RM Rail planning serial production of car carriers in cooperation with Chinese Sino-Worlink

SARANSK. May 17 (Interfax) - The RM Rail Company has manufactured a prototype for a car-carrying railcar as per an order from Chinese automobile company Sino-Worlink International Supply Chain Management, and will present it to the customer in May, RM Rail said.

The companies began working together at the international PRO//Dvizhenie.Expo railway salon in August last year. The parties discussed the next stage of cooperation as the creation of a new railcar model during the Russian-Chinese Expo taking place in Harbin, a report says.

RM Rail is planning serial production of this 8-axle vehicle carrier.

The new type of rolling stock will allow the transportation of the increased volume of Sino-Worlink vehicles between China and Russia, as well as to the regions of Central Asia, the report said.

"The new type of railcar, which is planned to be created in cooperation with RM Rail, will increase the efficiency of the proposed logistics solutions for auto manufacturers from China and increase the capacities of railway lines," Deputy Director of the Sino-Worlink group, Ms. Zhao Hao said.

RM Rail controls assets for the production of freight cars and castings for rolling stock in Mordovia and Khakassia.