RZD Repaired 5,900 km of Track in 2016

OAO RZD repaired 5,900 km of track in 2016, which is +20% to 2015, the Interfax reports.

The company modernized 2,200 km of track, overhauled 524.5 km of automated and semi-automated signaling, overhauled 990 switch-point machines.

This work allowed decreasing time en route for some trains, e.g. Moscow - Smolensk (from 4 hrs. to 3 hrs. 48 min.), Sapsan at Moscow - St. Petersburg, Moscow - Belgorod (from 7 hrs. 45 min. to 6 hrs. 45 min.), Moscow - Voronezh (from 6 hrs. 30 min. to 6 hrs.).