Yakunin: the Railways continue the project to create a " broad gauge "
Railways of Austria, Slovakia and Ukraine, which are partners of Russian Railways project to build a broad gauge from ko?ice in Eastern Slovakia to Vienna continue to participate in its implementation, said in an interview Last news the head of the Russian monopoly Vladimir Yakunin.
Track width of most Railways in Europe - 1435 mm highways Russia, CIS, Baltic States and Finland - 1520 mm. A new broad gauge route from Kosice to Vienna will provide an opportunity to reduce the time of cargo delivery from Asia to the European Union and back up to fifteen days (today using the alternative sea route, this period is 30 days).
" As for the question of the new transport corridor with the construction of the broad gauge section for Slovakia to Vienna. All procedures that are provided by the business plan are executed. All four members still participate in this project. I think That the project will be ", - assured the head of the Railways.
investments in the construction of a 450-kilometer stretch of broad gauge estimated at 6, 25 billion euros. Additionally, 240 million euros is expected to invest in the development of terminal network on the route and 130 million Euro in rolling stock.