Loading on the Russian Railways network in January-October 2026 fell by 0.8% to 920 million tons compared to a year earlier. This is stated in the company's message.
Cargo turnover increased by 1.1% and amounted to 2.08 trillion tariff tonne-kilometers.
Loading on the Russian Railways network in October 2026 amounted to 95.6 million tons, which is 1.4% less than in the same period of 2025. Cargo turnover increased by 2.5% and amounted to 218.3 billion tariff tonne-kilometers.
At the end of the month, loading of metallurgical cargoes increased significantly, including ferrous metals — by 8.7%, non—ferrous ore — by 9.8%, coke - by 21.1% and scrap metal — by 22.5%. In addition, shipments of cement by rail increased by 9% and chemicals by 9.4%.
Among the railways, the increase in loading was provided by Kuibyshevskaya — by 22.1%, Zabaikalskaya — by 13.9%, Oktyabrskaya — by 5.6%, Far East — by 5.1%, Gorkovskaya — by 4.7%.
JSC "Russian Railways" (TIN 7708503727) was established on October 1, 2003 on the basis of the Ministry of Railways. The state owns 100% of the company's shares.
According to RA AK&M, by the end of 2024, Russian Railways are among the leaders in the social efficiency rating of the largest Russian companies.
Russian Railways' RAS net profit for 2025 increased by 1.4% to 14.1 billion rubles from 13.8 billion rubles a year earlier. EBITDA amounted to 984.2 billion rubles with an increase of 16.3%.
Russian Railways' financial expenses in 2025 amounted to 534.1 billion rubles, which is why net profit for 2025 under IFRS decreased to 2.3 billion rubles from 50.7 billion rubles in 2024. Revenue from passenger transportation increased by 13% to RUB 473.1 billion.
