Siemens Avenio

[2] The Avenio is made of stainless steel instead of light materials, and is manufactured at a new assembly line in Vienna.

On August 1, 2006 Budapest mayor Gábor Demszky ordered all six trams to be withdrawn from service until technical problems were rectified.

But Siemens realises further improvements in the ventilation (the vehicles were ordered without air conditioning, and later retrofitted), and door closing signals will be changed, after inhabitants of the streets passed complained that they are too loud by night.

Metro Transportes Sul de Tejo (MST) ordered 24 four-module Combino Plus vehicles for a new light rail system in Almada, south of Lisbon.

[11] The Combino Plus was offered by Siemens in August 2007 in its bid to deliver 204 articulated, low-floor vehicles for the Toronto streetcar system as replacements for aging CLRVs and ALRVs.

Siemens withdrew their first bid, citing an inability to meet the TTC's 25-percent Canadian content requirement.

[12] The Avenio brand was introduced at the UITP 2009 trade fair in Vienna, marketed as the "longest tram in the world" with 100% low floor (referring to the 72 meter version with eight modules).

However, Tel Aviv Municipality later awarded the bid for rolling stock to rival CAF of Zaragoza, Spain instead.

[18] A consortium led by Siemens built the tram system for Education City in Doha, the capital of Qatar.

[20] The network has 25 stops on 11.5 km (7.1 mi) of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge track; the trams are in three modules with a capacity of 238 passengers.

[21] On 28 September 2012, Münchner Verkehrsgesellschaft (MVG) of Munich, Germany, announced an order of 8 Avenio trams for that city's tramway system.

Due to bad management and ongoing problems with the Stadler Variobahns the Avenios were necessary to deliver the advertised service improvements in the new timetable effective December 2013.

[23] 29 Avenios will operate Hovedstadens Letbane (Greater Copenhagen Light Rail) from its opening in 2025.