Stadler exploring possibility of having local manufacturing content at Kyiv Electrical Carriage-Repair Plant

15:34, 23.02.2021 1 min read

Representatives of Switzerland's Stadler Rail AG, specializing in the production of railway rolling stock, on Tuesday visited the Kyiv Electrical Carriage-Repair Plant to study the possibility of having local manufacturing content there.

According to a Tuesday report by Ukrzaliznytsia, Stadler is being considered by the Ukrainian state railway operator as one of the potential suppliers of rolling stock for the project of integrating the railway with the City Express system announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky.

According to acting member of the board of Ukrzaliznytsia, Director of the Passenger Company branch Oleksandr Pertsovsky, who was quoted in the report, Ukrzaliznytsia is ready to share its vision and plans for the project with potential investors and make decisions based on the feasibility study, economic effect and the level of local manufacturing content.