Sinara Transport Machines and the Regional State Public Institution Transport Organiser of the Chelyabinsk Region (RSPI) have signed a contract for the supply of 30 low-floor LRVs to the city of Chelyabinsk. RUB 1.59 billion (USD 21.13 million) is the value of the contract, which was signed by Anton Zubikhin, the director general of Trading House STM, and Artem Sakdakov, Director of RSPI.
STM will also be responsible for a 2-year warranty service or at 100 thousand km of the distance traveled.
Under the contract, STM will deliver the low-floor trams by the end of 2021, with a first batch of 10 vehicles expected to be delivered in September, while the remaining trams will be supplied by December.
The manufacturing of the light rail vehicles will start in May at the production facilities of the Ust-Katav Car Building Plant, which acts as STM strategic contract partner in the segment of urban public transport.
About 20 per cent of all trams daily running on the intra-city lines will be replaced under the Chelyabinsk tram fleet modernisation programme.
“The renovation of rolling stock is an important part of the transport reform implementation. We strive to create comfortable conditions for the movement of city residents. The appearance of 30 modern trams in Chelyabinsk will contribute to that. But we will not stop there. There is still a lot of work and new positive changes ahead,” Aleksey Nechaev, the Minister of Roads and Transport of the Chelyabinsk Region said.
The new low-floor LRVs will provide increase availability of special seats for passengers with reduced mobility, including those moving in a wheelchair. They will be equipped wirh an air conditioning system with climate control function to create comfortable travel conditions for passengers and the driver, including the “curtain heater” mode for operation in winter. A scrolling LED display in the cabin, availability of Wi-Fi and USB slots for charging mobile devices will are also modern features of the new vehicles.
Each tram will have passenger traffic sensors, video cameras in the car and a video recorder in the driver’s cabin, as well as various interior anti-vandal protection elements.
The tram will fully comply with the requirements of passenger safety, which will be taken care for by the functions of blocking the car movement when doors of the passenger compartment are incompletely locked as well as sound and light alarm system while the doors are working. According to the customer requirements, white and green colors will prevail in the tram exterior.
“We are happy that our offer was recognised as the best one and that STM is privileged to take part in a large-scale program of the Chelyabinsk tram fleet renovation,” Anton Zubikhin said.
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