PJSC Kryukiv Railway Car Building Works (KVZ, Kremenchuk, Poltava region) will supply Ukrzaliznytsia with 95 sleeping compartment cars, including 88 compartment sleeping cars with a conductor’s compartment (KUP) and seven sleeping cars equipped for transporting persons in wheelchairs and with a train conductor’s compartment (KUPI).
According to information in Prozorro, the relevant contract was signed by the parties on June 6 following a tender for a total amount of UAH 4 billion 475 million 367 thousand without VAT (0.003% less than the expected price).
According to the contract, the price of one KUP car is UAH 46.895 million (excluding VAT) and UAH 56.27 million including VAT, and the price of one KUPI car is UAH 49.800 million (UAH 59.76 million).
The total price of the contract with VAT is 5 billion 370 million 440.4 thousand UAH. The terms provide for an advance payment of 58% within 14 working days from the date of receipt of the application from Ukrzaliznytsia.
According to the publication “Nashi Hroshi,” the new price of compartment cars in dollar terms is the highest in recent years, but it acknowledges that the increase in the currency price is to some extent related to changes in the cars themselves.
The delivery date for the cars is no later than December 31, 2028.
As reported, following the results of a tender in the fall of 2023, Ukrzaliznytsia signed a contract with KVBZ for the manufacture of 44 passenger cars (including 9 second-class cars) for UAH 1.951 billion (including VAT) with delivery by December 31, 2025.
In December of the same year, Ukrzaliznytsia signed a contract with KVBZ for the supply of 22 new passenger cars for UAH 980.45 million (including VAT) by June 30, 2026.
By spring 2023, KVBZ completed the order from Ukrzaliznytsia for the delivery of 100 passenger cars under a 2021 contract worth over UAH 3 billion.
KVZ manufactures passenger and freight cars, regional diesel trains, high-speed interregional trains with locomotive traction, spare parts, and bogies for freight cars.
In 2024, the plant sold 1,096 freight cars, which is almost 10% more than sales in pre-war 2021. The first 15 passenger cars were also delivered to Ukrzaliznytsia under contracts for 66 units. Net profit amounted to UAH 81.08 million, compared to a loss of UAH 143.76 million in 2023.
