United Wagon Company will deliver of a total of 1,000 grain hopper cars to the ASTON Group, one of Russia's leading manufacturers of food and food ingredients, and the rail operator MRT. The 19-9549 hopper car is equipped with 25-tonne axle load bogies and has body space of 120 m³, which enables the transport of goods using its full payload capacity of 76 tonnes. The hopper car has also an increased maintenance intervals up to 1 million km or 8 years.
Andrey Galaburdin,
Procurement Director at ASTON Group:
ASTON is a major agricultural producer cultivating grains, pulses and oil crops on its fields, as well as buying products from local farmers. In our business, it is very important to consider environmental safety and environmental neutrality, so the company pays special attention to logistics, optimising transport routes and shortening the supply chains. The acquisition of such a large batch of rail rolling stock will enable us to increase cargo turnover while reducing the carbon footprint, as well as to develop cooperation with agricultural producers in different regions.
