Uralvagonzavod and Bombardier to provide the city of Moscow with 120 express trams

19.12.2012 — News

SVERDLOVSK REGION

The Uralvagonzavod research and production corporation, OJSC, along with the Canadian engineering firm Bombardier, will produce 120 express trams for the city of Moscow by April 1, 2015. The contract, which is worth 8.46 billion rubles, was won after a request for tenders.

The first shipments of tram cars will be manufactured at Bombardier's facilities, but in the future their production will be launched in Russia.

UVZ's press office told RusBusinessNews that it is expected that trams will be assembled in 2013 from a number of Bombardier's recent models at the facilities of the Ural Transport Machinery Plant, OJSC (a subsidiary of Uralvagonzavod), which specializes in the production of such products. The parties expect to eventually localize 50% of the production in Russia.