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MOSCOW, April 1 The President of the Russian Federation instructed the government to increase the capacity of railways in the southern direction and the Eastern range, taking into account the forecast of freight and passenger traffic, according to the Kremlin website .
«»To the Government of the Russian Federation:.. y) to ensure an increase in the capacity of railways in the southern direction and the Eastern range of railways, taking into account the projected freight and passenger traffic in these directions,» says the list of presidential instructions for the implementation of the President's Address to the Federal To the meeting.
In addition, the government has been instructed to ensure the development of the international transport corridor «North — South», including through the organization of «seamless routes». A report on these instructions will need to be submitted before March 1, 2025, and then once a year. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin was appointed responsible.
Russian Railways are currently implementing the second stage of development of the Eastern range, which includes the BAM and Trans-Siberian Railway, worth 1.1 trillion rubles. It is designed until 2024 and provides for an increase in carrying capacity to 180 million tons (in 2023 — 173 million tons). On Friday, Russian Railways announced that they were starting to implement the third stage of development of the Eastern range, which provides for increasing the carrying capacity of the BAM and Trans-Siberian Railways to 270 million tons by the end of 2032.