Railway Reform: Toolkit for Improving Rail Sector Performance - ppiaf

Railway Reform: Toolkit for improving Rail Sector Performance
Case Study: Russian Railways
During 2004-08, the percentage of life-expired locomotives rose from 11.4 to 18
percent (Figure 10). Most of the life-expired locomotives are used for passenger
transport, which has not yet undergone significant reforms. For freight, the fleet
of private sector-owned wagons is newer than the government-owned wagons;
since government subsidiaries still own the bulk of the wagons, most freight wagons
are life-expired. Also, little has been invested in overhauling rail tracks, except
for major routes, which are more profitable.
4.4 Operational Productivity
Railway freight operational productivity has improved dramatically due to reforms
(Figure 11). Since 2000, productivity for wagons has improved by 30 percent,
and for track by 32 percent. Russian freight productivity is now five times
the EU average. 181
181 Calculated from series of UIC Synopsis Data.
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