All Russia articles – Page 15
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NewsEMUs enter service in Vladivostok
RUSSIA: Russian Railways has put one six-car and two four-car EP3D electric multiple-units supplied by Transmashholding’s Demikhovsky Engineering Plant into service on suburban routes around Vladivostok. The modern EMUs are expected to offer better passenger comfort than the older designs, with lower operating and maintenance costs over their expected 40-year ...
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NewsNorthern Latitudinal Railway concession to be signed
RUSSIA: The concession agreement for the construction of the Northern Latitudinal Railway is scheduled to be signed by September 8, after Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on August 15 giving government approval. The SShKh consortium will be responsible for financing, building and operating the 113bn rouble line, which ...
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NewsJapan to Moscow intermodal service tested
INTERNATIONAL: A 40 ft container equipped with temperature, moisture and vibration sensors has been transported by sea and rail from Kobe to Moscow in 14 days as part of a trial of enhanced freight services which is being undertaken by Russian Railways and Japan’s Ministry of Transport, ‘The use of ...
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NewsUnited Wagon Co targets the 1 435 mm gauge market
EUROPE: Russian wagon manufacturer United Wagon Co is now targeting the 1 435 mm gauge market, where Deputy CEO for Business Development Maxim Kuzemchenko believes there are ‘as-yet-untapped growth opportunities’ for the company. ‘The European market is a key market for us in terms of both the 1 520 mm ...
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NewsMoscow commuter EMU order
RUSSIA: Moscow commuter operator Central Suburban Passenger Co has awarded Transmashholding’s Demikhovsky Engineering Plant a contract to supply 10 Type EP2D electric multiple-units by the end of the year This follows from an order for 10 units delivered earlier this year for use on the routes from Moscow’s Kursk, Riga ...
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Rail Business UKWorld rail freight news round-up
Nurminen Logistics plans to launch a regular container train service from the port of Helsinki to China via Russia and Kazakhstan in the final quarter of this year. The company reports that demand for Finnish railway transport services grew considerably in H1 2018, boosted by container transport from Finland to ...
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NewsUnited Wagon Co certified as potential Deutsche Bahn supplier
EUROPE: Deutsche Bahn has approved United Wagon Co as a potential supplier, following an audit of the Russian company including its All-Union Research & Development Centre for Transportation Technology and the Tikhvin wagon factory businesses. The Tikhvin plant has also obtained EN 15085 Welding of Railway Vehicles & Components certification ...
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NewsFreight terminal opened east of Moscow
RUSSIA: The Vostochny freight terminal near Elektrougli station 36 km east of Moscow on the line to Vladimir and Nizhny Novgorod was opened on July 31. Natalia Tsukanova, CEO of terminal operator Obltransterminal, said the facility has been built in just one year thanks to the assistance of Russian Railways, ...
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NewsTransmashholding and LocoTech-Service stakes pooled
RUSSIA: The shareholders of rolling stock manufacturer Transmashholding and maintenance services company LocoTech-Service pooled their ownership interests on August 2. Transmashholding and LokoTech-Service will remain legally independent companies, but a gradual integration of the two operations is planned. Alstom previously owned 33% in Transmashholding and now has a 20% stake ...
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NewsCaustic soda wagons on stream
RUSSIA: United Wagon Co’s TikhvinChemMash plant has supplied leasing company GATX Rail Vostok with 20 tank wagons suitable for transporting caustic soda and other chemicals. The Type 15-6900 wagons have high axleload bogies and a tank volume of 54·5 m³, giving a capacity 5 tonnes higher than older designs and ...
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NewsRussian passenger fleet renewal continues
RUSSIA: National railway RZD has updated the details of its passenger rolling stock procurement for 2018. Pavel Burtsev, Head of Passenger Transport at RZD, told Railway Gazette in July that a total of 686 vehicles would be acquired for long-distance traffic. These would comprise 611 single-deck hauled coaches (589 couchette ...
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NewsFans take to the rails as RZD reports World Cup success
RUSSIA: According to statistics released by Russian Railways, no fewer than 319 000 football fans were carried on the national railway’s special free passenger trains during the 2018 FIFA World Cup. The ‘cluster’ approach adopted by Russia to group football venues in the west of the country favoured rail ...
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NewsRussian Railways orders 293 coaches
RUSSIA: An agreement for Transmashholding’s Tver Carriage Works to supply 293 coaches to Federal Passenger Co was signed on July 17. Deliveries are scheduled to start this month and run until October. The order covers 271 second class coaches and 22 cars with staff compartments and facilities for passengers with ...
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NewsElectric freight locomotive unveiled
RUSSIA: A Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Works Type 2ES5S twin-section 25 kV 50 Hz electric locomotive with asynchronous traction motors was unveiled on June 26, in a ceremony at Transmashholding’s Bryansk plant attended by Russian Railways' CEO Oleg Belozerov. The 2ES5S has been developed as part of an import substitution programme, ...
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NewsRed October timber wagons delivered
RUSSIA: United Wagon Co’s TikhvinSpetsMash plant has supplied 50 Type 13-6895 platform wagons to the Red October timber processing factory, which will use them transport logs and sawn wood. The wagons have 25 tonne axleloads and a capacity of 72·5 tonnes or 155 m3, a 30% to 40% increase on ...
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NewsLNG shunting locomotives ordered
RUSSIA: A agreement for Sinara Transport Machines to supply and maintain 24 liquefied natural gas-fuelled shunting locomotives was signed by the Gazpromtrans transport subsidiary of gas extraction company Gazprom during the St Petersburg International Economic Forum on May 25. The order covers 10 four-axle locomotives rated at 856 kW and ...
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NewsWorld rail freight news round-up
From June 1, Russia's FESCO Transportation Group is to offer a transit time of 15 days between Busan and Moscow, an improvement on the 21-23 days currently offered. The acceleration has largely been achieved by reducing transhipment time at the port of Vladivostok and by faster transit times on the ...
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Rail Business UKUniversity alliance to promote high speed rail
INTERNATIONAL: The International Union of Railways has moved to strengthen its nascent network of academic institutions which are intended to work together to promote the development of high speed rail. UIC first announced plans for its alliance of universities at the World Congress on High Speed Rail in Tokyo in ...
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NewsVolgograd airport rail link opens
RUSSIA: Passenger services on the Volgograd airport rail link began on May 18, following an inauguration ceremony the previous day Services use a 1·2 km branch which Russian Railways has built to connect Gumrak station with the airport passenger terminal, which has been rebuilt ready for when the city hosts ...
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NewsConstruction of Northern Latitudinal Railway to start in 2019
RUSSIA: A foundation stone was laid on May 11 for a bridge over the River Ob which is to be built as part of the 353 km Northern Latitudinal Railway. Attendees included Russian Railways President Oleg Belozerov, Minister of Transport Maxim Sokolov and Governor of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District Dmitry ...