On March 17, 2022, Lengiprotrans JSC (part of the 1520 Group of Companies) received a positive opinion from the FAI Glavgosexpertiza of Russia on the project "Murmansk — Petrozavodsk, construction of a second public railway. Station Sosnowiec Oktyabrskaya railway."
The Sosnovets intermediate station is located on the Belomorsk — Idel single-track section with double-track inserts of the Murmansk — Volkhovstroy main line. The project documentation provides for the reconstruction of the main and receiving-departure tracks with their extension to a usable length of at least 1050 m and the laying of new turnouts. The project also includes the construction of a new CBI post with EC-EM microprocessor interlocking station equipment, a heating point for track fitters, noise barriers and other railway infrastructure facilities.
Design management was carried out by the Chief project engineer of the Hubs and stations Department Evgeny Vladimirovich Ivanov. The developer and source of financing is Russian Railways JSC.
Implementation of the investment project "Murmansk — Petrozavodsk, construction of the second public railway" will ensure the passage of a estimated cargo flow to the operating and under construction ports of the northern part of the Kola Peninsula.
