Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Uzbekistan will direct 63.3 million euros for the purchase of 10 Russian trains for the metro. The Government of Uzbekistan, by its resolution, approved the feasibility study (FS) of the project.

It should be noted that in April 2021, the Tashkent Metro and VEB.RF Corporation signed a loan agreement for the supply of metro trains produced by Russian Transmashholding.

VEB.RF Corporation will provide a loan in the amount of 30.4 million euros (rate - 1.85% per annum) for the implementation of the project. Also Roseximbank will allocate 24.4 million euros at a rate of 0.51% per annum. The state budget will allocate 8.7 million euros. The loan to VEB.RF was provided until 2031 and Roseximbank - until 2032.

According to the resolution, the cost of the cars is 50.7 million euros. The rest of the amount will be spent on components, loan insurance, finance costs, customs clearance, and more.

The first five trains are expected to be delivered to Uzbekistan this summer. The cars will be produced at the facilities of Metrowagonmash. The new metro cars will form 10 trains of four cars each.

The cars are equipped with inter-car passages of a modular design with a through passage for the unhindered movement of passengers in the train, double-leaf reclining-sliding doors 1.4 meters wide with external light signaling of open and closed states. The head carriages have spaces for wheelchairs. Each passenger compartment is equipped with touchscreen information monitors with interactive search capabilities for the destination station, route planning, and travel time calculation.

Passenger cabins and driver’s cabs are equipped with video surveillance, air conditioning and air disinfection systems. The service life of metro cars and frames is 30 years. The windshield of the driver’s cab will be equipped with an adjustable manual sunscreen, taking into account the peculiarities of the Tashkent metro - some of the Tashkent metro lines run on the surface of the earth.

It should be noted that Metrovagonmash has already delivered five train sets to Uzbekistan in 2019.