page_title: Ground-level power supply
hierarchical_section_title: Ground-level power supply
caption_attribution_description: Bordeaux tram using APS on route B near the Roustaing tramstop. Photographed by S P Smiler, summer 2006.
context_page_description: Ground-level power supply, also known as surface current collection and Alimentation Par le Sol, is a modern method of third rail electrical pick-up for street trams instead of more common overhead lines, thus it is one of the methods that could allow construction of catenary-free light rail system. It was invented for the Bordeaux tramway, which was constructed from 2000 and opened in 2003. From 2011, the technology has been used as part of other systems around the world, with Reims Tramway, Rio de Janeiro VLT, Angers tramway and Dubai Tram all having adopted the technology.
context_section_description: Ground-level power supply, also known as surface current collection and Alimentation Par le Sol (APS, which literally means feeding via the ground), is a modern method of third rail electrical pick-up for street trams instead of more common overhead lines, thus it is one of the methods that could allow construction of catenary-free light rail system. It was invented for the Bordeaux tramway, which was constructed from 2000 and opened in 2003. From 2011, the technology has been used as part of other systems around the world, with Reims Tramway, Rio de Janeiro VLT, Angers tramway and Dubai Tram all having adopted the technology.
caption: Bordeaux tram using APS on route B near the Roustaing tramstop
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