In 2017, Russian Railways invested RUB 58.5 billion (USD 1 billion) to modernise its rolling stock fleet. Last year, the company purchased 459 new locomotives, of which 220 were electric locomotives, and 239 diesel vehicles.
Out of 220 electric locomotives, 21 were purchased for passenger rail services, of which EP1M – 4 units, EP2K – 13 units, EP20 – 4 units. For freight services, RZD purchased 199 electric locomotives, of which 2ES6 – 84 units, 2ES10 – 10 units, 2ES5K – 51 units, 3ES5K – 45 units, 3ES4K – 4 units, 4ES5K – 5 units.
The company bought 19 TEP70BS diesel locomotives for passenger traffic, 86 2TE25KM freight locomotives and 134 shunting units.
The largest number of vehicles was delivered to Kandalaksha locomotive depots (51 electric locomotive 2ES5K and 3ES5K), Chita (45 electric locomotives 2ES5K and 3ES5K), Ershov (49 freight locomotives 2TE25KM), Chelyabinsk (32 freight locomotives 2ES6), Kinel (27 electric locomotives 2ES6), St. Petersburg-Finland (37 shunting locomotives TEM18DM).
RZD estimates that in 2017 the freight volume transported on the network increased by 3 percent, reaching 1.258 billion tonnes, comparing to 2016 level.
Due to infrastructure investments, freight traffic speeds have increased by 2.5 percent and freight train weight was more than 4,000 tonnes.
Russian Railways’ 2017 investment programme reached “an absolute record”, valuated at RUB 500 billion (USD 8.87 billion).
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