In accordance with the Programme for the Structural Reform of Railway Transport, JSC FPC was set up as a national integrated long-distance rail carrier, with the aim of improving passenger rail service efficiency, while ensuring an adequate level of transparency, corporate governance and state control.
The company views its mission as being to improve the quality of life, by making train travel as safe, accessible and comfortable as possible for its passengers.
JSC FPC’s development strategy was approved on June 28 2012 by the JSC FPC Board of Directors.
Reduced compensation for JSC FPC losses from the state regulation of tariffs for long-distance passenger rail services in the second-class sleeper and standard rail carriages, tasks the company with reducing its dependence on state policy decisions, regarding the allocation of subsidies.
“We improve the quality of life by making your trip as safe, accessible and comfortable as possible”
The JSC FPC strategic management system defines the company’s key strategic objectives, on which the company’s strategic management procedure is based. A functional diagram of this is shown below.
The Holding has established the following key targets (benchmarks) with regard to company business activity based on the base-case development scenario (actual and target benchmark values are listed below in the subsection ‘Results of implementing the company’s strategic objectives in 2013 and plans for next year):
JSC FPC strategy envisages implementing the following strategic projects, which are on a par with the benchmark figures established in line with JSC FPC development strategy to 2013 (approved by the JSC FPC Board of Directors on June 28 2012).
JSC FPC will implement these strategic projects, regardless of the economic development scenario; only the scale of the projects to be implemented and the resources required may differ. The strategic projects will help to increase JSC FPC’s positive cash flow amounts from the company’s operations in all possible scenarios.
The company’s business activity as a national passenger rail carrier and the ‘face’ of the ‘Russian Railways’ holding (hereafter referred to as the Holding), is aimed at meeting the requirements of innovative, socially-oriented, economic and social development in competitive, quality transport services, suggesting extensive JSC FPC involvement in deciding state objectives, as follows.
Providing the conditions for economic growth, increased competitiveness of the national economy and improved quality of life
Improving the geographical and technological accessibility of transport services, generating regional economic and social development
Providing the bulk property and assets of a transport service, thereby having a direct impact on the efficiency of the country’s economic ties, both inside Russia and abroad, as well as being able to move all sectors of the country’s population to meet manufacturing, industrial and social needs
Reducing the cost and increasing the speed of services on long-distance forms of transport, bringing the country’s remote areas closer together and improving the quality of life and degree of business activity for the country’s population, as well as enhancing the country’s territorial and regional unity and creating more favourable conditions for the fulfilment of potential economic and social opportunities in every region of Russia
Improving the level of quality for a national transport service: service promptness and regularity, and the safety and environmental credentials of long-distance passenger travel
