Brief overview of contracts and deals in the passenger rolling stock market.
Pesa and Newag have been awarded contracts to supply of up to 45 EMUs to Polish regional operators. The former has signed a contract with Koleje Dolnosląskie, under which it will supply ten five-car Elf 2 trains, ensure their maintenance for six years and be ready for an option for another 10 vehicles. The value of the contract excluding VAT is around €103 mln. Newag has entered into an agreement with Koleje Malopolskie, worth around €305 mln, to supply up to 25 Impuls trains, of which six trains, worth €81 mln, are to be supplied under the firm part. Both deals will be financed by EU funds and loans.
The Ministry of Transport and Communications has awarded Škoda Group a contract for the supply of up to 25 electric trains. The firm part includes 20 four-car vehicles and their maintenance for 15 years, totalling around €520 mln. Within two years, the producer is expected to deliver partially low-floor 7Ev trains (pictured). Škoda Group has won a tender as its bid was 30% lower than that of the second bidder, Alstom.
The plans of the national operator Uzbekiston Temir Yollari (UTY) envisage the purchase of 108 passenger coaches. According to Sharafiddin Kadyrov, acting general director of the operator’s subsidiary Uzheldorpass, 28 and 40 coaches will be purchased this year and in the following two years, respectively. UTY has already received a loan of UZS 150 bln ($11.8 mln) for 47 coaches. Earlier it was also announced that the Industrial Development Fund allocated $50 mln for the production of new coaches.
The Ustecky region is considering the purchase of up to 26 BEMUs, which will enter service in 2031–2032. For the first 14 vehicles, the region expects to receive a subsidy from the national Modernisation Fund, which could cover up to 85% of the cost. In the country, such trains of the 15Ev3 model are produced by Škoda Group.
The country plans to buy 20 more EMUs from Hyundai Rotem, Yevhen Liashchenko, head of the national operator Ukrainian Railways, has announced. At a cost of $16 mln per train, the total order is worth $400 mln and includes lifetime maintenance. However, no final decision on the project’s financing has yet been made, and a soft loan from the South Korean government is being considered. In 2012, Ukraine purchased ten HRCS2 dual-system trains from Hyundai Rotem.
