New electric locomotives for old Kazakhstan fleet
Rail freight carrier Silkway Transit LLP from Kazakhstan renews its locomotive fleet with 22 new electric Russian locomotives. The first three 2ES7 ‘Black Granite’ locomotives manufactured by the Ural Locomotive plant in Russia have already...Read more
Siemens and Russian Railways to develop new high-speed train
Siemens Mobility signed an agreement with the Russian Rail Engineering Centre to develop a new high-speed electric train for operation on the broad gauge high-speed lines in the Russian Federation. The Centre is a joint...Read more
Russian Railways to test fully automatic train in 2023
Russia will start test runs with a fully automated passenger train in the middle of 2023. This Lastochka train is currently being built by train manufacturers Siemens and Ural Locomotives. The vehicle will be equipped...Read more
Russian and Uzbekistan Railways to create a single digital space
The two company heads of Russian Railways and Uzbekistan Railways met during a three-day working visit of a delegation of Uzbekistan Railways to Moscow. The companies plan to work together more on digitalisation and create...Read more
Autonomous hydrogen train will run on Russian island
By 2030, Russian parties plan to develop hydrogen-powered trains in the Sakhalin region, a Russian island in the far east. They will be equipped with the Cognitive Rail Pilot system, an AI-based autonomous locomotive driver...Read more
First Russian high speed line will integrate with city train services in 2027
The first Russian High Speed Railway (HSR) between Moscow and Saint Petersburg will be integrated with the the city train services of the Moscow Central Diameters (MCD). Four hubs for the high-speed train will be...Read more
New Russian high-speed train will be ready in 2028
A new high-speed train with a speed of up to 400 kilometres per hour, which is being developed by Russian Railways and Sinara, should be manufactured and certified by 2028. Read more
Sinara develops virtual locomotive testing
A ‘virtual testing ground’ to test the locomotive control system of new trains is Sinara Transport Machines’s latest project. With it, the Russian company wants to speed up the process of developing new locomotives.Read more
Virtual Coupling increases capacity with 20 trains per day in Russia
The introduction of a virtual coupling systems on the Bolshoy Lug – Slyudyanka section in Russia increased the capacity by 20 pairs of trains per day. That said Sergei Kobzev, Chief Engineer of Russian Railways...Read more
The military and convicts modernising a railway?
At least for the Russian Railways, deploying military and possibly convicts seems like a viable solution for the lack of foreign construction workers. The Covid-19 related restrictions led to a shortage of workforce, and consequently,...Read more
Russian Railways signs deal for hydrogen locomotives
Russian Railways (RZD), Rusnano and Sinara Group have signed a cooperation agreement for the development of mainline hydrogen locomotives. A power plant based on electrochemical hydrogen fuel cells together with lithium-ion batteries will be used...Read more
Russian Railways and SNCF cooperate on hydrogen trains
Russian Railways and the French SNCF have signed a roadmap for the use of trains running on hydrogen fuel cells. It also covers the introduction of other green technologies that will contribute to environmental transformation...Read moreRussian Railways to use virtual coupling on 630 locomotives this year
Russian Railways (RZD) is continuing to implement virtual coupling in freight locomotives in Eastern Russia. Currently, over 300 locomotives operating in Eastern Russia are already equipped with virtual coupling systems, and this number is scheduled...Read more