About 5.5 million tons of oil has been transferred via Zabaikalsk frontier station to China over 8 months of 2006
About 5 million 486 thou tons of oil has been transferred via Zabaikalsk frontier station to China over 8 months of 2006, that increased year-on-year result by 64.7% or 2 million 157 thou tons. This information has been provided by PR Service of Zabaikalsk Railway. Cargo turnover of the line’s southern direction grew by 15.7%. Number of trains transferred to China increased from 11 to 14 per day. Complex reconstruction made it possible to increase volume of hydrocarbon material transported by Krymskaya-Zabaikalsk part of Zabaikalsk Railway. The following works are to be finalized here before the end of 2006: construction 64 artificial structures and 82.4 kilometers of railway embankment, laying of 74.1 kilometers of track at 5 railroad hauls, 17.24 kilometers of station track. In 2006 investment into integrated reconstruction of the southern direction will amount to 4 billion 533 million rubles.