TRANSMASHHOLDING (TMH) has unveiled a prototype EMU, the EP2D, developed by its Demikhovsky Engineering Plant subsidiary, and will soon undergo dynamic tests at the Railway Research Institute (VNIIZHT) test track in Shcherbinka, near Moscow.
ALSTOM confirmed on December 29 that it has concluded the acquisition of an additional 8% stake in Transmashholding (TMH) from Russian Railways (RZD).
MR Oleg Belozerov, president of Russian Railways (RZD), was elected chairman of the International Union of Railways (UIC) at the UIC's general assembly on December 1.
RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) subsidiary RZD International has signed a contract with Iranian Islamic Republic Railways (RAI) to electrify the existing 495km railway between Garmsar, on the Tehran - Mashhand main line, and Incheboron on the border with Turkmenistan via Sari and Bandar Turkman, 203km of which runs through the Alborz Mountains.
INTERMODAL traffic using the Trans-Siberian Railway between China and Russia increased by 89% year-on-year in the first nine months of 2015 to approximately 66,000 TEUs, and follows a 98% increase in traffic in 2014. However, overall intermodal traffic on the route fell during the same period.
TEST running is underway with three 200km/h tilting sets which Talgo is supplying to Russian Railways (RZD) with a view to placing them in service on the Berlin – Moscow route next year.
RZD International, a subsidiary of Russian Railways, has started to reconstruct the northern section of the TEN-T Corridor X in Serbia between Mala Krsna and Velika Plana.
RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) launched an enhanced peak commuter service on the Moscow - Khimki - Kryukovo - Tver line on October 1 using its new ES2G Lastochka EMUs, which have been supplied by the Ural Locomotives joint venture between Siemens and Sinara.
With declining traffic and volumes the current condition of Russia's railfreight market reflects the poor state of the Russian economy. Alexander Polikarpov, deputy head of the Railway Research Department, at Russia's Institute of Natural Monopolies Research (IPEM), looks at how this situation has come about and considers the prospects for an upturn in fortunes.
THE International Union of Railways (UIC) director general Mr Jean-Pierre Loubinoux has confirmed that new Russian Railways (RZD) president Mr Oleg Belozerov will succeed his predecessor Mr Vladimir Yakunin as chairman of the UIC.
