CZECH REPUBLIC: Brno transport operator DPMB has signed a KC2·3bn framework agreement for Pragoimex to supply components for the local assembly of up to 60 more EVO2 trams by 2033, which would take the total number in the city to 101.
The vehicles are be assembled at DPMB’s central workshop, with each one taking 30 staff four to five months to complete. Three trams are expected to enter service in 2026, with work underway on a further two.
‘No other transport company in the Czech Republic assembles its own trams. This will save DPMB and the city of Brno at least KC5m per vehicle, and at the same time makes it easier to care for the vehicles, because the workshop staff know them well from production’, said Mayor Markéta Vaňková.
The low-floor air-conditioned Drak (’Dragon’) trams feature USB sockets and a modern information system with LCD screens. They will replace older trams from the 1960s to 1980s, initially on routes 1 and 4, and expanding to other routes in the coming years.
DPMB currently operates 15 types of trams, which is to be reduced to seven by 2033 in an effort to simplify planning, operation and maintenance.
