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Coaches delivered to Sakhalin

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RUSSIA: Transmashholding’s Tver carriage works has supplied 18 coaches to the Sakhalin Passenger Co subsidiary of Russian Railways’ Far Eastern Railway.

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TMH has delivered 10 coaches with nine four-berth compartments, four coaches with nine two-berth compartments, two 54-berth open-plan platskartny dormitory cars and two cars with accommodation for staff and passengers with reduced mobility.

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The cars include showers, drinking water dispensers, safes, electric power points and USB sockets.

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Conversion of the island’s network from 1 067 mm to 1 520 mm gauge is progressing, with 2M62 locomotives delivered last year to replace narrow-gauge TG16 diesel locomotives, and TGM7 and TGM11 shunting locomotives replaced by TEM18DM. Three RA3 diesel multiple-units were also supplied.