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.
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.
Railcar type | As of 31 December 2014 | As of 31 December 2015 | Change | |||
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‘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 |