CDB ME "Rubin" developed the documents for the tram car of a new type with asynchronous traction electric drive and lowered floor level.

     The tram car has a number of distinctive features as compared to those being built at present:

• reduction of electric power consumption by 20 - 25%;
• reduction of operational costs by 30 - 40% ;
• reduction of axle load;
• main equipment location on the roof;
• higher average speed on a conventional leg of a route and thus, increase of traffic capacity of city streets;
• reduced level of external noise;
• air conditioning of the driver’s cabin;
• heating and forced ventilation of the passenger salon ;
• possibility of the tram car mechanical washing due to smooth surface of the car body;
• external platform with a drive for wheeled chairs or baby carriages;
• modern design.

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