{"id":108310,"date":"2024-08-15T18:54:45","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T08:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=55372"},"modified":"2024-08-15T18:54:45","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T08:54:45","slug":"russian-rail-faces-collapse-after-ukraines-kursk-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=108310","title":{"rendered":"Russian rail faces collapse after Ukraine\u2019s Kursk invasion"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ukraine\u2019s surprise invasion of the Russian Kursk region has not left the latter’s rail untouched. The attack led to rail congestion in the area, and now Kursk and surrounding areas are no longer accepting freight trains coming in from Belarus.<\/strong>
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The Ukrainian incursion into the Kursk region has prompted Russia to move soldiers from all over the country to contain the Ukrainian advance, says the Belarusian Railway Workers Association (BelZhD). The inflow of soldiers to the new front by train has overcrowded stations in the region. For that reason, Russian Railways (RZD) says it can no longer accept freight trains<\/a> coming in from Belarus in the direction of the Smolensk and Kursk regions.<\/p>\n

RZD notified its Belarusian counterparts about the infrastructure overload, according to BelZhD. Russian Railways put the measure in place on 12 August with no end date mentioned, which likely means Moscow itself does not mean when it can resolve the issues.<\/p>\n

Shortages once again hinder RZD<\/h2>\n

BelZhD says that Russia used a significant part of the Moscow Railway locomotive fleet to move its military to Kursk, as soldiers are even taken from the country\u2019s most remote regions. However, there are now many abandoned trains waiting to be taken elsewhere. A shortage of locomotives and drivers hampers RZD\u2019s ability to do so.<\/p>\n