The transport company of Prague (DPP) will supply 20 decommissioned trams to Ukraine, reports Railway Supply magazine with reference to Transport Publiczny.

Tatra tram

The trams will go to Kharkiv, whose rolling stock has been badly damaged by Russian shelling. Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov asked for help. The donative includes five T3SUCS trams and 15 T6A5 trams, which ended production in Prague last June. Their current value is estimated at less than 7 million crowns. DPP will also cover loading costs. The wagons will be donated through the Člověk v tísni foundation. Kharkiv will cover the costs of transport and customs duties.

– Vehicles that can no longer serve passengers in Prague will find their use elsewhere. In Ukraine, many trams and buses were completely destroyed as a result of the invasion of the Russian dictator. Thus, we support the reconstruction of Ukrainian cities so that war refugees can return to their homes as soon as possible,” says Zdeněk Hřib, mayor of Prague.

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The first trams will leave for Kharkiv in the coming weeks, but this will largely depend on the current security situation.

– Machines T3SUCS and T6A5 are well known to our partners in Ukraine – they have already bought machines of this type from us in the past. They served well then, for example, in Kyiv, Kharkov, Mariupol, and are still used in some places, – noted Petr Vitovsky, head of the DPP.

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