RUSSIA: Sole bidder Avtotekhkom was awarded a 257·5m rouble contract on January 29 to supply 10 Belkommunmash trams to Volgograd. Deliveries are due before April 10 and VEB-Leasing is providing financial backing.
The 37% low-floor BKM-802 trams will be 15·5 m long and 2 500 mm wide. Fitted with asynchronous traction motors, they would run in multiple.
Last year Volgograd municipality agreed a leasing deal for 20 UKVZ trams, which are due to be delivered by the end of March.
BELARUS: The Mazyr tramway which is owned and operated by the oil refinery which it serves is about to take delivery of its first new trams since the 20 km line opened in 1988. In autumn 2024, BKM was awarded a contract to supply 10 Type ...
RUSSIA: Three BKM-84500K trams supplied by Belkommunmash and assembled at operator Metroelektrotrans’ workshops entered revenue service on route 5 in Kazan on January 25. BKM delivered kits for the three-section trams between July and September 2017 under a 161·7m rouble contract signed in late 2016. This includes a guarantee ...
