UKRAINE: Dnipro is taking delivery of 26 modernised Tatra T4D-M1 trams donated by the German city of Leipzig.
These are in addition to Tatra T4D trams which the Ukrainian city bought from Leipzig in 2019.
Dnipro’s tram fleet is composed almost entirely of trams built in Czechoslovakia, most of which were acquired second-hand from eastern German cities including Schwerin, Dresden, Berlin and Magdeburg.
The withdrawal of the last ČKD Tatra trams in Leipzig is currently planned for 2027-28.
UKRAINE: Dnipro Metro is aiming to restart an extension project which was suspended when the contractor pulled out following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
UKRAINE: Agreement has been reached for the Swiss city of Bern to donate 11 trams to the city of Lviv, where Switzerland will also support the construction of a 1 km tram route along Mykolaichuka and Shevchenko streets to the emergency hospital.
UKRAINE: Odesa municipal transport operator Odesmiskelektrotrans has begun dynamic testing of the first of 13 K1T306 trams being supplied by a consortium led by Tatra-Yug. The order was placed in December 2022, with the manufacturer saying it was the first tram contract ...
