Following a two-and-a-half year process, on 30 January Metro Warszawskie (MW) signed a contract with Skoda Transportation for 37 six-car metro trains, with an option for eight more. Each 90km/h (56mph) train will have the capacity to carry up to 1500 passengers. The tender process began in 2017 with subsequent delays related to legal challenges to the first contract award in June 2018. Skoda's offer of PLN1.308bn (EUR307.1m) beat four rival bidders and a number of the challenges surrounded the Czech manufacturer's offer of 130-day maintenance intervals, something the other bidders claimed is not realistic. MW management says that its oldest stock, Metrovagonmash-built trains dating from the 1990s, require daily maintenance interventions, while in contrast its latest fleet additions have intervals of 60 days.
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