JSC 'Pasažieru vilciens' (PV), operating under the brand 'Vivi', is offering 58 electric train carriages and one shunting locomotive at electronic auctions with a decreasing step, as indicated on the electronic auction website 'izsoles.ta.gov.lv'.
The auction conditions state that PV is putting up for auction ER2 and ER2T series electric train carriages — motor cars, driving cars, and trailer cars (a total of 58 units), as well as the 'TGM-40' locomotive, whose operation has been completed.
The ER2 and ER2T electric train carriages were produced by the Riga Carriage Factory and are intended for suburban and regional passenger transport. The ER2 series carriages were manufactured from 1962 to 1984, while the ER2T series carriages were produced from 1986 to 1998 as an improved modification of the ER2.
On the other hand, the 'TGM-40' locomotive was produced in 1987. It is a low-power shunting locomotive with a diesel engine and hydraulic transmission.
The auctions are expected to conclude on January 27 of this year.
As previously reported by the LETA agency, earlier at electronic auctions, PV sold more than 50 of the 114 offered electric train carriages for nearly 612,000 euros excluding value-added tax (VAT), PV informed the LETA agency.
It was also reported that in mid-December 2023, PV began passenger transport with electric trains produced by the Czech company 'Škoda Vagonka'. Prior to this, the trains underwent extensive testing and trials on the infrastructure of the Latvian Railway. Despite this, in December 2023 and January 2024, the new trains regularly faced various malfunctions.
PV was established in 2001 by separating internal passenger transport from the functions performed by 'Latvijas dzelzceļš'. Previously, PV was a 100% subsidiary of 'Latvijas dzelzceļš', but in October 2008, it was transformed into a state enterprise.
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