RUSSIA’s state appraisals company, the Glavgosexpertiza, has approved design documentation for the third and fourth construction phases of the proposed Moscow - Kazan high-speed line.

PRESIDENT of Russian Railways (RZD), Mr Oleg Belozerov, and general director of Vietnam Railways (VNR), Mr Vu Ta Tung, have signed a bilateral cooperation agreement between the two companies, which includes the operation of test intermodal service between Vietnam and Russia.

AN intermodal train loaded with 82 ISO tank containers left Korla in northwest China on May 26, representing the latest move in China’s push toward developing a One Belt, One Road policy in international trade.

RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) subsidiary Federal Passenger Company (FPC) has awarded Tver Carriage Works (TVZ) a Roubles 10.6bn ($US 190m) contract to supply 106 double-deck coaches for inter-city services.

REVENUES at Russian Railways (RZD) increased by 7.1% to reach Roubles 2.133 trillion ($US 38.08bn) in 2016 helping the company’s Ebidta to soar by 15.4% to Roubles 443bn and net profit to increase from Roubles 8bn in 2015 to Roubles 10bn last year.

Russian Railways is engaged in a wide-reaching programme of “digitising” its railway network in areas ranging from operations to asset management. Efim Rozenberg, first deputy director general of the railway’s research institute, NIIAS, and Alexey Ozerov, head of the international cooperation department at NIIAS, outline some of the projects and achievements so far.

RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) and Gazprom signed an agreement on March 30 to jointly finance the construction of the Northern Latitudinal Railway (NLR) in western Siberia.

CUBAN authorities and Russian Railways (RZD) announced further details of a plan to upgrade Cuba's railway network on March 8 following the conclusion of a study conducted by RZD International.

RZD Logistics, the logistics arm of Russian Railways (RZD), processed more than 56 million tonnes of freight in 2016, a 5% increase year-on-year, with intermodal traffic in particular experiencing significant growth.

RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) announced on February 8 that it will allocate Roubles 1.9bn ($US 32.1m) towards an ongoing project to reconstruct the Trubnaya - Verkhniy Baskunchak - Aksaraiskaya line in southern Russia.