Belarus ready to start supplying narrow-gauge trams to Kaliningrad region

17 мая 2013

This was stated by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus to Russia Igor Petrishenko during his visit to the Russian region. Belarusian manufacturers will also take part in a tender for several tens of school buses for the region. Kaliningrad is interested in the services of Belarusian builders and designers. The city is hosting the Football World Cup in 2018 and is already looking for qualified professionals for the regional center reconstruction.


By Maxim Korotkin: The meeting of the Belarusian Ambassador with the city and region administration proved Kaliningrad’s interest in our specialists. The region intends to transform the transportation system using the experience of Belarus in engineering and supply of trolley buses and trams. Another perspective of cooperation is industry. The parties interested in developing a co-production of elevators. On the request of Kaliningrad, a special school bus was produced. The producers have applied for the supply of 50 vehicles to the region.