Topic: Russia Railways

12 million tons of cargo to transit Iran yearly on Moscow-Mumbai route

A new agreement between Russian Railways (RZD) and the Islamic Republic of Iran Railways (RAI) will boost the transit volumes between Russia and India via Iran to 12 million tons of cargo per year. The...Read more

28-11-2022|Comment|author: Nikos Papatolios

FESCO and Russian Railways develop Japan-Europe multimodal service

A new cold chain train service linking Japan with Europe is spotted along the Trans-Siberian route. It is the product of a joint effort between Russian Railways, FESCO and the Japanese Ministry of Transport to...Read more

17-02-2022|Comment|author: Nikos Papatolios

Significant increase in transit container shipping between China and Europe

Container shipping between China and Europe on Russian Railways’ infrastructure reached the amount of 50,800 TEU for September 2020. In comparison with the same period last year, the numbers increased up to 1.7 times. Simultaneously,...Read more

21-10-2020|Comment|author: Nikos Papatolios

Russian container train near Lake Baikal, source: Russian Railways (RZD)

Europe-China trains cover 1,231km per day in Russia

The average container train traveling between China and Europe on the Russian Railways infrastructure covered 1231km per day last month. This is 21.9 per cent more than in the same period last year. This was...Read more

15-06-2020|Comment|author: Majorie van Leijen

Russian diesel locomotive 2TE10M-2766 with freight train from Russia to China

New train service on Trans-Siberian corridor swaps loads in Mongolia

A new regular container train service was launched on the Trans-Siberian route between China and Russia. The service makes the return of empty trains unnessecary, as trains departing from both countries meet in Mongolia, where...Read more

21-09-2017|Comment|author: Majorie van Leijen