Alstom and its strategic partner in Russia, Transmashholding (TMH), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the city of Saint Petersburg which establishes a programme of cooperation for the development of a modern tramway network.
The agreement was signed by Georgiy Poltavchenko, the Governor of Saint Petersburg, Andrey Bokarev, CEO of TMH, and Henri Poupart-Lafarge, President of Alstom Transport.
Under the terms of this agreement, Alstom and TMH will develop a new model of express tramway, fitted with a low floor throughout, entirely modular and adapted to the climatic conditions of the region to meet the needs of the city of Saint Petersburg.
Under the agreement’s framework, Alstom and TMH will also be providing the city with consulting services for questions related to the organisation of urban transport networks, project management and the optimisation of passenger flows.
The partners will also bring their expertise for supplying electricity for the network, building infrastructure and signalling.
Design and engineering, production, assembly and maintenance activities will all be based in Saint Petersburg at the tramway competence centre which Alstom and TMH will be establishing at the Oevrz site.
The factory currently employs 1,000 people who work on the maintenance and renovation of rolling stock.
