OREANDA-NEWS. December 15, 2014. A heavy train consisting of 105 wagons departed from Limbei Station on Sverdlovsk Railways and arrived at Luzhskaya station.

The experimental train followed a specially designed timetable and route from the Urals to the Baltic Sea at an average speed of 900 route kilometres per day.

On the day the train arrived, a new record of 3,506 wagons was set for the daily unloading volume at Luzhskaya station. This is currently the maximum volume of work possible as the station undergoes reconstruction.

The record unloading was made possible by introducing innovative elements into the organisation of heavy traffic, as well as the coordinated work of the team at the Luzhskaya railway hub.

In order to develop promising transportation volumes, including hydrocarbon cargoes from the Surgut region in north Russia, the Company has identified the main principles in organising the transportation process. This involves above all routes for heavy oil tankers to the ports of the North-West Basin without having to remarshal the trains en route.

It is planned to provide these services on a regular basis by exploiting the potential of the new 2ES10 Granite electric train with three sections, which is being introduced for permanent operations.

"The regular unloading of wagons arriving at the ports will form a seamless link and play an integral role in the success of this project," said Vladimir Yakunin during a conference call at Russian Railways.