OREANDA-NEWS. November 19, 2012. During a network conference call Russian Railways’ President Vladimir Yakunin announced the results of the competition for the best companies on the rail network in the 3rd quarter of 2012. The results are based on teams which meet or exceed the set production targets, reported the press-centre of RZD.

Yakunin emphasised during the call that the results of the competition among the railways for the third quarter were based on the performance across the whole rail network.

The Board of Russian Railways awarded 1st place to teams on Krasnoyarsk Railways, which last won a prize in 2008. In all, the Company recognised the best 170 teams.

The Company president also said teams at the South Ural Territorial Branded Transport Service Centre, the October Directorate for Traction Vehicle Repairs and the East Siberian Directorate for Track Repairs were also awarded 1st place.

Among the structural departments which were awarded 1st place in the network competition, the following teams received particular recognition:

Stary Oskol train station at the Southeast Directorate of Traffic Management;

Gudermes Operational Locomotive Depot at the North Caucasus Traction Directorate;

Agryz Operational Wagon Depot at the Gorky Directorate of Infrastructure;

Barnaul Department of Track Maintenance at the West Siberian Directorate of Infrastructure;

Riga-Savelovsky Directorate of Signalling, Centralisation and Blocking at the Moscow Directorate of Infrastructure

Many other groups.
Vladimir Yakunin congratulated the teams on their deserved victory and wished them more success in the future.