Ahead of tomorrow’s Pride parade in Nottingham, Alstom has teamed up with two rail operators to unveil a special tram livery.
Alstom has partnered with East Midlands Railway (EMR) and tramway Nottingham Express Transit (NET) to deliver the livery celebrating Pride and the LGBTQ+ community.
NET’s Tram 213 now bears a rainbow design, or ‘trambow’, which can be seen running on both of Nottingham’s light rail lines, where it will interchange with EMR services at Nottingham, Bulwell and Hucknall stations.
Notts Pride takes place tomorrow, Saturday 27th July, and all three organisations are encouraging passengers to “Ride with Pride”, promoting the region’s public transport system as a more eco-friendly and sociable way to travel to the event.
Peter Broadley, Services Managing Director UK and Ireland at Alstom, said: “Alstom is proud to collaborate with EMR and NET to bring our vibrant ‘trambow’ to Nottingham’s streets in celebration of Pride.
“Tram 213’s new look is a statement of our collective commitment to diversity, inclusion and the right of every individual to be their authentic self – either as a fare-paying passenger or a colleague.”
Various other Alstom vehicles across the country already carry a ‘trainbow’, including EMR’s Class 158 Express Sprinter 158773 and West Midlands Railway’s (WMR) Class 730 Aventra 730018. Several of the 147 Alstom-built trams on the Manchester Metrolink also carry a ‘trambow’.
Tram 213 was one of a fleet of 15 vehicles built for NET at Derby’s Litchurch Lane Works between 2002 and 2003. Prior to the expansion of Nottingham’s tram network in 2015, Alstom also built 22 Citadis trams for NET, and the company continues to maintain all 37 vehicles.
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