SERBIA: Turkish manufacturer Bozankaya has begun delivering 25 trams under a 7·8bn dinar contract awarded by Beograd public transport operator GSP in July 2024.
The first arrived at Novi Beograd depot on May 29. Deliveries are planned at a rate of two per month from late June.
The five-section 80% low-floor trams are 30·5 m long and 2 400 mm wide, with six doors. They have 48 seats and a capacity of up to 218 passengers. The new trams are wider than the current fleet, and local media report that some infrastructure works will be required to enable them to pass at certain junctions.
GSP currently has around 100 Tatra KT4 YU articulated trams between 28 and 44 years old, as well as a small number of Düwag and Schindler articulated trams acquired from Basel in 2001-16. It also has 30 five-section CAF Urbos low-floor trams from 2011-13.
In late February it called tenders for the supply of a further 100 trams to replace the Tatra vehicles. These are required to be 17 to 20 m long, with a capacity of 95 passengers. The cost is estimated at up to €345m, including a three-year warranty, diagnostic equipment, spare parts and staff training.
