Russian Railways TransContainer, RZD Logistics start express unit trains

2012 04 18


TWO subsidiaries of Russian Railways, TransContainer and RZD Logistics, has launched express container trains across Russia to increase competitiveness of rail container traffic.

The faster container trains on a route between Yekaterinburg and St Petersburg will offer reliable shipping service to Urals-based exporters, said RZD Logistics director general Pavel Sokolov of a route which has the capability of linking Berlin with Beijing.

The test journey in September 2011 took 68 hours and covered a distance of 2,300 kilometres leaving Yekaterinburg at 1620 hrs, arriving in St Petersburg at 1220 hrs.

The immediate aim is to cater to demand between Russia and the Baltic states in 2011. During the first nine months of 2011 international container traffic was up 21.3 per cent year on year with imports exceeding container exports in growth, up by 64.4 per cent at 322,300 tonnes.

"In introducing this train to the market, we guarantee our clients that their goods will be delivered quickly and reliably; we're reducing travel time by eliminating the need to sort carriages en route", Mr Sokolov said, reports the UK's rail.co.uk.

TransContainer's trial run of a container train three years ago on the 'Baltika-Transit from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia to the CIS countries has led to a regular schedule along the route from the Krasta railway station in Riga, Latvia to Galaba railway station in Uzbekistan of large containers bound for Afghanistan. The route experienced a 25 per cent drop in volume of container trains year on year in the first nine months of 2011 to 12,454 TEU.

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