“Ukrzaliznutsa” will buy Pendolino electric trains.
State administration of “Ukrzaliznutsa” railway transport plans to buy 7 Pendolino electric trains by 2013 as said in Poltava Viktor Ostapchuk, head of South railway. “Ukrzaliznutsa” charged South railway with holding bids to supply 7 Pendolino electric trains by the end of 2008. According to V. Ostapchuk by the end of the year South railway aims to sign contracts on production and supplying Pendolino trains.
In project the first train will start operating in 2009 then in 2010-2012 two trains a year. “Ukrzaliznutsa” intends attracting credit to buy 7 electric tilting trains like Pendolino for EUR 180 mln.
Using electric tilting trains will increase speed by 30% compared to standard trains, it will reduce journey time from 10-11 to 3-5 hrs and raise traffic safety. New trains will be based in Poltava and carry out their journeys from the capital to Lvov, Simferopol and Donetsk.
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