Oktyabrsky Electric Railway Car Repair Plant (OEVRZ), part of Transmashholding) signed a supply contract with St. Petersburg Metro for metro cars with asynchronous traction drives. Under the contract, OEVRZ will supply 40 metro cars. The value of the contract is Rub. 3.8 billion (60.4 million euros).
OEVRZ will manufacture for St. Petersburg Metro model 81-722.3/723.3/724.3 cars: 10 head cars; 20 intermediate motorized and 10 intermediate non-motorized cars. The delivery will take place from January to May 2018. The cars will be supplied by batches of 8 units per month.
The advanced asynchronous traction drive will provide for up to 30% power economy as compared with the current metro fleet in operation. The cars will have special areas with fixtures for wheelchairs. Each passenger compartment will be equipped with air cleaner and forced ventilation system with even airflow distribution. The design includes electronic destination indicators installed on head cars, comfortable and user-friendly driver’s cabins fitted with HVAC and vibration-absorbing seats.
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