HUBER+SUHNER will supply RADOX® cables for the series production of 54 carriages for new metro trains in a major Russian city. This is the first major order for HUBER+SUHNER from the Russian railway market based on the new approval. The new trains were manufactured in a joint venture between Russian
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Two potential routes are being assessed for the planned Moscow – Beijing high speed railway line, either through Kazakhstan or Russia’s Altai territory, stated Russian Railways (RZD) First Vice President Alexander Misharin. “There are two options for the 7,700-km route: through Kazakhstan (the Chinese colleagues are designing everything already) and through
Aeroexpress has announced its decision to cease operations in the cities of Vladivostok and Kazan, and to focus its efforts on the Moscow region, where the company serves air-rail links between the capital and the three airports of the Moscow Air Transportation Cluster. Due to the planned termination of business in
EVRAZ ZSMK has completed certification of low temperature-resistant HH350 rail, receiving the relevant certificate from The Federal Railways Certification Register. The head-hardened rail intended for use at low temperatures successfully passed tests at The Russian Rail Transport Research And Development Institute. The certificate opens the way to commercial production and
RUB 6 billion for the engineering, survey work and project documentation of Moscow-Kazan high-speed railway line
The Government of Russia will allocate Russian Railways (RZD) from the 2015 federal budget an amount of RUB 6 billion for the engineering, survey work and the development of project documentation for the construction of Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod – Kazan high-speed railway line. Next year a tender for the selection of a contractor will be organised, informed
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The fleet of Russian RAIL1520 rolling stock leasing company, part of United Wagon Company (UVC) has exceeded 20,000 freight cars. Established in 2011, RAIL1520 has become one of the largest rolling stock leasing companies in the 1520 gauge area. About 60% of RAIL1520 rolling stock fleet is formed of units with
Russia: Federal Passenger Company cancels trains to several CIS countries
Federal Passenger Company (FPC), Russian Railways (RZD) subsidiary, has cancelled a series of passenger trains to several CIS countries, including Azerbaijan, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. The main reason behind the decision is low profitability generated by traffic on those routes. “The decision to cancel the trains was made as part
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Moscow Metro awards Metrovagonmash EUR 2.2 bn tender
Moscow Metro awarded Metrovagonmash a RUB 133 billion (EUR 2.2 bn) tender for the supply of 768 metro cars and for servicing them over a 30-year period. The cars will enter service on Tagansko-Krasnpresnenskaya line (“Purple Line”), Moscow’s busiest subway line. The first units should be delivered in early 2017 and the last in 2019. Metrovagonmash, part of Transmashholding, was the
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Committee on Transport Infrastructure Development of the Government of St. Petersburg a announced RUB 21.3 billion (EUR 378 million) tender for the construction of Spasskaya – Bolshoy Prospekt subway line section, part of Lahti-Pravoberezhnaya line. The deadline for submitting bids is the 12th of December 2014. The construction works for the two metro stations (Theater and Bolshoy Prospekt), underground tunnels, technical &
Ural Locomotives, a joint venture between Sinara Group and Siemens AG, conducts a series of test on Yekaterinburg-Nizhny Tagil railway line in order to evaluate the performance of Lastochka EMUs (ES2G) №004 on the most difficult topography of the Sverdlovsk Railway network and its behavior at low temperatures. The Desiro RUS- based Lastochka covered the distance from
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