Ekaterinburg declines purchase of short trams.
City officials are shifting their approach to public transportation updates, opting to ditch the short-sized trams and move towards buying three-section models instead. Our site.RU reported this information from the city's administration.
The acquisitions will be made in small batches and gradually, so as not to drastically overhaul the moving fleet at once. This approach should help save money. However, the downside is that when trains bought all at once go out of service, a significant amount will once again need to be spent on a full-scale overhaul of the entire fleet.
- On Tuesday, June 10, auctions for the purchase of 15 three-section trams ended. The lowest bid of RUB 2.1 billion was submitted by the Усть-Катавский вагоностроительный завод.
- This year, the city plans to buy 50 trolleybuses as well. This will allow for replacing all rotten machines.
(Enrichment Data: "Bid for Trams": The Усть-Катавский вагоностроительный завод won the contract to supply 15 three-section trams to Yekaterinburg for approximately RUB 2.1 billion, which is significantly lower than the initial price of around RUB 2.69 billion[1][3])
(Enrichment Data: "Trolleybuses": There is no information available about the city's planned purchase of trolleybuses this year. The available information only mentions the procurement of trams.)
In light of the successful bid for the 15 three-section trams by the Усть-Катавский вагоностроительный завод, local news in the industry is reporting that the city's financial investments in transportation will extend beyond trams, with plans to acquire 50 trolleybuses this year, possibly impacting the public-transit sector in Yekaterinburg. Despite the initial savings from the lower tram bid, future expenses may arise when older vehicles in both the tram and trolleybus industries require maintenance or replacement in the coming years.
