Centre for Budapest Transport, BKK, awarded CAF a EUR 55 million for the supply of further 26 trams to Hungarian capital. Under the contract, CAF will produce 2 types of trams, of which 21 five-module trams and 5 nine-module vehicles. The delivery of the first units expected to start from February 2019 onward.
In 2014, CAF signed its first contract with BKK, covering the supply of 37 tram units with a future extension option. In fact, months later, an initial extension was awarded for an additional 10 units, all of which are also now operating as part of the city’s passenger service, with the sum of both transactions totaling more than EUR 115 million.
The trams proposed for Budapest are based on the Urbos platform. These low-floor, two-way vehicles feature four double doors on each side of the five-module trams and seven double doors on the nine-module trams. These vehicles are designed to run on 1435 mm gauge track with an operating speed of 50 km/h.
The 34 metre long five-module trams can carry up to 326 passengers, while the 56 metre long nine-module trams have a carrying capacity of up to 562 passengers, being one of the longest in the world. The entire tram surface is at the same level, providing ease of access for persons with reduced mobility, wheelchair users and passengers with pushchairs (two spaces available per vehicle).
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