In 2025, Ukrainian cities received 73 trams, which is 29% or 30 vehicles less than in 2024, according to AllTransUA.
‘The tram market in 2025 declined slightly compared to 2023 and 2024, but it still relied on the acquisition of used cars,’ the website said.
According to AllTransUA, of the 73 tram cars received last year, 58 were used cars and 15 were new, purchased with budget funds and as part of cooperation with international financial organisations (IFOs).
The lion’s share of used trams were Swiss carriages, which were received as aid by Lviv and Vinnytsia.
‘While the carriages received by Lviv already have accessible entrances, Vinnytsia will receive fully high-floor carriages, which it will equip with a low-floor section on its own, based on a project used in Zurich,’ the website reports.
Kharkiv received another 10 used Tatra carriages and their modernisation.
All new carriages in 2025 were manufactured by Tatra-Yug (the carriages are assembled at the Pivdenmash plant in Dnipro – IF-U). In particular, last year the company completed the delivery of K1T306 carriages for Odesa (seven carriages funded by the IMF) and delivered eight carriages to Kyiv using budget funds.
‘It is interesting that this year’s batch of carriages for Kyiv differs from the previous one in terms of door configuration, so there are now three known variants of K1T306,’ notes AllTransUA.
At the same time, in 2025, the last tram system in the controlled part of the Donetsk region in Druzhkivka was closed. The report explains that as a result of Russian shelling, the tram’s power system was significantly damaged, and given the slow approach of the front line, it was decided not to restore it.
‘This year, the supply of trams will continue under existing agreements within the framework of cooperation with international financial organisations, in particular for Dnipro and Kamyanske. In addition, Lviv will complete the receipt of used Schindler carriages,’ AllTransUA reminds us.
According to the data provided, from 2012 to 2020, Ukrainian cities were supplied with mostly used tram cars and new ones purchased with budget funds – the largest number of which was received in 2017 – 156 units (113 of which were used).
Last year, out of 103 carriages, cities received 12 new ones (funded by the IMF), 65 used ones (received as aid), and 26 used ones purchased with budget funds.
