PESA received the grant of PLN 24 million (EUR 5.6 million) from the National Center of Research and Development, which solved a competition for the most innovative projects in a global scale. A financing motion of the Polish rolling stock manufacturer referred to the metro vehicles.
The organizers of the competition for big companies for so called “fast lane” evaluated 140 motions, out of which 12 received financial support in a total amount of PLN 165 million (EUR 38 million). PESA’s project of “Energy saving metro with increased level of comfort and safety” received the second highest grant, which NCBR decided to give. One of the potential clients for the vehicles – but absolutely not the only one – can be city of Warsaw.
PESA has been preparing for a long time for production of metro vehicles, and Warsaw is one of PESA’s biggest clients. PESA’s trams have already operated in the capital city more than 10 million kilometers and have carried more than 1 billion commuters. The crowded transport in Warsaw is also served by PESA’s electric trains – ELFs run by the SKM (City Fast Rail).
The project is estimated to be completed between April 2016 – July 2019.
“The team of our constructors and designers has a task to apply experiences collected during past years in order to develop the project of metro, which will be innovative, safe vehicle, constructed of modern, light materials and equipped with systems of new generation”, Arkadiusz Sobkowiak, R&D Director, PESA Bydgoszcz said.
“Thanks to support of NCBR, PESA Bydgoszcz will have in the portfolio all types of rolling stock vehicles – so far we have manufactured electric and diesel vehicles, locomotives and trams, right now we will get the chance to develop the project of metro, which will significantly reinforce our competitiveness on the market”, Tomasz Zaboklicki, President of PESA Bydgoszcz remarked.
Photo courtesy of PESA Bydgoszcz
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