Magazines — RZD-Partner International — 3 (15) August-November 2008
3 (15) August-November 2008
Load Money in WagonsA highly regulated industry with a low level of transparency in a country described in the Western press as a cradle of excessive bureaucracy and corruption. Add to this the ongoing global financial crisis and you will see the reason why a parade of IPOs of Russian rail operators suddenly looks a bit of unlikely. Despite all the problems RZD's subsidiaries and independent companies are going to pull money from stock exchanges and some of them have already handled the task successfully.
Olympic Sochi: Unique Transport Solutions
The transport infrastructure in Sochi will take up a big part of the funds allocated to preparations for the Winter Olympics in 2014. The management of OAO RZD, in turn, plans to spend almost 300 billion roubles for Olympic projects alone, as well as organise high-speed links between Moscow and Adler.
The First Public-Private Road In Russia
The first project in this field started in summer 2008 in Saint Petersburg when the winners of a tender to build the West High-Speed Diameter (WHD) highway. This highway will connect different parts of the city.
Wagon Building Boom
SPECIAL PROJECT: / advanced technologies coming to russian market
The annual shortage of freight wagons is about 15,000-20,000 units. This means the demand for new rolling stock exceeds the supply by manufacturers several times over. The situation has prompted an increase in existing capacities and the launch of a number of new projects aimed at fulfilling the demand.
