Russian railway news
News about railway, metro and tram infrastructure, operations, policy, projects and the supply industry in Russia, from Railway Gazette International.
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NewsPacific Railway coal line officially opened
RUSSIA: The 531 km privately owned Pacific Railway connecting the Elga coking coal deposit with a port at Cape Manorsky on the Sea of Okhotsk has been officially opened.
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NewsCatenary-free tramway extension opens in Moskva
RUSSIA: Moskva tram Route 90 has been launched, using a newly-built section of catenary-free track.
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NewsDriverless tram enters passenger service
RUSSIA: A fully automated driverless tram has entered regular passenger service in Moskva, following a multi-stage testing programme.
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Metro Report InternationalDomestically developed trams displayed at Russian trade fair
RUSSIA: Three tram manufacturers presented new vehicle designs incorporating a high level of domestic technology at this year’s Innoprom trade fair in Yekaterinburg.
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NewsTMH Bryansk produces successor to the M62 locomotive
RUSSIA: Transmashholding’s Bryansk plant has produced a prototype TE26 six-axle single-section diesel locomotive intended for both freight and passenger operation.
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Metro Report InternationalMoskva monorail closes to be turned into an elevated park
RUSSIA: The 4·7 km straddle monorail operated as Moskva Line 13 has closed.
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Metro Report InternationalMoskva orders 704 metro cars
RUSSIA: Transmashholding is to supply a new design of metro trainset as part of the capital’s fleet renewal programme.
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Metro Report InternationalMoskva orders 100 trams with off-wire capability
RUSSIA: Tramway operator Moskva Metro has awarded PK TS a contract to supply 100 four-axle fully low-floor single-section trams capable of 4 km of off-wire running at a speed of at least 20 km/h.
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NewsLonger and wider coach on test
RUSSIA: A longer and wider design of overnight coach developed by Transmashholding’s Tver Carriage Works is undergoing certification trials at the VNIIZhT test centre in Belorechensk. The Type 61-4533 coach meeting the T profile is 730 mm longer and 280 mm wider than the 1-BM profile ...
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NewsMoskva – St Petersburg high speed line financing agreement signed
RUSSIA: Agreements on the organisational structure, financing and risk allocation for the Moskva – St Petersburg high speed rail project were signed on December 23. A syndicate of lenders including Sovcombank, Sberbank and VTB has been formed to finance the project. Sberbank will organise two syndicated ...
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NewsFirst through train runs on Russia’s Pacific Railway
RUSSIA: The first train has travelled the full 531 km length of the recently completed Pacific Railway from the Elga coking coal deposit to a port which is under construction at Cape Manorsky on the Sea of Okhotsk. The train operated on October 30-31 comprised 20 ...
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Metro Report InternationalMoskva tram link line opened
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 ...
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Metro Report InternationalSt Petersburg light rail vehicle unveiled
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 ...
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Metro Report InternationalDriverless tram begins passenger-carrying test runs
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 ...
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NewsWhite Gyrfalcon high speed trains ordered for Moskva – St Petersburg line
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 ...
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Metro Report InternationalDriverless tram scheduled to carry first passengers in September
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 ...
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Metro Report InternationalRebodied tram unveiled
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 ...
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NewsRussian and Chinese railways plan strategic co-operation
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 ...
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Metro Report InternationalCentre for Electric Transport & Driverless Technologies opened
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 ...
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NewsCapacity to be increased on Siberian main lines
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 ...