RUSSIA: Belarusian manufacturer BKM has delivered the first three of 12 T811 trams for use in the city of Samara.
The trams are being leased from Sberbank Leasing under a seven-year agreement worth 1·1bn roubles.
The fully low-floor single-section cars have a maximum speed of 60 km/h. They have 35 seats and a nominal capacity of 150 passengers, with air-conditioning and a passenger information system.
Entry into service is planned from September.
This week’s round-up of news from the urban transport sector.
KAZAKHSTAN: Sole bidder BKM Holding of Belarus has been awarded a contract to supply trams to Öskemen. The order covers four partly low-floor AKSM-62103 four-axle vehicles costing 182·5m tenge each, with delivery scheduled by December 6. The manufacturer said the vehicles would be built to a ...
RUSSIA: Samara Metro has taken delivery of another four-car trainset from Transmashholding’s Metrowagonmash factory, augmenting the 46-car fleet used on its single 11·6 km line. Ordered in October 2019, the extra train is the ‘latest and most advanced’ variant of the 81-717/714 design, ...
