In 2008, Russian Railways OJSC plans to invest over RUR 1.3 billion into modernization of Sakhalin railway infrastructure, the company’s press center reports.
During the current year it is planned to build a 118-119 km detour route at Chekhov-Novoselovo section of Shakhta-Iljinsk line, a 119-120 km detour route at Shakhta-Iljinsk line, to reconstruct a railway tunnel No 21 of Shakhta-Iljinsk line and 7 bridges at Korsakov-Nogliki sector, 3 bridges at Pobedino-Tymovsk sector, 3 bridges at Onor-Tymovsk sector as well as bridges at Korsakov-Arsentyevka and Tumanovo-Vakhrushevo sectors.
The goal of the project is track regaging in conformance with all Russian tracks (1,520 mm), which is to decrease average annual operational costs and to raise competitiveness of the railway itself, to decrease turnover of wagons and to raise the speed of trains thus contributing to faster development of the island’s economy.