RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) announced on February 8 that it will allocate 1.9 billion roubles (32.1 million U.S. dollars) towards an ongoing project to reconstruct the Trubnaya - Verkhniy Baskunchak - Aksaraiskaya line in southern Russia.
RZD says it is plans to commission 14 kilometers of the second track on the Lininsk - Zaplavnoe stretch this year, which will open after the Aksaraiskaya-2 locomotive station has been rebuilt. Construction of the bridge across the Akthuba River will continue, as will the extension of the lines at Volzhsky station.
The project is split into two stages. The first phase comprises the construction of the 126.3- kilometer second track on the Trubnaya - Akhtuba stretch, the extension of arrival-departure tracks of adjacent stations, and the construction of a bridge across the Akhtuba River. The second phase comprises the electrification of the Trubnaya - Aksaraiskaya section.
RZD has invested more than 6.6 billion roubles since the project began, and 67 kilometers has been put into operation so far.
The Trubnaya - Aksaraiskaya line is part of the North-South international transport corridor and provides transport connections between Siberia, the Urals, Caspian Sea ports, Kazakhstan, and northwest and central Russia.
(Source: China International Contractors Association)
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