The head of the GZhD announced the readiness of the city electric train project in Kazan.

      The urban electric train project in Kazan is in the final stage of preparation. Currently, it remains to finalize transportation safety issues, after which the first part of the project is planned to be submitted for state examination. This was announced at a conference by the head of the Gorky Railway (GZhD) Sergey Dorofeevsky. "The 'Urban Electric Train' project in Kazan. This is a ring around Kazan. The project is now at the exit stage, only transportation safety needs to be completed," Dorofeevsky stated. According to him, all previously identified problems in the project have been resolved. After completing this work, the first part of the project is planned to be submitted for verification. Dorofeevsky noted that the project should help increase the passenger flow of suburban transportation. He mentioned that GZhD currently sends about 80,000 suburban passengers daily. Dorofeevsky emphasized that the company understands what steps are needed to develop this direction. "That's a lot. Despite the fact that we are not Moscow, not St. Petersburg," the branch head concluded. The "Urban Electric Train" is a project aimed at integrating suburban trains into the urban transport network to relieve road congestion and improve passenger transportation. Such projects are being implemented in various cities across Russia, and their success depends on the topology of the network, the schedule of movement, and the location of stops.

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