OREANDA-NEWS. On 29 June 2009 was announced, that a new railway line and Peredatochnaya station were opened on 23 June, 2009, at Thermal Power Station No.10 controlled by JSC Irkutskenergo

The construction of the railway lines is one of the main goals of the 2009 investment programme launched by the company. Irkutskenergo has invested 439.8m roubles in it with the payback period of about six years.

On 19 June the committee that included the specialists of JSC Irkutskenergo, inspection bodies, the representatives of the Federal Service for Railroad Transport and the representatives of Russian Railroads OJSC (abbreviated as ‘RZhD’ in Russian) signed the resolution to launch the railroad line in permanent operation.

This is the first project that the Company launched during the last twenty years. In 2006 the top management of JSC Irkutskenergo decided that it was necessary to construct its own entrance routes to Thermal Power Station No.10. Due to the opening of a new road the station could abandon the services provided by its reseller – Angara Building Administration OJSC - and to reduce twice the costs for transportation of fuel when preparing for a regular heating season. Irkutskzheldorproject, an Irkutsk design institute, made a research on whether it was possible to build the routes and the substation there. In 2007, after the project had been approved, the institute workers started executing the work project. The winner of the tender – Building Diversified Enterprise-623 ltd (abbreviated as SMP-621 ltd in Russian) - became their contractor. In order to reduce costs for delivery of fuel to Thermal Power Station No.10 the top management of JSC Irkutskenergo decided to purchase from Angara Building Administration OJSC three deteriorated railway lines and construct Peredatochnaya substation with three receiving-departure lines on this site. They concluded a transaction in March 2008.

It was originally planned to finish the construction in twenty-two months, but the workers managed to speed up the process and finish their work in fifteen months. The total length of the newly constructed and reconstructed lines is 9.7 km. The station has all necessary equipment: a modern operating panel for the interlocked points system; a fire control system, an air-blasting system that removes snow from the points, a device for fixing breaks and pumping down the brake fluid, and a weighbridge. Besides, the station has a reliable power supply and modern modes of communication.