United Wagon Company and railway operator VM-Trans have agreed on the delivery of up to 3,000 of new generation freight cars of various types. The shipment of the first batch is scheduled in the first quarter of this year. During 2016-2017 United Wagon Company will supply the transportation company with gondola cars and hopper cars with increased load-carrying capacity, manufactured at Tikhvin Freight Car Building Plant.
The gondola car, produced at TVSZ, provides the optimal balance of load-carrying capacity (77 t) and the volume of the car’s body when mass types of freight are transported in it..
The company VM-Trans plans to both operate the purchased fleet, and pass it to shippers under long-term lease conditions.
“We considered various proposals existing on the market, but at the end of the day resolved to cooperate precisely with the Tikhvin cars which characteristics allow to transport more freights and to ensure uninterrupted traffic, since there are hardly ever uncoupling of cars into current uncoupling repair. All that significantly improves the economics of rail traffic,” General Director of VM-Trans Alexander Sergeev said.
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