Baku Metro launches 10 new railroad cars

Baku Metro keeps modernizing its fleet and has put into service two new trains of 10 railroad cars from Russia's Metrowagonmash company, MENAFN.com reported.

'The maximum speed of the cars is 90 km/h, the engine power is 170 kW. The head railroad car has 38 seats, the rest - 44 each. In general, the head railroad car can carry 315 passengers, the rest - 329, Etibar Isayev, Head of the Traffic Service Department of Baku Metro told reporters.

Isayev noted that the use of LED lighting in cars reduces energy consumption by 50 percent and increases their useful life by 75 percent, and that the new trains of five railroad cars each will be so far used on the Darnagul - Hazi Aslanov green line.

Further, he stated that the contract with Metrowagonmash provides for the production of 30 railroad cars of the 81-765.B. / 766.B model.

'Delivery of the other 20 railroad cars to Azerbaijan is planned in the remaining months of 2019 in two batches of 10 railroad cars each. In particular, in a month, in August, the second batch will arrive, and in September - the third, Isayev said.