RUSSIA: The city of Omsk has ordered 24 trams from Uraltransmash for use on its six-route network, with deliveries planned to start within just three weeks.
The 688m rouble order placed on August 6 includes 20 Type 71-407 trams 15·9 m long and 39% low-floor with a capacity of 190 passengers including 28 seated, and four Type 71-412 trams which are 15·8 m long with a capacity of 178 passengers including 29 seated.
In June Omsk bought 10 second-hand Type 71-619А trams from Moscow.
First line opened 1936. Network now comprises 6 routes with 63 stops. Address Ul Krasnyy Put' 84 644033 Omsk 99 Russia Phone +7 3812 211208 Fax +7 3812 210836 Email omskget@gmail.com Website omskget.wixsite.com/etrans Traffic Passenger journeys: 14 Information year: 2012 ...
RUSSIA: The first low-floor tram in Omsk was presented on November 8 to mark the 80th anniversary of trams in the city. The partly low-floor single section tram uses a Belkommunmash AKSM-62103 car body that the Omsk tram operator fitted with overhauled trucks from a UKVZ KTM-5 tram. ...
