OREANDA-NEWS. December 25, 2007. In the first quarter of 2008, Transmashholding will complete the delivery of 25 metro cars model 81-714.5M/81-717.5M (manufactured by Metrowagonmash, MWM) to the Kyiv metro (Ukraine), reported the press-centre of Transmashholding. 

The manufacture and shipment will be performed under a contact concluded this December.

It is noteworthy that Transmashholding won a tender for the delivery in October.

The first batch of five cars (two head and three intermediate cars) designated 81-714.5M/81-717.5M will be shipped this December with the remainder of 20 to follow in the first quarter of 2008.

Currently, about 50% of the Ukrainian capital metro car fleet is manufactured by the MWM.
 
Brief features of 81-714.5M/81-717.5M metro cars
Head car 81-717.5M with a driving cab; intermediate car 81-714.5М without a driving cab. The 81-717.5M and 81-714.5М are motor cars, all axles are driving.

The cars are designed to operate in a multiple-unit pattern and can form a train of up to eight cars.

The car body is made of low carbon steel and is an all-welded supporting structure. External body lining is made of corrugated steel plates for better rigidity. The body has improved heat and noise insulation.

The bogies are biaxial, with support-frame suspension of traction engines and axial suspension of reduction gearboxes. All-welded H-shaped bogie frame has two-stage spring suspension. Primary suspension is made of a volute coil springs assembly. Swing type secondary suspension also uses a volute coil springs assembly. Secondary suspension system has built-in hydraulic shock absorbers of vertical and horizontal oscillations.