Russian Railways plans to expand the capacity of railway approaches to the ports of the Azov-Black Sea basin to 150 million tons by 2030. Prior to this, the nearest plan was 131 million tons by 2025. Analysts note that the load on railways in the southern direction is growing due to both increased demand from shippers and growing competition from passenger traffic. Kommersant's interlocutors in the industry believe that even 150 million tons is not enough, and assure that by 2030 more than 200 million tons of throughput capacity are needed.

The next stage in the development of approaches to the ports of the Azov-Black Sea Basin may be an increase in their carrying capacity by 2030 to 150 million tons. This was announced by Deputy General Director of Russian Railways Andrey Makarov, who oversees the construction complex in the monopoly.

"According to the instructions that the government gives, we are now developing with the IEDT Institute according to the action plan, so that by 2030 it will be 150 million tons - this is the target bar, which we have," he said. "Two years ago it was less than 100 million tons."

This figure, he explained, is considered in the context of the revision of the long-term development program of Russian Railways, which the company plans to submit by the end of the year. The current plan calls for reaching 131 million tons of carrying capacity by 2025.

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