Weekly Rail Market Review.
November 5-11, 2026.
1. network map
In October, Russian Railways loaded 95.6 million tons (-1.4% year-on-year), and cargo turnover increased by 2.5%. Russian Railways attributes this to the increase in transportation range. Against the background of a general decrease, the load increased on Kuibyshevskaya (+22.1%), Zbaikalskaya (+13.9%), Oktyabrskaya (+5.6%) and the Far East (+5.1%).:chatgpt-content-reference{index="0"}.
2. Cars.
The most tense situation is with grain carriers on certain export routes. Diverting part of the grain south to the Baltic region lengthened the flights and slowed down the return of the wagons. Fares for gondola cars with increased carrying capacity have risen more markedly than for standard ones. In the wagon sector, market participants indicate additional demand for cargo transportation.:chatgpt-content-reference{index="1"}.
3. containers.
In the months of January-September, 5.91 million TEU (+4.9%) were transported through the Russian railway network, including loaded and empty containers. Imports increased by 23.7%, local transport - by 0.1%, transit - by 1.1%, exports decreased by 2.1%. In September, the total volume increased by 7.2%, to 652 thousand TEU.:chatgpt-content-reference{index="2"}.
4. Gambling.
October market indices per car per day - a grain car is about 3,200 ₽ compared to less than 2,000 ₽ in August, a regular gondola car is 1,400–1,500 ₽, a regular covered car is about 2,500 ₽. Regulated freight rates of Russian railways have been added to the index by 8.5% since October 1st. According to Wellgo estimates from November 10, a shipment of 40′ HC via the Far East may increase in price by 50-80 thousand rubles by December.:chatgpt-content-reference{index="3"}.
5. Rail transportation of LPG and LNG.
LPG (propane-butane). According to VRail data, in the first half of the year 6.79 million tons (-6.6%) were loaded into special tank cars. Separately, for exports by all means of transport, Petromarket registered 185.3 thousand tons to Georgia and Armenia in total (+29%).
LNG (liquefied natural gas). Yakutia and Transbaikalia agreed to make deliveries by train. 175 thousand.