoFifty livery except purple; following the standard SC Local/Specialist/Distance layout but having its own dedicated colour.
It'll probably take me a while to see said new livery, unless I decide to have an impromptu visit to Skeg, but when I do I'll be sure to engage in my usual waffle about what may (or may not) get painted and what Stagecoach's thinking behind it could be. Whether the 100 will be a recipient of the repaints we can only wait and see, thanks to Stagecoach's scattergun approach to just about everything.
YX67 VCM
No sign of Interconnect branding logos on the front of this Bus, however this Bus can go on any route it wants to as this ELC Vyking is owned by Lincoln depot, previously been with Grimsby depot not long ago