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  • Moskva trams (Photo Moskva government)
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    Moskva tram link line opened

    2024-10-03T05:00:00Z

    RUSSIA: On September 22 Moskva mayor Sergey Sobyanin inaugurated a 650 m section of tramway on the east side of the city centre along ul Sergiya Radonezhskogo between pl Ilyicha and pl Andronievskaya. The short connection has a single stop and links existing routes. The new ...

  • St Petersburg PKTS Slavyanka tram (Photo PK TS)
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    St Petersburg light rail vehicle unveiled

    2024-09-20T05:00:00Z

    RUSSIA: The first vehicle for the future Kupchino – Shushary – Slavyanka fast light rail route in St Petersburg has been rolled out at PK TS’s Nevsky factory in the city. The line is being developed by the BaltNedvizhService joint venture of ABZ-1 and Gazprombank under ...

  • Moskva driverless tram testing (Photo Moskva Metro) (7)
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    Driverless tram begins passenger-carrying test runs

    2024-09-06T05:00:00Z

    RUSSIA: A tram converted for driverless operation has begun passenger-carrying test running on Route 10 in Moskva. Operator Moskva Metro and the Centre for Electric Transport & Driverless Technologies have fitted the PK TS 71-911EM Lvyonok singe-section tram with six cameras and four lidar and three ...

  • White Gyrfalcon mock-up (Photo Russian Government) (2)
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    White Gyrfalcon high speed trains ordered for Moskva – St Petersburg line

    2024-09-03T11:05:00Z

    RUSSIA: An agreement has been signed for the supply of 41 trainsets with a design speed of 400 km/h and operating speed of 360 km/h for use on the proposed Moskva – Tver – Veliky Novgorod – St Petersburg high speed line. They will be branded ...

  • Mosvka driverless tram (Photo Moskva Metro) (1)
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    Driverless tram scheduled to carry first passengers in September

    2024-07-16T11:00:00Z

    RUSSIA: Moskva’s first driverless tram is to begin carrying passengers in September, the city’s Department of Transport has announced. On July 15 operator Moskva Metro reported that the tram was currently on test without passengers on Route 10, adding that it had already covered 400 km ...

  • Novosibirsk BKM rebuilt tram (Photo BKM)
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    Rebodied tram unveiled

    2024-07-05T05:00:00Z

    RUSSIA: The BKM-Siberia joint venture of Belarussian manufacturer Belkommunmash and the city of Novosibirsk unveiled its first rebodied partially low-floor Type T701 tram at the Siberian Transport Forum trade fair which was held in the city during June. The cost of rebodying a tram is put ...

  • China-Europe (Chengdu) Railway Express freight train departs Chengdu International Railway Port for Europe
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    Russian and Chinese railways plan strategic co-operation

    2024-05-29T05:00:00Z

    INTERNATIONAL: A strategic co-operation agreement was signed by Russian Railways Chairman Oleg Belozerov and his China Railway counterpart Liu Zhenfang when Russia’s President Putin visited China during May. The railways expressed mutual interest in the joint development of international transport corridors, in particular as part of ...

  • Centre for Electric Transport & Driverless Technologies (Photo Moskva Metro)
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    Centre for Electric Transport & Driverless Technologies opened

    2024-05-28T05:00:00Z

    RUSSIA: Moskva Mayor Sergey Sobyanin has inaugurated a Centre for Electric Transport & Driverless Technologies which aims to bring developers together in one place to foster innovation. Projects being worked on include a driverless tram, a virtual Troika card enabling a smart phone to be used ...

  • The government has given the go-ahead for the third stage of work to increase capacity on the Baikal – Amur and Trans-Siberian main lines.
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    Capacity to be increased on Siberian main lines

    2024-05-16T06:00:00Z

    RUSSIA: The government has given the go-ahead for the third stage of work to increase capacity on the Baikal – Amur and Trans-Siberian main lines. The 3·7bn rouble programme running to 2035 aims to increase the capacity of two routes from 180 to 210 million tonnes/year ...

  • Ivolga 4 EMU (Photo Moskva Metro) (1)
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    Ivolga 4·0 EMU enters service

    2024-05-09T05:00:00Z

    RUSSIA: Transmashholding’s Ivolga 4·0 electric multiple-units were put into service on Moskva Central Diameter Line D4 with a ceremony on May 2. The EMUs are being produced at TMH’s Tver plant with 97% domestic content and the involvement of 50 000 people from 600 companies in ...

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    Russian Railways orders high speed trains for revived Moskva – St Petersburg project

    2024-04-18T13:54:00Z

    RUSSIA: Russian Railways has signed a contract with Ural Locomotives for the supply of two pre-series high speed trainsets to operate its planned Moskva – St Petersburg high speed line. RZD is making a further attempt to develop a new line between its two most strategically ...

  • Moskva biometric ticketing (Photo Moskva Metro)
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    Facial recognition ticketing to be expanded

    2024-04-03T11:00:00Z

    RUSSIA: Moskva Metro reports that 100 million trips have now been made using biometric payment, with the Russian-made system having ‘proven its utmost security and reliability’ and further deployment planned. Facial recognition cameras link a person to their payment option, removing the need for a ticket, ...

  • UKVZ Castor tram (Photo UKVZ)
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    Castor tram on test

    2024-04-02T05:00:00Z

    RUSSIA: A Type 71-639 Castor tram developed by UKVZ has started dynamic testing in Chelyabinsk. At 25·75 m long and 2 500 mm wide, the Castor is the shortest three-section tram currently available for the Russian market. The six-axle 1 524 mm gauge vehicle has a ...

  • Moscow tram (Photo Moscow Metro)
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    Moskva Mayor plans driverless trams

    2024-03-22T05:00:00Z

    RUSSIA: Moskva Mayor Sergey Sobyanin has announced ambitions to deploy smart technologies by 2030 to make the public transport network more reliable and the preferred option for mobility within the city. This could included driverless trams in 2024-26, driverless metro trains by around 2030, a smart ...

  • Moskva-2024 metro train (Photo Moskva Metro) (1)
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    Moskva-2024 metro train enters service

    2024-03-13T11:00:00Z

    RUSSIA: Moskva Metro put the first Moskva-2024 series trainset into service on March 11 as part of a three-year renewal of the Line 2 fleet. The trains are being produced by Transmashholding subsidiary Metrowagonmash. Features include wider aisles and through gangways to ...

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    Port link and Trans-Siberian tunnel inaugurated

    2023-12-27T05:57:00Z

    RUSSIA: A 49·7 km railway line to the port of Lavna, and a 926 m long double-track tunnel on the Trans-Siberian railway line were inaugurated on December 15. The inauguration events were attended by President Vladimir Putin via a video stream. Port link The newly built ...

  • Allegro trainset (Photo VR)
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    Finland’s VR takes over Helsinki – St Petersburg Allegro train fleet

    2023-12-19T14:25:00Z

    FINLAND: National operator VR has taken over the four Sm6 trainsets which its Karelian Trains joint venture with Russian Railways previously used on Helsinki – St Petersburg services. The seven-car dual-voltage Alstom Pendolino tilting trainsets were used on the international service from 2010 until operations were ...

  • Sinara Transport Machines has obtained Customs Union certification enabling series production of its ES104 electric multiple-unit
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    Sinara obtains certification for domestic EMUs

    2023-12-14T10:00:00Z

    RUSSIA: Sinara Transport Machines has obtained Customs Union certification enabling series production of its ES104 electric multiple-unit developed with domestic content to replace the Lastochka (Desiro RUS) design, and has delivered the first four units. The ES104 was designed and manufactured in one year after Siemens ...

  • Moskva Pesa Fokstrot trams
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    Sanctions lead to withdrawal of Moskva’s Polish trams

    2023-12-06T11:00:00Z

    RUSSIA: The use of Moskva’s Pesa Fokstrot 71-414 trams was suspended from December 4, because international sanctions imposed as a result of the war against Ukraine have made the vehicles difficult for the operator to maintain. A framework contract for up to 120 trams was agreed ...

  • Novotroitsk municipality has awarded PK Transportnye Systemy a 1bn rouble contract to supply 13 trams.
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    Novotroitsk tramway renaissance

    2023-11-20T05:00:00Z

    RUSSIA: Novotroitsk municipality has awarded PK Transportnye Systemy a 1bn rouble contract to supply 13 trams. Mayor Denis Menshikov announced on November 10 that the first of the trams was ready for delivery, and all are due to be delivered by March 2024. The ...