The coming decade will be a decade of large construction, large projects, significant for Russia not only for the country, but for all of Eurasia. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking at the Railway Congress.
“The upcoming decade will be a decade of large construction, large projects for our country, including on the railway, – projects significant not only for Russia, but for the whole of Eurasia. We are expanding, as you know, BAM and Trans -Siberian Railway, we modernize Other highways and approaches to seaports, including the Azov -Black Sea and Caspian basins, at the same time begin a large -scale project to create networks of high -speed railways, ”said Putin.
According to the president, in the European part of the country, Russia is developing the international corridor “North – South”.
“He will connect the Russian ports in the Baltic, as well as the Murmansk transport hub with the ports on the coast of the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean – one of our most important supporting hubs in the Arctic, the capacity of which we will definitely increase,” he said.
The President noted that the delivery of goods from Murmansk to Mumbai will take about fifteen days and, compared with traditional routes, will decrease four times.
“At the same time we work with foreign partners on the formation of railway routes from Central Siberia south: towards China, Mongolia, ports of Indian and Pacific Oceans. Finally, another corridor from the Arctic to the South We plan in the Far East. Its elements also Formed: this is a railway line from BAM to Yakutia, bridges through Lena and Amur, the Pacific Railway, ”said Putin.
According to the president, all these three corridors from north to south, in the European part of Russia, Siberia and the Far East, open the opportunity to integrate, directly connect Russian railway, transport routes with logistics units in the south and southeast of Eurasia.
“Railways are the most important part of the transport system of Russia. Their stable, reliable work in the domestic market and in the field of international transport largely determines the dynamics of the development of our country, the quality of the national economy, its global competitiveness,” said Putin.