theme 11.05.1999 (1999)

The program epigraph is a video: The hall of the main computing center of the Ministry of Railways of the Russian Federation, the presenter talks about the length of the country's railways, engravings, drawings and photographs of the first steam locomotives and carriages of Russia, a map of the railways of Tsarist Russia, a steam locomotive in motion, portraits of the heads of the Russian railways Elizarov Mark, Krasin Leonid, Lev Trotsky, Dzerzhinsky Felix, Kaganovich Lazar, workers assemble rails, a modern railway freight train.

The topic of the program is "Railways".

There is no person in our country who has not used the services of the railway at least once in his life.

For many, electric trains and trains have become a home.

How does our railway transport live today, can it compete with new technologies on the threshold of the twenty-first century?

The host of the program talks about this with Besedin Ivan - First Deputy Minister of Railways, Shataev Valery - Head of the Department of Passenger Transportation, Parchinsky Evgeny - a driver of the Sverdlovsk Railway, Hero of Russia.

Besedin Ivan answers the question whether railway transport has lagged behind other types of transport in the world, what is the future of the railway in the twenty-first century.

Besedin Ivan talks about the state of railways in Russia.

Besedin Ivan answers the question whether the crisis has affected the railway industry.

Besedin Ivan talks about the rolling stock and the level of service competitive with air transportation, the level and quality of passenger cars, the created Russian electric train, domestic traction rolling stock.

Shataev Valery answers the question whether suburban passenger transportation will be reduced.

Shataev Valery says that the motivation and need for travel from the suburbs to the cities has changed.

Shataev Valery says that now electric trains will adapt to passengers.

Valery Shatayev says that this summer passengers will see new commuter trains.

Video: People on the platform of the station, view of trains standing on the tracks and people in the building of the Kazansky railway station in Moscow, a loader with a trolley of luggage, a diesel locomotive moving towards the camera, seats in an electric train, a notice board, a toilet in an electric train.

Gennady Fadeyev - Head of the Moscow Railway, talks about passenger transportation in the Moscow region.

A rushing electric train, cars flashing by.

The presenter talks about the level of service for servicing passengers with food in restaurant cars and at stations, asks what changes have appeared or not in this direction.

Valery Shatayev says that people are afraid to go to restaurant cars and now food is delivered to seats in the car.

Valery Shatayev talks about service on the railway.

Video "Railway Tales": Writer Arkady Inin in a carriage compartment talks about communication between people on the train.

Station platform, the train is leaving.

Valery Shatayev answers the question of what the railway management is doing in preparation for the summer season and the increase in passenger flow.

Valery Shatayev says that delays of Russian commuter trains occur much less frequently than abroad and cites positive statistics.

Valery Shatayev talks about how the ministry manages to maintain transportation tariffs and not raise prices.

Valery Shatayev talks about preferential tariffs for groups of citizens, lowering tariffs and increasing freight traffic.

Video: The building of the Ministry of Railways of Russia in Moscow, the sign "Ministry of Railways of the Russian Federation", the Coat of Arms of Russia, the meeting room in the Ministry of Railways.

Nikolay Malakhov talks about the work of railway workers during the winter season in the Arkhangelsk Region.

Journalists with cameras.

Officials of the Ministry of Railways at the meeting.

Alexander Lebed talks from the podium about the work of the Ministry of Railways.

Camera operators with television cameras at the meeting.

Valery Shatayev answers the question of how to deal with fare dodgers on the railway.

Shataev Valery, that with the help of compensations from the subjects of the Federation it is possible to ensure free transportation of some categories of passengers.

Besedin Ivan talks about the railway transportation of raw materials along the Baikal-Amur Mainline.

Video: Chronicle of the construction of the BAM, laying the track, a car with a poster "Youth is building BAM", workers lay the track, a track-laying crane, a rail with the inscription "Golden Rail", a diesel locomotive goes on the rails, a celebration of the construction of a station on the BAM, girls with a loaf of "Bread and Salt", a railway worker accepts "Bread and Salt".

Besedin Ivan talks about the ranks in the Ministry of Railways and what military ranks they correspond to.

Shataev Valery answers the question in which regions and cities there are subsidies for travel on commuter trains.

Video "Railway Tales": Writer Inin Arkady tells travel jokes in a train compartment.

The station platform, the train leaves.

Parchinsky Evgeny, a diesel locomotive driver and Hero of the Russian Federation, talks about his feat.

Parchinsky Evgeny talks about how, with his skillful actions and assistant driver Zadvornykh Yu.V., they prevented the death of train passengers (more than 200 people) and prevented a possible explosion of a nearby oil pipeline.

The presenter sends greetings to assistant driver Zadvornykh Yu.V. The presenter talks about the Gudok newspaper.

Andreeva Tamara Sergeevna, a journalist, talks about the Gudok newspaper, its subscribers and the popularity of the publication.

Video "Railway Tales": Writer Inin Arkady tells travel jokes in a train compartment.

The station platform, the train is leaving.

Chukhnyuk Elena Mironovna, a Hero of Socialist Labor, talks about her work during the war.

Berezovsky Efim Matveevich, a Hero of the Soviet Union, talks about his work in transport for over forty years.

The model orchestra of the Ministry of Railways performs, artistic director Rybnikov Stanislav Vladimirovich.

The host says goodbye to the audience.

Video: View of trains standing on the tracks and people in the building of the Kazansky railway station in Moscow, conductors check a ticket from a passenger, passengers at a passenger carriage on the platform, a carriage departs from the platform, conductors' flags in the doors of the carriage.