Russia begins construction of the railway bypassing Ukraine

Russia begins construction of the railway bypassing Ukraine, said the head of "Russian Railways" Vladimir Yakunin.

in November last year, Yakunin said that Russia's development strategy Railways " this traversal is always present ". Then it was specified that will be liquidated "restless" part of the way in 26 kilometers, which is located on the square of any other country.

"Proceed to the construction of the bypass Ukraine," said Yakunin in the conversation, which will be published in "" on Thursday.

He noted that an alternative path because of terrain and other circumstances will be much longer." According to him, the Railways intend to apply the double-deck cars, which increases the probability of the cast to reduce the cost of travel in the compartment 30%.

As reported in an interview Last news, the Russian transport Minister Maxim Sokolov, the construction of a rail bypass, which will allow trains to follow in the South of Russia, without crossing the territory of Ukraine, will be completed by 2018. First Sokolov reported that the budget of the Russian Federation in 2015, the Project is expected to send 7 billion in 2016 - 18, 5 billion rubles, and in 2017 - 31, 1 billion rubles.

The project bypass existed in the plans for several years, but his active discussion began again in connection with the recent events in Ukraine. The story is about the construction of the railway line Prokhorovka - zhuravka - Chertkovo - Bataisk. Currently, trains, following on the territory of the Russian Federation to the South of the country, have to cross the territory of Ukraine in the district of Voronezh and Rostov regions.


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