Kransoyarsk Metrotram Gearing Up for City's 400th Anniversary
Trams for the purchase of the Krasnoyarsk metro will be acquired this year.
The Kransoyarsk metrotram is set to launch by the city's 400th anniversary, with the first kilometer of tunnels being dug for the station "Ul. Karl Marx". Construction work is underway on various stations, and the city is now tackling the question of the transportation that will zip through the underground tracks.
Street and Subterranean Trams
The subject of trams came up at a housing, urban planning and infrastructure commission meeting in Kransoyarsk. A report on the implementation of the municipal program "Ensuring Passenger Transport Services in the City of Kransoyarsk" for 2024 was presented. During the discussion, Roman Oдинцов, the first deputy mayor of Kransoyarsk, shared the following:
"We're currently finalizing a large program for the development of the city's electric transport system. As far as we know, this year will see the purchase of rolling stock for the metrotram. It's possible, although this hasn't been decided yet, that they'll start running them as trams first."
The Department of City Administration and Transport clarified that the city will not be purchasing this transport. The use of such trams on the right bank, however, is a complicated issue at the very least from a legal standpoint.
In order to run them on existing tram tracks, the rolling stock would need to be transferred to a city-owned enterprise, effectively returning them to the region before the metrotram launch. For now, this unresolved idea exists only as an idea.
The "Transport Logistics Center" confirmed that the purchase of rolling stock for the Kransoyarsk metro is already in the works, with regional and ministry of transport involved in the process.
"Competitive procedures for the purchase of trams for the Kransoyarsk metrotram will be announced this year. However, actual deliveries are not expected before 2027," they said.
Tri-Section Trams in Russia
Previously, it was reported that the new type of light rail transportation - the underground-overground Kransoyarsk metrotram - would require purchasing 15 "tram train sets." These will be tri-section trams capable of two-way (shuttle) movement.
According to the Department of City Administration and Transport, the Kransoyarsk region administration will be making their selection from proposals by three Russian factories based in the Urals and central Russia. Each factory offers several models with various features. In the frame of inter-governmental cooperation, the specific models required by Kransoyarsk are being determined. After that, a package of requirements will be formulated for the suppliers. They, in turn, will need time to develop a tram fleet suitable for Kransoyarsk.
The focus, it seems, is on a few Russian manufacturing giants capable of mass-producing modern tri-section trams:
- PC Transport Systems (part of Transmashholding), with production facilities in Tver and St. Petersburg. Here, they produce six-axle 27-meter long vehicles with a capacity of 265 passengers ("Vityaz-M") and 35-meter eight-axle trams capable of carrying 382 passengers ("Lev").
- Uraltransmash from Yekaterinburg (part of Rostec). This factory has already expressed interest in providing trains for the Kransoyarsk metro, having brought a tri-section tram ("Dostoevskiy") to the city for demonstration purposes in February. At that time, a representative of the factory stated that the factory is ready to create unique metrotrams specifically tailored for Kransoyarsk's needs.
- Ust-Katavskiy Vagonostroitelny Zavod from Chelyabinsk Oblast (part of Roskosmos). This factory recently began manufacturing a new tri-section, six-axle tramcar model 71-639 "Kasto" with a full capacity of 261 passengers.
Meanwhile, projects related to the tram fleet for the second phase (2.10) are currently undergoing expert review.
A separate depot will be built for the "tram train sets" on Ul. Vysotnaya.
"Matters concerning the assembly and testing of trams are currently under discussion, with no definitive solutions taken," they said at the "Transport Logistics Center" of Kransoyarsk Oblast.
We should remind you that the budget has allocated 2.75 billion rubles for the purchase of the "start-up" rolling stock for the Kransoyarsk metrotram. Therefore, it's likely that leading transportation manufacturing companies in the country will be interested in supplies of their products to Russia's eastern underground.
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- The news regarding the Kransoyarsk metrotram includes discussions about the purchase of rolling stock, with the potential for the new trams to initially operate as street trams before transitioning to the metro.
- The Department of City Administration and Transport in Kransoyarsk has announced that competitive procedures for the purchase of trams for the Kransoyarsk metrotram will be announced this year, but actual deliveries are not expected before 2027.
- The Kransoyarsk metrotram is set to require 15 tri-section tram train sets, capable of two-way (shuttle) movement, for its operation.
- Three Russian manufacturing giants, including PC Transport Systems, Uraltransmash, and Ust-Katavskiy Vagonostroitelny Zavod, are potential suppliers for the Kransoyarsk metrotram's tram fleet, offering various models with specific features.
- The finance sector will likely play a significant role in the Kransoyarsk metrotram project, as a budget of 2.75 billion rubles has been allocated for the purchase of the initial rolling stock for the system.
