MPK Wrocław and the European Investment Bank (EIB) agreed on a PLN 165.9 million (EUR 36.7 million) loan to support the tram fleet procurement. The project will be completed by 2025 when will improve quality, safety and accessibility of tramway transport.
The financing will allow the purchasing of a total fleet of 86 modern trams and to retrofit 43 existing vehicles.
In 2020, MPK Wrocław ordered from Modertrans 25 trams and after one year, the public transport company decided to order 21 additional vehicles. All these trams are part of a framework agreement signed with Modertrans to supply 46 trams expected to enter commercial services from December 2022. The delivery will be completed in 2024.
Under the framework agreement recently signed with Pesa, MPK Wrocław will purchase 40 Twist trams with a firm order covering the delivery of 24 low-floor light rail vehicles totalling PLN 204 million (EUR 45 million). The contract also includes an option for 16 additional low-floor LRVs. The entire investment for these trams has a value of PLN 337.5 million (EUR 74.6 million).
The tram fleet procurement project is part of a sustainable urban transport development plan implemented by MPK Wrocław which includes the modernisation and expansion of city’s transport system which will improve the public transport services. Under this strategy, the transport company has acquired 200 new buses. The key projects to be implemented until 2025 include the purchase of 132 light rail vehicles, the upgrade of 74 existing trams and the modernisation of the stations.
“I am glad that we are a reliable and important partner for such a serious institution as the EIB. We are consistently implementing a strategic plan to improve the quality of public transport in Wrocław,” Wroclaw MPK CEO Krzysztof Balawejder said.
The transport company is also implementing a project to modernise the rail tracks for which spends PLN 80 million (EUR 17.7 million) a year.
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