Škoda Transportation won the contract for the supply of 13 ForCity Classic trams for Bulgaria’s capital, Sofia. The EUR 23.67 million contract also includes the supply of spare parts and training of staff at the local transport company. The Sofia transport company will use European grants for the purchase.
The 100% low-floor trams are fully air-conditioned and have a capacity of 200 passengers. The maximum speed of the trams is 70 km/h.
“The new, highly comfortable vehicles for Sofia are opening up new doors to this ever-evolving market, to which we have yet to deliver our trams. Additionally, after Prague, Bratislava, Riga and Helsinki, it is the fifth capital city of an EU country where Škoda vehicles are operating. Thanks to this, passengers will be able to travel in our trams in almost one fifth of EU’s metropolises, and I think this is a reason to be proud of the Škoda brand and the entire Czech industry,“ said Tomáš Ignačák, Chairman of Škoda Transportation Board of Directors.
Within the tender, Škoda competed with Pesa, which signed with Sofia, two tram contracts. The last one included the supply of 5 low-floor trams under a EUR 8.5 million deal.
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