OREANDA-NEWS The locomotive carried the first freight train along the built private Pacific Railway (TZHD), which stretches from the field in Yakutia to the port in the Khabarovsk Territory, the parent company of the locomotive manufacturer Sinara - Transport Machines (STM) reported.

The laying of the railway track along the entire length of the railway was completed recently, and full commissioning is scheduled for next year. It is a single-track line with 18 sidings. A private railway will connect the coal deposits of Yakutia and a new port under construction on the coast of the Sea of Okhotsk.

"The first freight train passed along the entire railway line. It was carried out by the diesel locomotive TEM14 produced by LTZ (Lyudinovsky Locomotive Plant, part of STM - ed.)," the message says.

The first trip was a test drive. A train of 20 gondola cars with coal and two passenger escort cars traveled 531 kilometers - from Elga station to the port at Cape Manorsky.

The construction of the railway was carried out by the management company "Elsi". The cost of the road was initially estimated at over 97 billion rubles, then at about 146 billion.