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The 'Production Support Center' branch of JSC 'Ukrainian Railways' 12 June, following the results of a tender, ordered railway equipment from JSC 'Dnipropetrovsk Switch Plant' for 312,85 million UAH.
This is reported in the Prozorro system.
This year the manufacturer is to deliver turnouts, blind crossings, diamond crossings and crossovers no earlier than 2026 year of manufacture, the list of which with prices is given below.
In particular, turnouts type R65 of the 1/9 track gauge 1520 for laying on reinforced concrete sleepers project M2215.00.000-18; (-19) were ordered for 2,30 million UAH, or $51 276. In August 2025 the 'PSC' ordered them from the plant for 2,09 million UAH, or $50 806, which was 1% cheaper in dollars.
Turnouts type R65 of the 1/11 track gauge 1435 mm for laying on reinforced concrete sleepers (for electrical interlocking) project Dn 329.00.000; (-01) cost 3,85 million UAH, or $85 795. A year ago they cost 3,50 million UAH, or $85 010, which was also 1% cheaper in dollars.
Since then the price of steel on the LME exchange has risen by 14%. At the date of the signing of last year’s contract it was $346 per ton, and currently – $401 per ton. And in June it already began to decline.
And the largest share of funds now falls to continuous welded turnouts type R65 of the 1/11 track gauge 1520 mm for laying on reinforced concrete sleepers project 345.00.000-08; (-09) at 2,93 million UAH, or $65 292. They were not purchased last year. In November 2024 they cost 2,60 million UAH, or $62 929, which was 4% cheaper in dollars, but deliveries under the contract did not take place. Earlier, in April–October 2023 they were ordered for 2,35 million UAH, or $64 428, which was 1% cheaper in dollars. Thus, the dollar price of this item has also not changed significantly in recent years.
An anonymous person asked to raise the expected amount by 1%, but the customer replied that there were no grounds.
The plant received the order without competition because no one else came to the open bids.
The manufacturer 'Dnipropetrovsk Switch Plant' ('DnSZ') is now owned by Cyprus-based 'Jonen Capital Limited' ('Jonen Capital Limited', 20%), Zahid, Ruslan and Artem Krasnov (26%), Serhiy and Iryna Taranenko (19%), Viktoriya Korban (18%), and also Valeriy Kryachko (7%). Zahid Krasnov is a Dnipro politician and businessman, former secretary of the Dnipro city council. Viktoriya Korban from Israel is the sister of Hennadiy Korban, former deputy head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration under Ihor Kolomoyskyi.
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