Kazakhstan to Establish Company to Operate Mainline Rail Network
Kazakhstan Railways (Kazakstan Temir Zholy, KTZ) is to go through another series of reforms, the RZD-Partner reports. The Kazakhstan Government would likes to establish a company that would manage the rail infrastructure. The company called AO KTZ-Infrastructure will provide access to mainline network for national and private operators. The company is to be Government-regulated. “The goal of the reform is achieving compliance of the pricing, service and contract policies for
UniWagon to Manufacture up to 17,000 Cars in 2016
United Wagon Company (UniWagon) expects a 30% increase of its 2016 freight car manufacture, the Vedomosti quotes ICT Holding Director Konstantin Yanakov. Therefore, UniWagon would produce 15,000 - 17,000 freight cars. The company manufactured 12,400 cars in 2015. UniWagon is Russia’s largest freight car manufacturer.
Russia to Support Priority-Industry Exports at 1.6 B USD
Russia is to support exports of its priority industries at 100 B RUB (1.6 B USD) in three years, the Russia Today quotes Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov. He made this statement upon the meeting of the Council for Strategic Development and Priority Projects. Russia has four priority export areas - agricultural machine-building, transport machine-building, automobile industry and aviation. The Government is to support these through export subsidies, pre-ex
RZD to Develop Artificial Intellect-Based Systems
OAO RZD will be developing systems based on artificial intellect, the RZD-Partner quotes OAO RZD Senior Vice President Valentin Gapanovich. He made this statement at the International Conference “Railway Machine-Building 1520 and 1435”. “We are starting this work with Ural Locomotives and are planning to equip one locomotive with such [AI] system”, Mr. Gapanovich said. Furthermore, OAO RZD is looking to establish precise coordinate location for infrastructure with the Toporai
Metrovagonmash to Supply 300 Three-Section Trams to Moscow
Metrovagonmash won Moscow’s tender for 300 three-section trams, the Gudok quotes Transmashholding Press Service. The tender was announced by Mosgortrans (Moscow public transport operator) on August 3; results were announced on September 23. There were three bidders in the tender - Metrovagonmash, Stadler Minsk and Khrunichev State Space Science and Manufacturing Corporation. Metrovagonmash offered “a little more than” 56 B RUB (873 M USD). The trams will have to be delivered
NIIAS Signed Seven Agreements at the Innotrans
R&D Institute of Informatisation, Automation and Communication (NIIAS) signed seven agreements at the Innotrans, the RZD-Partner reports. NIIAS and OOO Bombardier Transportation (Signal) (Bombardier’s Russian office) signed an MOU, under which the parties would cooperate to export joint technologies to other countries. A Roadmap is signed by NIIAS and Schweizer Electronic. The parties agreed on a plan of cooperation by 2019 to develop and implement joint signaling solutions i
Russian Locomotive Fleet: Wear Status
Average wear of the shunting locomotives owned by industrial enterprises is 90%; average age of the fleet is 29 years, the RZD-Partner reports. Over 60% of the fleet (8,700 locomotives) is beyond their service life. However, industrial enterprises are not willing or cannot improve their fleets. RZD’s locomotive fleet wear is 68-69%. The company, however, would likes to acquire around 450 locomotives p.a. in 2017 - 2020, which is 10% below the demand. RZD-Partner believes that
UVZ and Uralkhim-Trans to Jointly Develop Chemical Freight Cars
Uralvagonzavod and Uralkhim-Trans will be jointly developing innovative rolling stock for the chemical industry, the Gudok quotes Uralkhim. The companies have signed a respective agreement at the Chemistry-2016 Exhibition. Under the agreement, the parties would develop a product line of the rolling stock with improved specifications. Uralkhim will take part in drafting technical assignments for freight car development and test operation. Uralkhim is already testing experiment
FGK to Buy 20,000 Freight Cars by 2020
Federal Freight Company (FGK) is to acquire over 20,000 freight cars in 2017 - 2019, the Gudok reports. Most of these cars will be innovative gondola cars. FGK expects to increase its fleet to 166,000 freight cars by 2020. Innovative cars would share 22% of the total fleet - some 36,000 cars. In addition to innovative gondola cars FGK is to buy universal flat and contrailer flat cars. Federal Freight Company is 100% owned by OAO RZD. The company operates 144,400 freight cars
Russian PM Invited Regions to Build Viaducts over Railways
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev invited regions to invest in building viaducts over railways, the Gudok reports. “Of course, the more crossings we have, the more risks we have”, Mr. Medvedev said. “The railway was, is and will be a place of higher danger because the transport is very inertial. The Sapsan has a 6 km braking distance - it is quite a distance. For this reason, the more intersections and less obstacles we have, the better. Furthermore, not only RZD has to
