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The loan was to be provided under a Ukraine-World Bank agreement on the development of urban public transport.
In accordance with the established procedure, the new tram must undergo the relevant tests before beginning operation on the city’s tram routes.
The first six tramcars have been delivered.
The city will receive an additional grant of EUR 4.4 million for purchasing transport equipment.
Contrary to the initial plans, the tram cars will arrive in Konotop by road and not by rail.
The main aim of the planned project is to upgrade tram services in the city by procuring new trams and modernizing war-torn and worn-out track, systems, and depot infrastructure.
These include 9 new and 25 used tramcars.
The company has signed the relevant contract with the Odesmiskelektrotrans transport utility.
The company also won the tender for the supply of trams to Odesa.
The trams were developed according to the individual requirements of the buyer to ensure that it adapts to the country’s specific infrastructural and climatic conditions.
A Ukrainian company produces tram cabins and salons.
The Turkish companies Durmazlar and Bozankay and the Polish company Pesa also submitted bids.
The city’s leadership plans to increase the number of German trams to 80.
The company wants to participate in modernization of subway and tram lines.
The project will be financed with state-guaranteed loans from the EIB.
Kyiv should receive the new trams before the end of 2019.
The new tramcars will perform trial runs over a period of one month.
The trams from Germany are currently located in the customs transit zone at a depot.
The estimated cost of the tram is about EUR 25,000
In total, 276 tramcars were in operation in Kharkiv