Vagonmaš, part of the Škoda Transportation Group, has won a tender for seven six-car NěVa trains to be delivered for Saint Petersburg Metro. The contract is worth about RUB 4 billion (EUR 57.5 million). The deliveries of the new trains will begin before the end of 2018. Their completion is planned for the first half of 2019.
The latest NěVa metro trains will feature a new type of doors equipped with electric drives and an automatic train control option, and they will have special modifications to the interior for passengers with reduced mobility. The rolling stock also uses a braking energy recovery system thanks to which the vehicles can save up to 25 per cent of electricity compared to the trains operated today. Safety for passengers and drivers is guaranteed by external and internal camera surveillance systems with data recording. Passengers are also assisted by the clear audio-visual information system.
“The present project follows two previous deliveries for St. Petersburg Metro. Seventeen of our state-of-the-art trains have already been in operation on the “green” Neva-Vasilyevsky Island line. The rolling stock features a high degree of availability. Currently, another seven trains will be added. The 24 metro trains made by Škoda will therefore be in operation in St. Petersburg,” said Tomáš Ignačák, Chairman of the Board of Škoda Transportation.
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