Russian Railways (RZD JSC) plans to sell 10,000 gondolas at public auction on Sept. 30, 2010, the company press release said.
The gondolas will be sold a single lot. The initial selling price are reported at over 1 billion 73 million 210 thousand rubles, auction step - 10 million rubles. The deposit for participation in the auction is 200 million rubles.
The cars auction sale will be carried out without prior visual inspection with the obligation to repair them in a period not exceeding 1 year.
The auction organizer – the Center of competitive procurement, a structural unit of RZD JSC.
One of the objectives of the 3rd phase of reforming the Russia’s railway industry is the development of competition in operating freight cars.