Mid-Term investment

FPC’s investment programme for 2016–2018 provides for RUB 14.9 billion to be spent on the acquisition of 176 double‐decker carriages to be used on profitable routes, including:

• 76 carriages, including 14 first‐class carriages for the service between Moscow and Saint Petersburg and 17 carriages with open‐plan seating for the service between Moscow and Voronezh (the second trains on the routes), and 45 first‐class carriages for the service between Saint Petersburg and Adler (RUB 6.0 billion in 2016);
• 34 first‐class carriages for the service between Adler and Rostov (RUB 2.9 billion in 2017);
• 66 first‐class carriages, including 23 first‐class carriages for the service between Saint Petersburg and Adler (the fourth train on the route) and 43 first‐class carriages for double‐decker trains on profitable routes (RUB 6.0 billion in 2018).

The Company’s carriage procurement programme gives priority to the acquisition of new rolling stock to upgrade branded trains. In 2016, to achieve this goal the Company plans to purchase 112 carriages for eight trains, including:

• Two trains for Route No. 71/72 Belgorod – Moscow;
• Two trains for Route No. 9/10 Pskov – Moscow;
• Two trains for Route No. 41/42 Saransk – Moscow;
• Two trains for Route No. 617/618 Vologda – Saint Petersburg.

Plans for 2017–2018 are to purchase 219 new single-decker carriages from domestic manufacturers to upgrade the rolling stock used on branded trains.

The draft Investment Programme for 2016–2018 provides for a RUB 13 billion Passenger Rolling Stock Upgrade project, including a RUB 11.2 billion service life extension programme covering 613 carriages. In addition, the Investment Programme provides for depot upgrade projects and investment in information technology innovations.

A total of RUB 5.6 billion is allocated in the Programme for depot upgrades.

RUB 1.0 billion will be spent on IT projects in 2016–2018.

In the same period, investments in other projects are expected to total RUB 0.3 billion.