conditioned: non-equipped Adtranz Incentro Unlike most other French tramways, Nantes decided not to use Alstom's successor to the TFS tramcar, the Citadis. Instead, in 1997, Nantes became the first city to order a fleet of trams from German manufacturer Adtranz to the Incentro design. This modular design is made up of cab, powered and suspended sections, and is 100% low-floor. The trams built for Nantes are air-conditioned, double-ended and consist of five sections, with a length of . Nantes now has 33 of these trams, which are similar to the fifteen AT6/5 trams found on the Nottingham Express Transit. Characteristics: Number of trams: 33 Length: Width: Height: Weight: Floor height: Maximum speed: Capacity: 322 (72 seating, 250 standing) Bogies: 3 Wheel diameter: Access: 2×6 double sliding doors Air conditioned: equipped CAF Urbos 3 In 2010, Nantes Métropole selected the Urbos 3 design from Spanish manufacturer CAF to relieve overcrowded trams and assure commercial operation of the extension interconnecting the lines 1 and 2. The order comprised a firm order for eight trams at a cost of €22 million, together with an option on four additional trams at an additional cost of €10 million. The Urbos 3 is esthetically and technically very similar to the Incentro trams, and is also 100% low-floored and is air-conditioned. The Urbos 3 started running from autumn 2012. Characteristics: Number of trams: 8 + 4 Length: Capacity: 249 Access: 2 × 6 double sliding doors Air conditioned: equipped Alstom Citadis In June 2020, Semitan ordered 61 Alstom Citadis trams for delivery from 2022 in order to enter service in 2023. The seven section articulated vehicles will be in length and will be 100% low-floor. They will replace the TFS-1 trams. Operation The network is operated by Semitan, known as TAN for short. Semitan is responsible for the whole public transport network throughout the Nantes Metropole (Greater Nantes), and the Metropole has a majority shareholding in the company. Transdev, which is also involved in the operation of several other tram systems, including the Grenoble, Montpellier, Nottingham and Strasbourg systems, has a minority shareholding in Semitan. This allows some exchange of information and assistance between these systems. As an example, the tram drivers for Montpellier were trained in Nantes. Station equipment All stations have realtime passenger information LED displays showing realtime estimated passage of the next tram, large round clocks, speakers only used for special announcements, automatic ticket