Russian Railways to Invest $80m for Trans-Siberian Railway Line

In the year 2017, the Russian Railways plans to build the third main track at a section of Kosulino-Bazhenovo, the Tyumen direction of the Trans-Siberian Railroad, at a cost of 5 billion rubles ($80 million), the press-service of the Sverdlovsk regional branch of the company informed on Monday.

[quote font_size=”16″ arrow=”yes”]“At present, within the investment program of OJSC Russian Railways, one of the stages of the project, namely “Reconstruction of Kosulino-Bazhenovo”, is being implemented. The third track will be on the ground of the Sverdlovsk railway. So, in 2016, traffic is planned to be opened on the third track at a section of Bazhenovo-Mezen-Gagarski with the reconstruction of the respective stations. In 2017, the third track with electrification of the entire Kosulino-Bazhenovo section is expected to be commissioned. 21.7 kilometers of main tracks and 40.2 km of station ones will be built”[/quote], the representative of the press office said.