Annual Report 2015

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Freight car market

The Russian freight car fleet was comprised of 1,150,988 railcars as of the end of 2015, including:

  • 196,400 railcars, or 17%, belonging to the Russian Railways Group fleet;
  • 954,700 railcars, or 83%, belonging to other owners.
Structure of Russian freight car fleet, 000 railcar

Overall, the Russian fleet increased by 81,500 railcars in 2015 (a 6.6% increase compared with 2014). The private rolling stock fleet of other owners expanded by 34,600 railcars (3.5%), while the Group’s fleet decreased by 46,900 railcars (19.3%).

The effect of the excess operating railcar fleet on Russian Railways infrastructure in 2015 led to service speed losses of 0.30 km/h, a decrease in locomotive productivity by 30,800 tkm gross per day and a slowdown in turnover by 2.22 days.

Structure of the Group’s railcar fleet
Railcar type As of 31 December 2014 As of 31 December 2015 Change
‘000 units share, % ‘000 units share, % ‘000 units %
Gondolas 113.7 46.8 74.3 37.8 –39.4 –34.7
Tank cars 4.7 1.9 5.2 2.6 0.5 10.6
Flatcars 37.9 15.6 36.1 18.4 –1.8 –4.7
Box cars 25.2 10.4 20.6 10.5 –4.6 –18.3
Other 61.7 25.4 60.1 30.6 –1.6 –2.6
Total 243.2 100.0 196.4 100.0 –46.9 –19.3
Structure of Russian freight car market by freight turnover volume, %