This year, Russian Railways will be investing more than RUB 15 billion (USD 226.7 million) in new suburban rolling stock, which will enable the purchase of 82 electric carriages produced by the Demikhovo Machine Building Plant and 150 carriages for the Lastochka trains, which are sufficient for 30 trains.
Federal Passenger Company (FPC) plans to purchase 188 carriages made in Russia, including 76 double-decker wagons. The company spends up to 85% of its annual investment budget on the modernisation of its rolling stock, President of Russian Railways Oleg Belozerov said.
In 2015, Federal Passenger Company bought 95 carriages.
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