The city park of ground electric transport in Kazan will be fully updated until the end of the year

(KZN.RU, September 14, Alsu Safina). The city park of ground electric transport in Kazan will be fully updated until the end of the year. Today Rustam Minnikhanov, the President of Tatarstan, and Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan, inspected the new trolleybuses and trams, which have already supplied in Kazan.

70 trolleybuses of model “Trolza 5275.03” (Engels) and 22 single-section tram cars of model “71-623-02’ (Ust-Katav) were purchased for the capital of Tatarstan this year. According to Asfan Galyavov, the general director of the MUP “Metroelektrotrans”, a new electric transport will operate on all routes, and very soon none of the old tram or trolleybus will remain in Kazan.

The MUP “Metroelektrotrans” signed contracts for the supply of 30 trolleybuses and 12 single-section trams in July-August with the support of Rustam Minnikhanov, the President of Tatarstan. 4 trolleybuses and 6 trams arrived in Kazan today. In addition, 40 trolleybuses and 10 trams have been purchased since the beginning of the year. According to Asfan Galyavov, another 26 trolleybuses and 6 trams will arrive in Kazan in the remaining months. According to the general director of the MUP “Metroelektrotrans”, financing is carried out by the federal program, in which part of the funds allocated from the federal budget, and another part - from the state one.

The President of Tatarstan and the Mayor of Kazan inspected the new tramcar and trolleybuses, which were exhibited of the square in front of the Kazan River port, and talked with employees of the MUP “Metroelektrotrans”.

Rustam Minnikhanov noted that new trolleybuses and trams will create a more comfortable environment for passengers and employees of the MUP “Metroelektrotrans”. ‘I believe that the level and quality of passenger service has greatly improved. It is impossible without a proper modern technology”, said the President of Tatarstan to journalists. “This is a completely different technique, more comfortable. Passengers and the staff, which will work here, will be satisfied”.

Rustam Minnikhanov pointed out that the trolleybuses and trams are eco-friendly vehicles, which do not pollute the air, and modern trams are even virtually noiseless.

After this, visitors along with the other passengers traveled on the new trolleybus and tram to stop “Tinchurina”.

Rustam Nigmatullin, the first deputy head of the municipal formation of Kazan, Andrei Lobov, the head of the Vakhitovsky and Privolzhskiy districts administration, Aidar Abdulhakov, the chairman of the Transport Committee, and others also took part in the inspection of a new electric transport.