MPK Krakow has selected Pesa as preferred bidder for a contract to supply 35 LRVs, with an option for 15 vehicles, after a decision to exclude the Polish manufacturer from the tender was overturned.
KRAKOW Transport Authority (MPK) launched its new fleet of 36 Pesa Krakowiak low-floor LRVs on August 30, when the first vehicles entered service on Line 50.
KRAKOW Transport Authority (MPK) began three months of trial operation with a Solaris Tramino low-floor LRV on February 23 to evaluate the performance of a vehicle equipped with a supercapacitor energy storage system on the city's standard-gauge tram network.
KRAKOW Transport Authority (MPK) signed a Zlotys 291.2m ($US 95.5m) contract with Pesa Bydgoszcz on July 3 for 36 Krakowiak low-floor LRVs which at 43.83m in length will be longer than any vehicles in MPK's current fleet.
KRAKOW Transport Authority (MPK) has issued tender notices for two contracts to supply a fleet of 36 low-floor light rail vehicles and 40 ticket machines.