By the end of this year, Russian Railways announced it will overhaul 7 railway stations and will repair 12 passenger platforms across the country.
The total cost of this project is USD 9 million (RUB 625 million) and includes stations in seven regions such as Kostroma, Vologda, Tambov, Novosibirsk, Amur, Sakha Republic Yakutia and Sverdlovsk regions.
One of the largest projects is the overhaul of the railway station in the city of Tatarsk. Work has already been completed on the dismantling of the old structures, and the walls and ceilings are being strengthened. By the end of the year it is also planned to update the station’s engineering network, including the air conditioning and heating systems. In the third quarter of 2018, the facade of the building and all the internal rooms will be renovated using modern and environmentally friendly materials.
The completion of the entire construction and installation work is planned for the first quarter of 2019.
The modernisation of the 12 platforms will be performed in in the Altai, Khabarovsk and Krasnodar territories and the Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov, Kurgan, Novosibirsk and Amur regions. Repair work will be carried out on the passenger platforms at the Arzamas-1, Tuapse, Novocherkassk, Shumikha, Slavgorod, Chulymskaya, Tatarskaya, Chany, Zarinskaya, Vanino and Tynda stations.
On the platforms, the current covering will be replaced with paving stones and the supporting structures renewed. All platforms will also be equipped with tactile tiles.
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