Sergey Kobzev, Deputy General Director and Chief Engineer of Russian Railways, has announced that after 2025, Russian Railways plan to purchase electric locomotives as well as locomotives operating on natural gas and different alternative power sources only.
In a press release issued by the railway firm, he stated: “In the future, we’re going to operate locomotives utilizing rechargeable batteries, a multiunit rolling stock with hydrogen gasoline cells, and locomotives with gas-piston and gas-diesel engines. This can assist reduce the burden on the environment.”
He went on to notice that, by the top of 2025, 55 railbuses, 1,156 electric train cars, and over 2,800 passenger cars will be replaced, and it’s estimated that the company might want to buy 2,522 locomotives for this period.
Sergey continued: “Russian Railways, with the participation of various machine-building holdings, has developed technical requirements for different types of locomotives. The starting point for setting the main parameters of the locomotive was an operational model which describes in detail existing and prospective freight flows bottlenecks and options for future freight traffic.”
