In the Ministry of Economics of the Republic of Tatarstan on February 18, 2016 under the leadership of the Minister of Economics of the Republic of Tatarstan of Artyom Zdunov meeting on creation in the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan of the enterprise in the field of passenger rail transport of "ALTRANS" has taken place.
The project purpose is the development of municipal road services and achievement of the international quality standards of the cities of the world with the developed transport infrastructure, production of modern competitive rail transport systems at world level.
As initiators of the project the European companies "Sames rail systems" (Federative Republic of Germany) and "Astra Calatori" (Republic Romania) together with the Moscow company LLC Scientific and Design Center Public Rail Transport have acted.