Key focus areas of the investment programme up to 2025

XDEVELOPMENT OF THE CENTRAL TRANSPORT HUB’S INFRASTRUCTURE.The project seeks to boost throughput and handling capacities of the railway infrastructure to cater to the increasing number of passengers that use the Central Transport Hub. A railway link to the Northern Terminal Complex of Sheremetyevo Airport is in the pipeline to integrate airport terminals with the rail infrastructure (the passenger traffic is expected to reach up to 2.8 million people per year by 2025). Another plan is to launch intracity train diameters and reduce intervals between trains on the Moscow Central Ring to four minutes, while also working on the development of radial routes and integration of transport stops.CONSTRUCTION OF THE MOSCOW–KAZAN HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY(the first stage envisages work on the Zheleznodorozhnaya–Gorokhovets section and commissioning of route to Nizhny Novgorod using the existing infrastructure). The project aims to improve transport links between different regions of Russia and create a network of high-speed and ultra high-speed railway routes in the country.Priority projectsXCONSTRUCTION OF THE MOSCOW–KAZAN HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY(the first stage envisages work on the Zheleznodorozhnaya–Gorokhovets section and commissioning of route to Nizhny Novgorod using the existing infrastructure). The project aims to improve transport links between different regions of Russia and create a network of high-speed and ultra high-speed railway routes in the country.Priority projectsXCONSTRUCTION OF THE MOSCOW–KAZAN HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY(the first stage envisages work on the Zheleznodorozhnaya–Gorokhovets section and commissioning of route to Nizhny Novgorod using the existing infrastructure). The project aims to improve transport links between different regions of Russia and create a network of high-speed and ultra high-speed railway routes in the country.Priority projectsXDEVELOPMENT AND RENOVATION OF THE RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE SERVING PORTS OF THE NORTH-WESTERN BASINto cater to the expected freight transportation volumes of 145.6 mt on approaches to ports of the North-Western basin in 2020.Priority projectsXDEVELOPMENT AND RENOVATION OF THE RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE SERVING PORTS OF THE NORTH-WESTERN BASINto cater to the expected freight transportation volumes of 145.6 mt on approaches to ports of the North-Western basin in 2020.Priority projectsXCONSTRUCTION OF THE MOSCOW–KAZAN HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY(the first stage envisages work on the Zheleznodorozhnaya–Gorokhovets section and commissioning of route to Nizhny Novgorod using the existing infrastructure). The project aims to improve transport links between different regions of Russia and create a network of high-speed and ultra high-speed railway routes in the country.Priority projectsXCONSTRUCTION OF THE MOSCOW–KAZAN HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY(the first stage envisages work on the Zheleznodorozhnaya–Gorokhovets section and commissioning of route to Nizhny Novgorod using the existing infrastructure). The project aims to improve transport links between different regions of Russia and create a network of high-speed and ultra high-speed railway routes in the country.Priority projectsXDEVELOPMENT OF THE PERM– SOLIKAMSK CONNECTIONto enable transportation of rising freight volumes from the Bereznikovsko-Solikamsky industrial hub (up 9.7 mt in 2025)..DEVELOPMENT OF THE PERM RAILWAY HUBand the construction of a river crossing to facilitate future transportation of freight volumes by diverting most of the freight traffic to the route bypassing the city and encourage development of infrastructure for the urban land transport.Priority projectsXDEVELOPMENT OF THE PERM– SOLIKAMSK CONNECTIONto enable transportation of rising freight volumes from the Bereznikovsko-Solikamsky industrial hub (up 9.7 mt in 2025).Priority projectsXDEVELOPMENT OF THE NORTHERN LATITUDINAL RAILWAYto facilitate freight transportation from the northern parts of West Siberia (23.9 mtpa of primarily gas condensate and bulk oil) and reduce travel times to the ports of the North-Western and Ural Federal Districts.RECONSTRUCTION OF THE KONOSHA–KOTLAS–CHUM–LABYTNANGI SECTIONSadjacent to the Severnaya Railway, including the Obskaya station, and the Pangody–Novy Urengoy–Korotchaevo line of the Sverdlovskaya Railway.Priority projectsProject of public-private partnershipsXCONSTRUCTION OF THE MOSCOW–KAZAN HIGH-SPEED RAILWAY(the first stage envisages work on the Zheleznodorozhnaya–Gorokhovets section and commissioning of route to Nizhny Novgorod using the existing infrastructure). The project aims to improve transport links between different regions of Russia and create a network of high-speed and ultra high-speed railway routes in the country.Priority projectsXDEVELOPMENT AND UPGRADE OF INFRASTRUCTURE SERVING PORTS OF THE AZOV AND BLACK SEASinvolving comprehensive renovation of the Maxim Gorky–Kotelnikovo–Tikhoretskaya–Krymskaya section and construction of a bypass at the Krasnodar Transport Hub, construction of second tracks on the Taman Peninsula, extension of station tracks, development of railway hubs, and upgrade of power supply units. The project primarily seeks to ensure transportation of 59.8 mt of additional freight on the near and far approaches to the ports of the Azov and Black Seas and create a carrying capacity of up to 125 mt by 2020.RECONSTRUCTION OF THE MOROZOVSKAYA–VOLGODONSKAYA RAILWAY SECTIONto allow for the transit of 25 train pairs on the Morozovskaya– Yuzhnaya–Kuberle section and ensure the planned freight transportation volumes to the ports of the Azov and Black Seas by diverting train traffic to the Morozovskaya–Volgodonskaya section.Priority projectsXCONSTRUCTION OF A WESTERN BYPASS AT THE SARATOV TRANSPORT HUBwith the expansion of the Lipovsky–Kurdyum section designed to boost development of the far approaches to the ports of the Azov and Black Seas.Priority projectsXUPGRADE OF INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE BAIKAL–AMUR AND TRANS-SIBERIAN MAIN LINESdesigned to enhance the throughput and carrying capacity of the railways (Stages 1 and 2).ENHANCEMENT OF THE THROUGHPUT AND CARRYING CAPACITIESto achieve a fourfold increase in transit container traffic and reduce travel times from the Far East to the western border of the Russian Federation to seven days.Priority projectsXCONSTRUCTION OF A RAILWAY TO CATER TO THE NEEDS OF THE KALUGA SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE(including design, construction and operation of rail infrastructure between the Lyudinovo-1 station of the Moskovskaya Railway and the Kaluga special economic zone).Project of public-private partnerships

The priority projects are primarily defined as initiatives included in the Comprehensive Plan for Upgrading and Expanding Core Infrastructure and initiatives implemented in pursuance of the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 204 On National Goals and Strategic Objectives of the Russian Federation through to 2024 dated 7 May 2018.

The Long-Term Development Programme encourages creation of public—private partnerships in the realm of railway transportation (including use of concession agreements) to ensure financing for new lines by leveraging state investments and funds of the infrastructure owner, cargo owners and other stakeholders. The following projects are to be implemented as part of concession agreements.