The Far Eastern project was completed successfully

The Stalin Tunnel is open after a large-scale modernization. The ceremony dedicated to the commissioning of the facility took place in the capital of Primorye on June 21. Participants in the celebration met the first train passing through the updated tunnel.

The ceremonial meeting was held at the southern portal of the tunnel. The ceremony opened with the anthem of the Russian Federation. Then from the stage there were congratulations from the head of the Far Eastern Railway Nikolai Maklygin, the governor of the Primorsky Territory Oleg Kozhemyako, the head of the Vladivostok administration Oleg Gumenyuk and the general director of Mosmetrostroy JSC Sergei Zhukov.

– After three years of reconstruction, we are opening the Stalin Tunnel in full. I am grateful to the management of the Far Eastern Railway and Mosmetrostroy for the timely and high-quality work that they completed in a fairly short time. This work will evoke respect and gratitude from the residents of Vladivostok,” noted the head of the region.

The governor emphasized that for the capital of Primorye, railway transport is of great importance. This is more than 70% of cargo turnover and 30% of passenger traffic in the city, Kozhemyako specified.

To the sound of fanfare, those who made a special contribution to the modernization of the tunnel were awarded. The personalized watch of the General Director of Russian Railways was presented to the head of a separate structural division of Mosmetrostroy, Yuri Prokaev, and the General Director of MMC International, Denis Chumachenko. Mikhail Belenky, Deputy General Director of Mosmetrostroy, was awarded the gratitude of the General Director of Russian Railways. Also, a number of other employees were noted with thanks, certificates of honor and badges.

The General Director of Mosmetrostroy, while addressing the audience, thanked the customer for the entrusted work.

– We were doubly pleased to return here, because in the distant 30s our predecessors participated in the construction of the tunnel. Therefore, we could not help but take on this project and showed exactly what we had to,” assured Zhukov

Then the “March of the Railway Workers” sounded, and the guests greeted the first train that passed through the tunnel after the opening with applause.

With the completion of modernization, the movement of passenger electric trains resumed here. The Mys Churkin, Maltsevskaya, and Lugovaya platforms are operating again. Now it has become easier for local residents to get from the remote Pervomaisky district to the city center.

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The modernization project started in the summer of 2016 and was completed 2 years 10 months later. On the renovation of the Tunnel named after. Stalin, MMC International specialists worked, attracting local qualified engineering and technical personnel. During the modernization process, the soil mass was secured, degradation processes in the lining were stopped, leaks were suppressed, expansion joints were insulated and the entire tunnel was waterproofed. Without reducing its dimensions, with the help of innovative technologies they created a multi-layer lining from modern materials. Communications and paths were also updated, the adit was repaired.

Mosmetrostroy management against the backdrop of the restored southern portal. From left to right: head of a separate structural division of Mosmetrostroy Yuri Prokaev, general director of Mosmetrostroy JSC Sergey Zhukov, general director of MMS International Denis Chumachenko, adviser to the general director of Mosmetrostroy Alexander Terentyev, deputy general director of Mosmetrostroy Mikhail Belenky. Last on the right is the head of the customer's Khabarovsk group for the construction of railway transport facilities, Vladimir Rybakov