More than 450 km of railway tracks were restored by military railway workers

More than 450 km of railway tracks were restored by military railway workers

During the special military operation, servicemen of the railway troops of the Center group of forces restored railway traffic on sections with a total length of more than 450 kilometers of railway tracks, and also restored 12 small and medium bridges.

Servicemen of the railway troops, under conditions of constant risk to life, perform tasks on technical reconnaissance and restoration of assigned railway sections, escort of military trains and transports, control and holding of territory as part of rifle companies, as well as rigging work. In addition, combined units of the railway troops of the Center group of forces perform tasks on evacuation and redeployment of military equipment in the special operation zone.

During the work, servicemen of the engineering and sapper units, using the latest mine detectors Korshun and unmanned aerial vehicles, conduct engineering reconnaissance of sections of the restored railway track. Engineering reconnaissance is carried out for the presence of explosive devices and unexploded ordnance, in the event of detection of which, they are destroyed at a special training ground or on site. After that, military railway workers carry out work to prepare sections of the tracks for laying the track grid, straightening and balancing the tracks, as well as installing dead-end stops and restoring turnouts.

The safety of personnel during operations is ensured by counter-drone countermeasures crews, armed with smoothbore and anti-drone guns, as well as electronic warfare crews with special electromagnetic interference equipment. In addition, military railway workers are armed with a special train, the Yenisei, whose capabilities allowed them to escort more than 200 military trains and about 100 military transports with ammunition, military equipment and fuel and lubricants in the special operation zone.

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