Rail transportation

ABOUT RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION

Russia is on the third place in the world in terms of the total length of railways (after the US and China).

Annually, the railways of the Russian Federation transport about 1 billion tons of cargo – about 43% of the total volume of cargo transportation in our country.

CONTAINER TRAINS CHINA – RUSSIA

The express container train means the unique terms and conditions for the delivery of goods from China to Russia. Dispatch from railway stations of Zabaikalsk, Suzhou, Chengdu, Nanjing, Wuhan, Yiwu, Guangzhou, Chongqing, Dalian is worth highlighting as stable, regular container routes. These trains arrive at the container terminals of Vorsino, Khovrino, Silikatnaya railway stations.

Recently the number of container trains going from the Russian Federation to the export direction to China has been growing: Vorsino – Suzhou, Vorsino – Chengdu.

BASIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE SERVICE

• transit time from the main cities of China to Moscow – from 20-25 days;
• optimal balance between speed and cost of delivery;
• full control over the movement of the container.

There are options for the delivery of containerized cargo from China, South Korea, Japan, and other South-East Asian countries to the port of Vladivostok (sea transportation) with further route by accelerated container train to Central Russia.

MAIN ADVANTAGES:

• the possibility to transport large volumes of cargo over long distances;
• large carrying capacity of a unit of rolling stock (63, 90, 120 tons);
• independence from weather conditions;

• the possibility of special cargo transportation in specialized rolling stock (tanks, special tanks, refrigerators, bucket cars for liquid metals, slag, bitumen and other cargo that require preheating before unloading, tanks for bulk materials, wagons with sealing doors, bottom dump railway cars, etc.);
• construction of railroads on any territory.

Railway transportation of goods is labor-saving, does not require expensive liquid fuel, rolling stock and traction vehicles have high reliability and durability. This mode of transport is the most environmentally compatible.