OREANDA-NEWS. June 28, 2012. Rustam Minnikhanov, President of Tatarstan, visited the Refining and Petrochemical Plants Complex in Nizhnekamsk. During the visit President of the Republic of Tatarstan was accompanied by Ravil Zaripov, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of Industry and Trade Minister, Rinat Sabirov, Assistant to the President of the Republic of Tatarstan, Shafagat Takhautdinov, General Director of TATNEFT, Nail Maganov, First Deputy General Director of TATNEFT - Chairman of the Board of Directors of TANECO, Leonid Alekhin, General Director of TANECO and other officials, reported the press-centre of TATNEFT.

Head of the Republic started his visit to Nizhnekamsk district with the inauguration of "Predkombinatskaya" railway station, which is an important link in the off-site rail facilities of the Refining and Petrochemical Plants Complex.

The station is designed to receive empty tanks and send out the trains loaded with products of the Refining and Petrochemical Plants Complex. The station structure consists of 11 receiving-and-departure tracks, two railway crossings, a car inspection rack, a compressor room, administrative and amenities buildings, as well as utility lines, etc.

Before the beginning of the ceremony Shevkat Shaydullin, Head of Kuibyshev Railways, presented a detailed report on the volumes of traffic and capacity utilization at this stage, and also presented a long-range transport frame of Tatarstan and a list of activities for the development of the roads infrastructure in the Republic.

Opening the "Predkombinatskaya" station, Rustam Minnikhanov emphasized the immensity of the works performed on the construction of off-site railways of the NPiNHZ Complex. He expressed special thanks to the authorities of the Russian Federation, emphasizing that the amount of 16.5 billion rubles had been allocated from the Russian Investment Fund for development of the Complex infrastructure.

Oleg Tony, Vice President of "RZD" (Russian Railways) for construction, delivered a welcoming address on behalf of Vladimir Yakunin, President of the Open Joint Stock Company "RZD".

At the end of the ceremony the Acceptance Committee Act defining readiness of the station for continuous operation was presented to Oleg Voitenko, Head of the station.

Further, the President proceeded to the refinery construction site and visited the TANECO railways electrical signal-box and a central control room.