Intermodal line to be put into operation in Kazan on the magic day - 12.12.12
22 November 2011, Tuesday
A railway intermodal line is to be put into operation on the magic day - 12.12.12 in Kazan. Thus, one will be able to get from the city centre to JSC “International airport “Kazan” for 20 minutes.
By the way, the project funding will make 12,9 bln roubles. The length of intermodal way will make 26 km. Passengers will be carried by modern high-speed trains produced in Russia.
Such information was given today by RT Minister of transport and road facilities Lenar Safin at a briefing in RT Cabinet.
Currently JSC “RZHD” (Russian railways) is implementing the construction of this unique railway. 17 km of roads have already been laid.
A special enclosed building by which passengers will be able to get from the railway station to the train will be constructed at Kazan railways. Multiple suburban railways will be connected with the intermodal line. Thus, the whole network of suburban railway transport will appear close to the Tatarstan capital.
It is also planned to implement complex reconstruction of railway junction of “Kazan” station and create a high-tech multifunctional transport-transit junction.
The railway line will help guests of Universiade 2013 to move around the city comfortably.
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The Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva told that names of 353 Heroes of the Soviet Union from Tatarstan “ are immortalized in street names, on memorials, in monuments and squares and, of course, in our memory”. “The Victory Day is the day of memory, mourning and joy. It is the event which today should be clearly understandable to all young people and younger generation of Tatarstan,” she said.
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