page_title: Russian Railways
section_title: Suburban passenger companies
hierarchical_section_title: Russian Railways / Activities / Suburban passenger companies
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Торжественный запуск электропоезда "Ласточка" по маршруту СПб-Выборг 2 сентября 2015 года.
context_page_description: Russian Railways is a Russian fully state-owned vertically integrated railway company, both managing infrastructure and operating freight and passenger train services.
  The company was established on September 18, 2003, when a decree was passed to separate the railways from the Ministry of Railways of the Russian Federation. RZD is based in Moscow at Novaya Basmannaya str., 2. The operating units of the central part of the staff are at Kalanchevskaya str., 35.
  Railways in Crimea are controlled by Crimea Railway, a separate company.
context_section_description: Since 2009, the company is not a direct carrier of suburban passengers. Suburban transport is now operated by passenger companies founded by the executive agencies of the Russian Federation, Russian Railways and private investors. As of 2016, there are 25 suburban passenger companies (SPC), and Russian Railways owns a majority stake in 19 of them.
  Especially for the SPC a zero tariff for the use of railway infrastructure was introduced. Russian Railways receives 25 billion rubles subsidies as compensation annually from the State. Commuter traffic in the whole network increased in 2011 on 5.6% and is about 878.33 million people. Passenger turnover rail in the Russian regions ranges from 5% to 30% in total passenger traffic.
caption: RZD staff at the launch of the Lastochka train on the St. Petersburg-Vyborg route
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