BELARUS NEWS AND ANALYSIS

DATE:

30/10/2006

Railway in Belarus: New DMU from RVR

Belarus Raiwlays BZD purchased two DMUs from the Latvian rolling stock manufatcurer RVR. These are the first new trains manufactured in the Riga plant since the fall of Soviet Union.

Anatol Sazanowicz of RVR said that the facility, currently specialising in maintenance of rolling stcok, had to increase the staff by 10% to fulfill the task.

The DMU offers passengers three types of tickets - 1st class, 2nd class, and 3rd calss - two cars for each class.

The DMU offers an increased standard of journey. In the 1st class compartments there are LCD monitors and stereo equipment.

BZD uses approximately 100 DMUs produced before 1991 by RVR.

(Source: Belarus Magazine, Andrzej Nowak, September 2006

Source:

http://www.railway-market.pl/?p=wiecej&id=657