The preliminary cost of the construction of the third stage of the Eastern railway line is estimated at 2.7 trillion rubles, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation Valentin Ivanov said. This was reported by TASS.
He announced that the fund is planned to last until 2032. The Phase III passport is scheduled to be approved by the end of March 2024.
Before that, Russian President Vladimir Putin via video conference spent Meeting on the development of the eastern railway line.
The eastern training area is located within the borders of four railways (Krasnoyarsk, East Siberian, Transbaikal and Far Eastern). It serves 14 regions of the Russian Federation and provides transit to the entire country.
In the first phase of work on the construction of the eastern training ground, more than five thousand kilometers of rails were laid and updated, bridges, tunnels, traction substations and locomotive facilities were built and reconstructed. The second stage, which started in 2021, will be completed at the end of 2024.
Putin before she made a joke About the “supreme government of Russia”.