FPC’s investment appeal
- Monopolistic position in the long-distance rail passenger transportation market in Russia.
- Low competition in the domestic rail passenger transportation market from international companies due to challenges in entering the Russian market.
- The Company’s high social and strategic importance for the state as the main transport operator for long- and medium-distance travel covering most of Russia, including regions with extreme climatic and natural conditions which lack road transport infrastructure.
- Strategic importance for the implementation of long-term objectives of state-owned RZD Holding.
- State regulation of fares for long-distance passenger transportation, and income loss compensation paid by the state.
- Conservative financial policy and low debt level.
- High potential growth of population mobility.
- Railway passenger services to support major passenger flows in Russia.
Key indicators
| Indicators | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2016/2015, % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passenger turnover, billion passenger-kilometres | 94.6 | 86.1 | 89.5 | 103.9 |
| on trains made up by FPC | 87.5 | 81.1 | 85.1 | 104.8 |
| deregulated segment | 28.7 | 24.2 | 26.0 | 107.2 |
| domestic traffic | 25.2 | 22.7 | 24.3 | 107.1 |
| interstate traffic | 3.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 108.2 |
| regulated segment | 58.8 | 56.9 | 59.1 | 103.8 |
| on trains made up in the CIS and Baltic states | 7.1 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 89.2 |
| Passengers carried, million people | 98.7 | 91.3 | 93.8 | 102.7 |
| deregulated segment | 35.9 | 30.3 | 31.1 | 102.5 |
| regulated segment | 62.8 | 60.9 | 62.7 | 102.9 |
| Average number of carriages in a train, carriages | 13.0 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 100.0 |