MOSCOW, Jun 2, - RIA Novosti/Prime. Railways of Russia and Slovakia on Tuesday will sign a Memorandum concerning the development of transport between Europe and Asia in their infrastructure and continue the implementation of the broad gauge project, said Last news a source familiar with plans of the organizations.
before Tuesday, the head of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin in the process of communication with employees of the organization said that the Firm plans to sign a Memorandum with Slovakia. The details he did not disclose.
"(It is planned to sign - ed.) Memorandum on the development of foreign trade transportation, as well as among them the container, between Europe and Asia for infrastructure, Russia and Slovakia. The document provides for the development of competitive tariffs, implementation of electronic document management and so on. One of the points of the Memorandum envisages the continuation of the project "broad gauge" in Accordance with the schedule, " the source said on Tuesday.
A project to build a broad gauge from the Slovak city of Kosice to Vienna, which involved four countries: Russia, Ukraine, Austria and Slovakia.
Track width of most of the Railways of Europe - 1435 millimeters highways of Russia, CIS, Baltic States and Finland - 1520 millimeters. A new broad gauge route from Kosice to Vienna will provide an opportunity to reduce the delivery time of goods from Asia into the European Union and returning to fifteen days (today using the alternative sea route, this period is 30 days).
investments in the construction of a 450-kilometer section of broad gauge is assessed at 6, 25 billion euros. In addition to this ? 240 million is expected to invest in the development of the terminal network on the route and 130 million euros in rolling stock. Yakunin had previously stated that work on the Project of Russia, Ukraine, Austria and Slovakia along the wide track goes according to plan, despite the political situation, and the speech about "freezing" is not.
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