Russian Railways bought 7,700 freight cars in 1H08

In accordance with the Company’s investment programme, Russian Railways acquired 7,700 new freight cars in 1H2008,, including 7,600 open box cars and 100 covered box wagons.

All open box cars were delivered to Uralvagonzavod and the covered box wagons to Altayvagon.

Russian Railways investments in renewing ist freight cars in 1H2008 totalled 10.5 billion roubles.

In 2008, Russian Railways intends to purchase approximately 11,300 freight wagons at a cost of 16.3 billion roubles.