TramRus Manufacture to Be Commissioned in September 2016

TramRus, Transmashholding - Alstom tram and metro joint venture is to launch its manufacturing facility in September 2016, the Kommersant reports.

TramRus was established in 2012 to manufacture Citadis trams and metro cars for the Russian market. The plant was to be located at the October Electric Car Repair Plant. The parties were to invest 30 M EUR into the project.

However, the commissioning of the facility was postponed to end-2014 and then to end-2015. Alstom was saying that the reason for the postponement is bad market situation.