OREANDA-NEWS. June 15, 2009. In cooperation with railway companies of Latvia, Belarus and Estonia there has been formed a container train ZUBR, which will be running according to schedule in the route Riga-Minsk and back, reported the press-centre of Latvijas dzelzcels.

Container train will be formed in Skirotava station and it will be running 1.5 days. It is planned that equal tariff rates will be applied to all participants of the project, and within the framework of the project there will be ensured simplified border crossing and customs control procedures.

Container train operator in Latvia is LDz Cargo Logistika Ltd. It is planned that the new train will transport export and import cargos to and from the Republic of Belarus, as well as transit cargos from and to Estonia.