THE FIRST FULL-COMPOSITE CONTAINER TRAIN LEFT THE MOSCOW REGION FOR NOVOSIBIRSK
On July 20, the first full-composite contrailer train left Silikatnaya station (Moscow Region) for Novosibirsk.
For the first time, 30 loaded semi-trailers with metallurgical products will follow this route not by road, but by rail.
"If earlier we sent 2-3 cars with semi-trailers, today we have formed a full-composite train. We hope that today's shipment will attract new customers and additional cargo. Only in the first half of this year, the volume of piggyback traffic on Russian railways has increased more than 3 times," Mikhail Glazkov, Deputy General Director of Russian Railways, Head of the Central Directorate of Traffic Management, said at the train departure ceremony.
The train will cover about 3,300 km on the Russian Railways network . The travel time will be about 3.5 days, which is faster than by road.
The train will also depart on the return trip with loaded semi-trailers. In the future, it is planned that contrailer trains on this route will run regularly.
A special timetable has been developed for the train, equipment for loading semi-trailers has been prepared at the departure and arrival terminals.
Piggyback transportation means the transportation of loaded or empty road trains, trailers, semi-trailers, removable car bodies placed on piggyback platforms.
The technological process includes loading the semi-trailer from the shipper, delivery by truck to the place of loading on the piggyback platform, transportation by rail to the destination station, unloading of the semi-trailer from the piggyback platform and its delivery by tractor to the consignee.
This method of transportation will enable cargo owners to use new tools to build logistics chains.
The technology will not only increase the volume of rail transport, but also relieve automobile traffic, reduce the impact of heavy vehicles on road infrastructure and the environment.
In just one trip of a contrailer train on the Silicate – Novosibirsk route, the reduction of CO2 emissions will amount to about 200 tons.