The companies of the holding carry out the repairs of wheelsets of freight wagons and traction rolling stock. The complete inspection of wheelsets with axle box revision, replacement of solid-rolled wheels, axle gears, as well as the standard survey with reprofiling of the wheel's rolling surface and revision of the axle box are carried out. RAIL SERVICE performs forming the wheelsets of both OANW (Old axle new wheels) and NANW (New axle new wheels) types.
The enterprises are equipped with a full range of technological equipment for the high-quality performance of works, including wheel lathe, press and lifting equipment, electronic devices for non-destructive testing, diagnostics and registration the parameters of axle elements, wheels and components axle boxes.
RAIL SERVICE companies perform the repairs of all types of freight wagons – open-top wagons, box wagons, tank wagons, flat wagons, hoppers, etc. The range of services includes the organization of scheduled types of repairs (like interim and major overhauls), operating repairs (OR-1, OR-2), modernization of freight wagons, components and parts, cast parts of the wagons with the replacement of elements, as well as redeployment of wagons to the repair site, technical inspection, claim activity.
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Servicing, maintenance and repairs of rolling stock is carried out in full accordance with the requirements of Russian Railways («RZD» JSC).
The service includes the provision of maintenance depots and rolling stock owners with the refurbished units and details of freight wagons, as well as carrying out of cargo handling works and storage of spare parts on a contractual basis. Full range of new or used spare parts and components, required for the repair of rolling stock is available in warehouses. The companies of the holding use direct contracts with the manufacturers of spare parts and this excludes deliveries of substandard products.
To date RAIL SERVICE is the only certified supplier and representative of solid-rolled wheels manufacturer MA Steel, Maanshan (PRC) in the Russian Federation.
Cutting of all types of freight and passenger wagons into scrap metal includes their disassembling and dismantling of removable equipment, element-by-element cutting of wagon's body and frame into parts, enlarged cutting. The service also includes the delivery of scrap metal by rail and road. In addition, storage and shipment of returnable spare parts, formed during cutting, is provided.
Own approaching lines allow the customers to reduce the cost of wagons downtime significantly.
The total production capacity of the holding companies in wagons cutting is 300 rolling stock units per month.
RAIL SERVICE companies provide the services for parking and storage of railway cars throughout the entire 1520 mm gauge railway network. The service includes the shunting of rolling stock and the provision of secured railway tracks for general and private use.
The capacity of own tracks is 1,500 wagons. Own locomotives are used for shunting works. Guarantees are provided for the rolling stock safety at the parking spots. Own private railway tracks are adjacent to the Kotjol railway station of the Yugo-Vostochnaya railway and to the Sterlitamak railway station of the Kuibyshevskaya railway.
Repair of wheelsets of traction rolling stock is carried out by «VKM» LLC at its own production facilities in Staryj Oskol town.
Certificate, issued by the Federal Agency for Railway Transport, allows the company to provide services for the standard and complete inspection of wheelsets of traction rolling stock, their parts and components.
The list of services includes:
— complete inspection of wheelsets with revision of axle boxes, replacement of the solid-rolled wheels and axle gears;
— standard survey of wheelsets with reprofiling of the wheel's rolling surface and revision of the axle box.
«VKM» LLC (Staryj Oskol town) provides the maintenance of traction rolling stock at its own production facilities.
The depot is equipped with the necessary equipment to perform all types of repair works and works on restoration the locomotive's standard operational performances.
Services include the replacement and repair of worn parts, partial modernization of equipment, as well as the complete replacement of worn parts and restoration of operational characteristics of traction rolling stock.
Rail Service is a holding company, the structure of which includes: VKM LLC (Stary Oskol), VRZ JSC (Sterlitamak), Wagon Repair Plant Zavyazovskoye LLC (Nizhny Tagil), RVK LLC (Bogotol), Wagon Repair Center LLC (Abdulino), Garant Rail Service LLC (Moscow), NovoTechRail LLC (Novozybkov), Allegro LLC (Verkhnyaya Salda). The holding companies provide a range of services for repair and maintenance of freight wagons, locomotives, tank containers and also produce spare parts.
2 300
total number of employees
railways in the geography of service provision
70 000
wagon repairs per year
100 000
wheelsets formed a year
production volume of finished wanog axles per year
VKM LLC: Wagon repair company in Stary Oskol. It provides services for repair of freight wagon wheelsets and traction electrical equipment, formation of freight wagon wheelsets, repair of freight wagons, cutting wagons into scrap metal and provision of railway tracks for wagon storage.
VRZ. STERLITAMAKVRZ JSC: Wagon repair plant in the Ural-Volga region (Sterlitamak). It provides services for freight cars repair, repair and formation of freight cars wheelsets, repair and inspection of tank containers, washing and degassing of tank cars, cutting of freight cars. The company also provides its own railway tracks for storing wagons.
WAGON REPAIR PLANT ZAVYAZOVSKOYE. NIZHNY TAGILWagon Repair Plant Zavyazovskoe LLC: a wagon repair company in Nizhny Tagil. It provides services for depot and current repairs of freight cars, their components and parts. The company also provides its own ways for storing cars.
RVK. BOGOTOLRVK LLC: the wagon repair plant in Krasnoyarsk region. It provides services for depot and current repairs of freight cars, wheelsets formation and steam-cleaning of tank cars.
WAGON REPAIR CENTER. ABDULINOWRC LLC: the wagon repair plant is located in Orenburg region. It provides services for repair of all types of freight railcars and wheelsets formation.
GARANT RAIL SERVICE. MOSCOWGRS LLC: a service company that provides a range of services for organizing and supporting the full cycle of repair of freight wagons, as well as for supplying spare parts and components in the Russian Federation, the CIS countries and the Baltic States. The company provides an opportunity to organize the repair of freight wagons online through the Vagonmaster Internet platform.
NOVOTECHRAIL. NOVOZIBKOV
NovoTechRail LLC: a joint venture between GRS and TransFin-M located in the Bryansk region (Novozybkov). Machine-building plant for the production of freight wagons, spare parts and components for them.
ALLEGRO. VERKHNYAYA SALDA
Allegro LLC: a joint venture between the EVRAZ Group and Rail Service. It carries out the construction of a plant for solid-rolled railway wheels with a production capacity of 200 thousand units in the special economic zone Titanium Valley. The first production is scheduled for early 2023.
CHARITABLE FOUNDATION SCARLET SAILSThe foundation provides comprehensive assistance to social support institutions and protection of citizens in need, children from orphanages and residential care homes, the disabled, low-income and large families. It also carries out works on reconstruction and restoration of Orthodox churches and adjacent areas.
In 2023, after a three-year break, the Rail Service Group revived the tradition of holding the annual business regatta SSW (Spring Sailing Week) among companies of the railway industry and related areas.
This year the competitions were held from 27 to 3 June in Turkey. The sailing race was attended by 12 corporate teams, including companies of the Rail Service Group, as well as railway rolling stock operators, wagon repair enterprises, representatives of the banking sector, manufacturers of solid-rolled railway wheels, representatives of the port business and a trading company.
For the first time, the regatta was held in 2018 in Croatia with 7 teams, now their number has almost doubled. Among the crews there were both experienced participants and complete newcomers. The races were held in two divisions - Bavaria 46 and Hanse 445, each of which had a winner.
SSW perfectly combines sports and business. Guests get a lot of unforgettable impressions, sports drive, and informal business acquaintances develop into effective business partnerships. The participants of the regatta note that such events contribute to effective networking in the best possible way. In addition, in yachting, as in a successful business, interaction within the team is essential. Only efficient communication, coherence of actions and understanding of responsibility by each participant lead to the result. In other words, events of this kind are not just the promotion of amateur sailing, but rather a tool for business development, exchange of professional experience, strengthening business ties and, of course, an effective team building method.
It is worth mentioning that each team practically proved their readiness to fight to the end under any conditions. Despite torn sails, winches that went out of order and even a cable wound around a screw, the participants did not lose their feeling of fellowship and team fighting spirit, confidently overcoming all obstacles.
According to the results of four racing days in the Bavaria 46 division, the combined team of Sergey Gushchin took the first place in a tense struggle. In all fairness, it has to be added that this is the first victory in three years for the team of the entrepreneur and the ideological inspirer of the business regatta. The second place went to the Wagon-Wheeled Workshop from Stary Oskol, the bronze medals were taken by the team of the trading company OWLL from Dubai.
In the Hanse 445 division, the team of Garant Rail Service won a landslide victory, the Partners company combined team, which consisted of representatives of the banking sector, won the silver medal, and the team of Rail Service employees won the bronze medal.
Sergey Gushchin commented on this event in the following way: “The sail is the force that moves us forward, this is our team that helps us develop an unusually high speed. If we skillfully manage this sail, if we are together with the team, side by side and at the same time, then we win in any race, in any battle and in any conditions.
Yachting undoubtedly allows all participants to reveal their talents and the best human qualities that are required not only at sea, but also in business - courage, endurance, unity. At this time, you understand the true value of the team and its well-coordinated work”.
Rail Service plans to continue and develop the tradition of holding a regatta, to attract new partners and members of the railway business community.