The Ust-Katav Wagon-Building Plant, officially the Ust-Katavskiy Carriage Works named after S. M. Kirov is a railroad carriage works in Ust-Katav, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia.
From 1947 to the end of the 20th century (before the series KTM-8), the factory built trams under the brand name KТМ, which is often used as an informal designation for subsequent models with digital items (e.g. tram 71-619 is also known as KTM-19).
History
The factory was founded in 1758.[2]
The plant built streetcars (trams) from 1901.[2] The first tram was made for Tbilisi. In 1960, a special design bureau for streetcar transport design was established, and about 20 streetcar models were developed. The plant set a world record for producing one type of vehicle — the KTM-5, of which 14,991 units were produced.
Currently, the plant produces low-floor trams of different variations of models 71-623 and 71-631.