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The first regular container train St. Petersburg-Yekaterinburg left on September 30, 2011 from the SPb-Tovarny-Vitebsky station. It covered 2,300 km in less than 72 hours. The train is supposed to run at least once a week. Today, the third train will leave from the Northern capital towards the Urals.

“By introducing this train to the market, we increase the efficiency of using rolling stock, guarantee customers quick and reliable delivery of their cargo, reducing travel time due to the refusal of yard operation of cars on the way,” says Dmitry Morozov, Director of the Oktyabrskaya Railway branch of JSC TransContainer.

In its work, JSCo RZD Logistics pays great attention to the level of containerization of JSCo RZD. Therefore, in cooperation with JSC TransContainer, a container train was launched St. Petersburg-Yekaterinburg on the market, which ensures stable delivery of goods to both exporters of the Urals and senders of the North-West region.

Information on JSCo RZD Logistics:

JSCo RZD Logistics was established on November 19, 2010 as part of the development of the logistics business area of RZD Holding. At present, JSCo RZD provides freight forwarding services for the carriage of goods by rail, road and sea, as well as for multimodal transportation; terminal storage services (loading and unloading, safekeeping, etc.); supply chain organization services (development of optimal logistics routes, cargo tracking, etc.).

Contact Information of Press Service of JSCo RZD: +7 (495) 988-68-68, ext. 1022, KozinaAA (at) rzdlog.ru, spokeswoman Anastasia Kozina

Information about JSC TransContainer:

JSC TransContainer is a leader in intermodal container traffic in Russia. The company owns about 60% of the Russian rolling stock fleet for container traffic and provides 52% of container traffic by rail and 34% of terminal container rehandling in Russia. JSC TransContainer operates over 24,000 well cars, almost 60,000 containers and owns a network of 46 railway container terminals in Russia, as well as operates a terminal in Slovakia. The sales network of JSC TransContainer has about 150 offices in Russia, the company is present in the CIS, Europe and Asia markets. The Company’s shares are traded on MICEX Stock Exchange and RTS. Depositary receipts of JSC TransContainer are traded on the London Stock Exchange. The largest shareholder of the company is JSCo RZD with a stake of 50% + 1 share.