Latest Russian Railways News
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Russia: Driverless Trams to Arrive in Moscow Within a Year
Moscow for Transport has announced it aims to begin testing driverless trams in Moscow at the end of the year or into early 2023.
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Moscow Central Circle Takes Step Closer to Introducing Unmanned Trains
Russian Railways plans to introduce unmanned trains in Moscow and is testing an ATO system on its high-speed electric train Lastochka.
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Putin Opens Second Tunnel on Baikal-Amur Mainline
This week the second Baikal tunnel on the Baikal-Amur Mainline was officially opened to rail traffic by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Russia's Busiest Airport to Get New Railway Line
Russia's busiest airport, Sheremetyevo Airport, is to get a new railway line to the Northern Terminal Complex, to be completed in 2022.
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Russian Railways Launches Freight Service from Korea to Europe
Russian Railways and FESCO launch freight service route running from the Republic of Korea to Europe via the Trans-Siberian Landbridge line.
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Russian Railways Launches New Rail Freight Service from Japan to Europe
Russian Railways launches a new rail freight service from Japan to Europe via the Trans-Siberian Railway, cutting transport times to 19 days…
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Russia and Azerbaijan: We Will Work together to Develop Eurasian Transport Corridors
Russian Railways and Azerbaijan Railways have signed a memorandum outlining how they will co-operate to develop Eurasian transport corridors…
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218 Russian Railway Stations to have Free Wifi by the End of 2019
The Russian Railways wifi project will see the number of stations in the country with free wifi rise from 136 to 218 by the end of 2019.
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2 Billion Euros for Digital Services Says Russian Railways
Russian Railways Digital Services Investment: Russian Railways has announced its intention to invest around 150 billion roubles (2 billion e…
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New Generation Freight Cars Can Work 1 Million km Without Repairs
The maximum distance travelled by the new cars of TVSZ without decoupling is 590,500 km, which is an absolute record for the Russian rail fr…
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Russian Railways to Build New 410km Line
Russian Railways and JSC Tuva Energy Industrial Corporation (TEIC), have signed a cooperation agreement to construct a new railway line in R…
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RZD International Completes Railway Line Upgrades in Serbia
BELGRADE, Serbia - Russian railway engineering company RZD International said it has completed the reconstruction of the Belgrade-Pancevo ra…
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New Moscow - Berlin Strizh Train to Make First Run
On 17 December 2016, the new international Strizh train, number 13/14 Moscow - Berlin will depart on its first run from Moscow’s Kursk Stati…
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Russian Railways and Russian Post Agree to Develop Postal Transit Freight Between China - Russia - Europe
Oleg Belozerov, President of Russian Railways, and Russian Post, have signed a Roadmap for Postal transit between China - Russia - Europe by…
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EP20 Electric Locomotive has Won the RZD Rolling Stock Best Quality Competition
Novocherkassk Locomotive Building Plant (NEV), belonging to Transmashholding, has taken the top spot in the RZD competition for its EP20 ele…
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Loading on Russian Railways' Network Amounts to 105.9million Tons
According to the latest figures, loading on Russian Railways in August 2016 amounted to 105.9 million tons, 0.7% more thanAugust 2015.