Naberezhnye Chelny to repair 111 km of tram tracks for 1 billion rubles

Naberezhnye Chelny in Tatarstan plans to direct 1 billion rubles in 2027 to repairing tram tracks totalling 111 kilometres. Mayor Nail Magdeev announced the plan at a city council session. He said the republic will provide the funds with the support of Tatarstan's head, Rustam Minnikhanov.

“We are starting with repairing tram tracks. We have 111 kilometres of them. We have a hundred trams, so you understand the order of the numbers,” Magdeev said.

The city also intends to renew its tram fleet. Chelny currently operates 66 cars that have been in service for more than 40 years, against a standard service life of 16 years, and some have run over 3 million kilometres. Fleet renewal began this year. Buying 11 new cars annually would take six years to replace all 66 trams. Magdeev said modernisation also covers tracks, contact networks and traction substations, and that without republic subsidies public transport cannot run on a planned basis.