Metrowagonmash has delivered the first 6-car metro train to Budapest Metro, for which it has performed overhaul and integrated modification.
After refurbishment, the reliability of train equipment and rolling stock maintainability has considerably improved and the electric power consumption rate has been reduced. The interior of the passenger saloons, driver’s cabin and desk were fully modernized. Head car masks and bogies were replaced and the carbody was renovated. Train control and video surveillance systems were also subject to refurbishment.
Cabin air-conditioning systems and forced air cooling of the saloons have been installed in the renovated train. Air compressor systems, braking equipment and traction drives have been modernized.
The contract for the overhaul of 222 cars was concluded between Metrowagonmash and Budapest Transport Company (BKV) in August 2015.
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