Metrowagonmash Will Deliver 52 Rail Bus Cars to the Russian Railways
OREANDA-NEWS. September 11, 2007. JSC Metrowagonmash (MWM, Mytishchi) will deliver 52 RA-2 rail bus cars designated 750.05 to the JSC Russian Railways (JSC RZD) in 2007.
The RZD will receive, e.g., 14 three-car RA-2 made of: head car, intermediate car, head car; and 10 intermediate cars model 750.05.
Under the contract signed by RZD and MWM February 20, 2007, two three-car RA-2s were delivered to RZD in the first half of 2007.
Four MUs and 9 RA-2 intermediate cars were shipped this July and August. The shipment was performed under the agreement for the JSC RZD purchase of 12 three-car MUs and 10 intermediate rail bus cars signed July 3, 2007. The latter (intermediate cars) were to make two-car MUs (head car + head car) delivered by the MWM in 2006.
The rest of eight rail bus MUs and one 750.05 intermediate car is to be delivered to the JSC RZD this year.
It is noteworthy that in March 2007, Metrowagonmash was focused on RA-2 rail bus production since it is the most advanced batch model.
There are 17 RA-2 MUs now operational in Russia (12 three-car MUs, 5 two-car MUs). The rail buses are operational on Gorkovskaya, Kaliningradskaya, South-Eastern, North-Caucasian, East-Siberian, Svedlovskaya, Octyabrskaya and Moscow railways (JSC RZD subsidiaries).
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