The relevant decision was published on the public procurement website. According to the document, Moscow Metro terminated the contract due to the fact that the supplier did not fulfill the contractual obligation to supply (by the end of November this year the city was to receive 30 trams, but only one delivered).

 supply and maintenance of 90 trams

The customer demands from STM to return by December 15 an advance payment of 257.2 million rubles, reports Railway Supply magazine with reference to tzdjournal.

STM has signed a contract worth 11 billion rubles for the supply and 30-year maintenance of 90 single-section low-floor trams in the fall of 2020.

Repair of traction motors for rolling stock

Initially, it was planned that the basic model 71-415 of Uraltransmash (part of UVZ) would be used for supply, and STM would carry out the final technological operations.

However, in January this year, STM changed its partner to UKVZ. At the beginning of September, the first tram of the 71-628m series arrived in the capital.

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