VLADIMIR PUTIN
ARCHIVE OF THE OFFICIAL SITE
OF THE 2008-2012 PRIME MINISTER
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
VLADIMIR PUTIN
ARCHIVE OF THE OFFICIAL SITE
OF THE 2008-2012 PRIME MINISTER
OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
VLADIMIR PUTIN
Cooperation with the Demikhov mechanical engineering plant
The Demikhov mechanical engineering plant supplies commuter cars to Russian Railways, which last year bought 553 cars from the plant.
Cooperation with Sinara Transport Machines
Acting in compliance with the agreement signed with the Sverdlovsk Region government, RZD has started implementing the project to build a modern plant to produce freight wagons at the Ural Rail Machine Building Plant of the Sinara Transport Machines group. The project is part of the Railway Transport Development Strategy to 2015.
Batch production of 2ES6 mainline electric locomotives began at the Ural plant on April 27, 2009. These locomotives have microprocessor control units and main frame mounted traction motors. Compared to the VL11 locomotives currently used, the 2ES6 has a larger carrying capacity (by 20%), is easier to repair (by 15%), and can run for 50% longer between repairs.
The Urals plant is currently producing 60 freight locomotives a year. It supplied ten 2ES6 twin-section locomotives in 2008 and 25 in 2009.
On May 28, 2009, Russian Railways, Sinara Group and Germany's Siemens signed a memorandum on the production of modern locomotives. Siemens or its Russian subsidiary will manufacture converters, traction motors and transformers for the locomotives.
Construction of a plant to produce SKF case bearings in Tver
The new generation of SKF's sealed and pre-lubricated tapered bearing units, CTBU, for wheel sets will be produced under the cooperation agreement between RZD and Sweden's SKF. Investment in the Tver plant, which was commissioned in September 2009, totalled 30 million euros.
A combined motor-rail route from Adler to the Alpica Service mountain resort
The main goal of this project is to ensure safe transportation of visitors and athletes to the 2014 Winter Games by rail (8,500 passengers per hour) and motorway (11,500 passengers per hour) to the sporting venues in Krasnaya Polyana and to the Olympic ice rinks of the Imereti Valley.
As much as 41.8 billion roubles have been invested in the project estimated at 227.4 billion roubles in target prices. Launched in 2008, it should be completed in 2013.
To date 37 km of temporary roads, 10 technical access bridges, 11 production bases and 10 shift camps have been built, and work is under way to build a service access road, a motorway and railway tunnels.
To increase the throughput capacity of the Tuapse-Adler rail route, which involves carrying out a feasibility study, preparing project documents, and modernising the route to increase passenger and cargo transportation, RZD will expand two single-track into double-track lines (total length 30 km).
The implementation of the project will enable the forecast amounts of cargo for the Olympic projects (44.1 million metric tons) and Sochi (20.5 million metric tons) to be transported in 2009-2013, in compliance with the Construction Logistics Programme prepared by the Olympic Games Transport Directorate, a non-profit company.
Over 4.7 billion roubles have been invested in the project, tentatively estimated at 16.9 billion roubles in target prices. It was launched in 2008 and is to be completed in 2013.
RZD has also built double-track insert sections on the Matsesta-Khosta (4.1 km), Khosta-Adler (4.5 km) and Shepsi-Vodopadny (2.2 km) routes. Construction and assembly work on the Dagomys-Sochi, Sochi-Matsesta and Yakornaya Shchel-Loo routes has been completed to 75%-80%.
Modernisation of the Oune-Vysokogornaya line, construction of a Kuznetsovsky tunnel on the route between Komsomolsk-on-Amur and Sovetskaya Gavan
Modernisation of that line was undertaken to meet cargo transportation demand between Russia and Asia-Pacific countries. The goal is to increase its throughput capacity and develop access routes to the ports of Vanino and Sovetskaya Gavan.
The project, with an estimated cost of over 59.8 billion roubles, is to be implemented in 2008-2016.
Russian Railways invested 5.3 billion roubles in preparation work and in assembling the tunnel boring equipment. It has started boring the 295.5-metre tunnel and completed modernisation of four stations.
Academician Fyodor Uglov medical train
The medical train "Academician Fyodor Uglov" is a joint venture between Russian Railways and the government of East Siberia's Irkutsk Region, which invested over 120 million roubles in the project. Half of that amount was allocated from the region's budget to buy medical equipment for the train.
The medical train consists of a diesel-powered self-propelled railcar (for autonomous operation at outlying stations), two cars for medical personnel, and six cars with diagnostic and other medical equipment. The medical crew comprises skilled doctors with years of experience, which is vital for the outlying regions where hospitals lack good specialists.
There are five medical trains currently operational across Russia.
