RUSSIA: The city of Naberezhnye Chelny in Tatarstan inaugurated a 6·1 km extension of its 1 524 mm gauge tram network on December 12.
The new section runs along Naberezhnochelninskiy Prospekt, Prospekt Mira and Prospekt Syuyumbike with 11 stops. It provides a new link between Pedinstitut in the southwest and Shestnadtsatyi Kompleks in the northeast, to the north of the existing route.
Construction started in March 2014 and the lead contractor was Transservis. The total cost was 530m roubles.
RUSSIA: PK TS has been selected as preferred bidder to supply fully low-floor trams to two cities in the Republic of Tatarstan. Naberezhnye Chelny is to receive five trams for 135m roubles by the end of November. An order for five trams to Nizhnekamsk is to be ...
RUSSIA: The TramRus joint venture of Alstom and Transmashholding is to supply a tram to St Petersburg by December 1. This would be the first 100% low-floor tram to run in the city, according to the manufacturer. The tram is currently undergoing testing at TramRus’s Oktyabrsky Electric Railway Car ...
