RUSSIA | Railways

[Woonsocket54]

Originally Posted by Rapter

Another reason is that there's too many level crossings on the existing line, and the barrier closes 15mins before the 'Sapsan' passes, where it closes about 5mins before the conventional trains pass.

15 minutes of a closed shlagbaum without a train passing? That's an outrage.

[Rapter]

It is indeed, one of the reasons, why they need that new high-speed line ASAP

[Gadiri]

From moroccan forum





http://eng.rzd.ru/isvp/public/rzdeng?STRUCTURE_ID=4054

[Gadiri]

[Gadiri]

Russia make tracks in Abhkazia

[void0]

Few central railway station in Russian cities:
Ufa




Samara





Rostov-on-Done




Chelyabinsk

[traveler]

Nice!

[AlekseyVT]

"Aeroexpress" received major Global AirRail Award 2011



On 18th May in the capital of Latvia, Riga, the air-rail community gathered to reveal who are the winners of the first ever Global AirRail Awards 2011. Finalists of 10 entries waited with anticipation to learn who delivered the best results last year and achieved excellence in their operations.

The competition was fierce and the fight for the winning place was tense and well deserved. As the French General Charles De Gaulle said – “Nothing great will ever be achieved without great people, and people are great only if they are determined to be so”.

And there are no greater people than the ones in air-rail - determined to achieve excellence in everything they do.

Entries for the Global AirRail Awards 2011 were collected from February till March 2011 and then six prominent judges scored selected entries individually. The winner was selected summing up all judges scores and the one that achieved highest score in the category, was selected as a winner of that category.

The Global AirRail Awards 2011 Judges:
1) Ad Rutten, President, "Airports Council International Europe";
2) Andrew Sharp, Director General, "International Air-Rail Organisation";
3) Paul Simmons, General Manager UK, "EasyJet Airline Company Limited";
4) Ann Frye, Independent Consultant, Ann Frye;
5) Richard Brown, Managing Director, "Northstar Consultancy";
6) William W. Millar, President, "American Public Transportation Association";
7) Diane Burke, Head of Sales & Marketing, "First Greater Western Ltd";
8) Peter Cotton, Former Managing Director of "Scotrail and Gatwick Express".

Air Rail Link of the year - "Aeroexpress":

Link

LLC "Aeroexpress" was formed in 2005 and is owned by JSC "Russian Railways" and LLC "Delta-Trans-Invest". The company provides high-speed and reliable train services between all of Moscow’s major airports (Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo and Vnukovo) and the city centre.

It takes 35 minutes to get to Vnukovo and Sheremetyevo airports and 45 minutes to Domodedovo on the purpose built AERO trains. An in-town check-in desk operates at Paveletsky Station for passengers travelling to Domodedovo airport.

2010 was the greatest year since the launch of the company. The number of passengers travelling on Aeroexpress rose 38%, comparing to 2009, and reached 11.46 mln. Another great achievement was a 66% growth in company’s profits.

This was achieved via number of customer service improvement initiatives, including the launch of 4G mobile and Wi-Fi Internet on all Aeroexpress trains and the new business-class carriages that proved to be very popular among travellers - 3.8% of passengers choose to travel in the business-class coaches.

In 2010 "Aeroexpress" also launched innovative e-ticketing solutions and partnerships: passengers buying tickets online are benefiting from 10% discount and S7 customers can buy "Aeroexpress" tickets on the airline’s website or via S7 smart-phone app. From April 2010 "Aeroexpress" frequent travellers can benefit from the contactless smart-card tickets that also allowed to form a partnership with Moscow Metro and issue a single ticket for seamless travel. Shortly after that "Aeroexpress" has become a full partner of the MasterCard® SELECT programme, offering 10% discount on travel in Aeroexpress business class when paying using their Gold MasterCard®, World MasterCard®, Platinum MasterCard® and World Signia MasterCard® (offer ended on 31 December 2010).

In late 2010 "Aeroexpress" and Sheremetyevo International Airport introduces self-service in-town check-in service at Moscow’s Belorussky Rail Terminal.

The other finalists in this category were "MTR Corporation Ltd" (Hong Kong), Metro do Porto (Portugal), "Arlanda Express" (Stockholm, Sweden) and "Flytoget" (Oslo, Norway).


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[void0]

RA-2 for Serbia

[ExCaliBourBG]

When RA-2 will be finished?

[hammersklavier]

Originally Posted by Gadiri

On that map it looks like a rather small section of Russia would be served, but in reality that area's about as big as the whole of Western Europe! Nice!

[golov]

The layers in the map are completely wrong btw, just look at where St Petersburg is ...

It would be great to have a map like this which is accurate, detailed and aesthetically pleasing

[coth]

Originally Posted by hammersklavier

On that map it looks like a rather small section of Russia would be served, but in reality that area's about as big as the whole of Western Europe! Nice!

actually pretty small part of russia is actually populated.

and there are almost no plans to cover western russia. mainly central and eastern russia.

do not look at routing - it's highly schematic. but at least cities located on their places.

[hammersklavier]

Yeah, I know. Like 90% of Russia's population lives west of the Urals. I was just saying that that small section of Russia is as big as all of Western Europe combined...which is pretty incredible to think about, for an American.

[golov]

Originally Posted by hammersklavier

Yeah, I know. Like 90% of Russia's population lives west of the Urals. I was just saying that that small section of Russia is as big as all of Western Europe combined...which is pretty incredible to think about, for an American.

America is not so small itself

[iHuman0x60]

These plans look somewhat fantastic for a Russian... Hope they'll be fullfilled!

[XAN_]

Originally Posted by coth

actually pretty small part of russia is actually populated.

and there are almost no plans to cover western russia. mainly central and eastern russia.

do not look at routing - it's highly schematic. but at least cities located on their places.
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Some legend
Brown - existing "upgraded" tracks 160-250.
Red- High-speed, 300+ rail, to be built, first stage.
This one color - High-speed, 300+ rail, to be built, second stage.
Green - "upgraded" tracks 160-200, to be built.
Blue - routes without infrastructures upgrades, but with express, non-stop, high-priority dispatched trains to be introduced.

The darker is background, the higher population density is.

[Gadiri]

RZD launches Moscow - Beijing tourist train

18 August 2011


RUSSIA: The Russian Railways Tour corporate and private travel services joint venture of RZD's Federal Passenger Company and Intourist launched an inaugural tourist train from Moscow to Beijing on August 15.

Designed for holidaymakers rather than people making an end to end journey, the trip takes 14 days and includes stops for guided tours in Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Ulan-Ude, Ulaanbaatar and Erenhot, as well as a trip to Lake Baikal. Onboard services are provided in seven languages, and the entertainment programme includes musical evenings, films and local food.

A return trip will run from August 20 to September 4. The next journey will be announced in November, and depending on demand could run in August 2012, as RZD says August is 'the most comfortable time' to make the journey.

http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/new...ist-train.html

[Gadiri]

RZD and Transmashholding agree double-deck train concept

11 August 2011

RUSSIA: Transmashholding announced on August 11 that it had agreed terms of reference with Russian Railways for the development of 160 km/h double-deck trainsets for inter-regional services on routes of up to 700 km.

Production is expected to begin in 2014, with the first trains used on routes from Moscow to Tver, Yaroslavl, Vladimir, Ryazan, Tula and Kaluga.

Each train will comprise between six and 12 double-deck coaches from TMH's Tver works, top-and-tailed by single-cab 3 kV DC electric locomotives rated at 4 MW which will be built at TMH's Novocherkassk plant. According to TMH, the height of double-deck stock means there would be no roof or under-floor space for the electrical equipment needed for an electric multiple-unit.

The air-conditioned coaches will have three classes, business class featuring seat-back entertainment systems, standard class having a 2+2 seating arrangement and economy class 3+2. There will also be wheelchair facilities, a snackbar, space for bulky luggage and CCTV.

TMH expects shareholder Alstom to be a strategic partner in the project

http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/new...n-concept.html

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Some Russian railway stuff from Expo 1520
Test labs





Electric locomotive Granit






New ED4M









Moscow - Nice railroad stock made by Transmashholding





New electric loco designed together with Alstom











Experimental gas powered loco




http://metroblog.ru/post/3811/