Gazprom, Russian Railways, Sinara-Transport Machines and Transmashholding signed the implementation programme under the Agreement of Cooperation in the NGV sector.
In accordance with the Programme, Russian Railways plans to increase the fleet of mainline gas turbine locomotives and gas turbine shunters powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) from 3 to 22 units by 2023, which will be operated by Sverdlovsk Railway.
For refueling purposes, Gazprom intends to build two small-scale LNG production facilities at the gas distribution stations in Tobolsk and Surgut, as well as platforms for mobile refuellers at the Voynovka and Surgut stations.
Within the Programme, Sinara Group and Transmashholding will take measures to improve the designs of gas-powered locomotives. In addition, new series of gas-powered vehicles will be developed.
In 2016, the four companies signed an Agreement of Cooperation in the NGV sector to promote natural gas use in railway and motor transport, mitigating environmental impacts, facilitating NGV market growth, increasing domestic gas consumption, and fostering the national machine building industry.
Based on Russian Railways’ specifications, Russian companies manufactured two mainline gas turbine locomotives and one gas turbine shunter, all of them powered by LNG. They are in regular service at the Egorshino – Serov-Sortirovochny section of the Sverdlovsk Railway.
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