In January 2010 overall commodities volumes loaded by Oktyabrskaya (October) Railroad (OZD, a subsidiary of Russian Railways) in January 2010 rose by 24.1% as compared to the same period last year, to 6.48 million tons, the OR press release said.

The company statement said it had had the largest loaded volumes jump in iron ore, at 1.670.900 tons or as much as 88 percent over January 2009, non-ferrous ore by 41.3% (223.000 tons), fertilizers - by 62.8% (1.110.000 tons), ferrous metals - by 69.1%, chemicals - by 19,9%, containerized cargoes by 36% (169.000 tones). The report also shows a 7.3 percent drop in loading of oil cargo (1.323.000 tons), building materials, by 6.8% (942.300 tons) and timber cargo - by 6.9% .

Oktyabrskaya Railroad’s length is 13.323.7 km. The rail line passes through 11 Russian regions - Leningrad, Pskov, Novgorod, Vologda, Murmansk, Tver, Moscow, Yaroslavl, Moscow, St. Petersburg and the Republic of Karelia. Rail traffic volumes via Oktyabrskaya Railroad (OZD) in 2009 fell 17.1% from the previous year’s numbers, to 88.6 million tons of commodities.