OREANDA-NEWS. June 27, 2008. CJSC Transmashholding will provide the Moscow Metro with 113 new 81-740/81-741 Rusich metro cars manufactured by OJSC Metrowagonmash (Mitishi, the Moscow Region), reported the press-centre of Transmashholding.

A total of 58 Rusich cars (24 head and 34 intermediate) have been sent to the Moscow Metro since the beginning of the current year, 10 of which were sent in June. The remainder of 55 cars (22 head and 33 intermediate) are to be sent to the customer till the end of the year.

Along with Rusich metro cars, 81-717.5M/81-714.5M cars are also being supplied. Currently these are the most common types of cars in the Moscow Metro, which is due to receive another 48 units of them till the end of the current year.

It is noteworthy that cars manufactured by Metrowagonmash have been supplied to the Moscow Metro since 1935. Currently 65% of the Moscow Metro car fleet consists of cars manufactured by the Mitishi plant.