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ESTONIAN RAILWAYS. Container freight volumes 2000 - 2007. Container freight volumes 2007. Container freight volumes by destination countries. Wagon fleet for container transport. kaubaveod@evr.ee. Tallinn - Moscow. kaubaveod@evr.ee. Tallinn - Moscow – Tallinn container train.
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Wagon fleet for container transport kaubaveod@evr.ee
Tallinn - Moscow kaubaveod@evr.ee
Tallinn - Moscow – Tallinncontainer train • Since 18 May 2007 Estonian Railways has dispatched 15 fully loaded (90 TEUs in average in a train) container trains to Moscow. • Loading in Tallinn takes maximum 36 hours, unloading in Moscow ~2 hours. • Wagons are loaded on trains in both Muuga and Paldiski stations, trains are assembled either in Muuga or Ülemiste station. • Trains are made up of flat cars, majority of which belong to Estonian Railways. • Ca 40% of containers returning on a train are empty. • The train cycle from loading to loading is 10 days. • An additional train will be added to this line in December (i.e. in total 2 trains a week). • 3 trains a week in 2008. • The trains can accommodate also private wagons. kaubaveod@evr.ee
Baltic Transit II • First direct train from Estonia to Kazakhstan was dispatched in October 2007. • The scheduled time of travelling on Tallinn-Pechory-Iletsk-Almaty line or Tallinn-Pechory/Narva-Tobol-Almaty line is 7 days. • The train will be initially operating once a week. • In 2008 the train will start making two trips a week. • Future prospect: loading train in Kazakhstan with containers originating from China. • Baltic Transit container train will continue operating in parallel. kaubaveod@evr.ee
Rail Baltica / North-South corridor kaubaveod@evr.ee
North-South corridor • Train ferry project involving Estonia and Finland to be launched in cooperation with the Port of Tallinn, Finnish Railways and shipping companies. • Freight from the Scandinavian countries carried by rail to Ukraine and further on to the countries of the Black Sea region and Central Europe. • Possible to link it with the Rail Baltica project supported by the EU. kaubaveod@evr.ee
Container freight volumes 2000 - 2010 kaubaveod@evr.ee
Main principles of the container freight policy of Estonian Railways • Prioritise the development of different container train projects, including so-called single-train projects. • Involve companies from abroad. • Use the existing wagon pool as efficiently as possible and involve also private wagons. • Maintain a stable and clear tariff policy and treat all our cooperation partners equally in setting the priorities. kaubaveod@evr.ee
Major goals kaubaveod@evr.ee
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