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$71.4B Rail Investment

By The Moscow Times

Russian Railways said Wednesday that it estimates that 2.24 trillion rubles ($71.4 billion) of investment in the country’s rail infrastructure is required by 2020.

The rail monopoly estimates that another 901.2 billion rubles ($30 billion) is needed to upgrade the country’s locomotives over the period. 

(Bloomberg)


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