Year of Family at Russian Railways

GRI 3–3

These measures covered our employees, their family members, Russian Railways’ retirees, and people using Russian Railways’ social infrastructure (sports facilities, cultural centres, outpatient clinics, children’s recreational camps, health resorts, etc.).

Main Year of the Family initiatives

Promoting physical exercise:

• family fitness tours;
• sports festivals, family healthy lifestyle festivals;
• online training.

Raising cultural awareness:

• My Family creative contest among pre‑school children;
• mass cultural events to celebrate the all‑Russian Day of Family, Love and Faithfulness;
• family recreation programme as part of the Russia Worth Seeing project – family tourist routes.

Enhancing infrastructure:

• a sports centre opened in the Mayevo holiday hotel after overhaul;
• the Nadezhda health resort overhauled, with rooms and common facilities modernised;
• accessible environment created at a health resort in Smolensk;
• accessible environment created at the Beryozovaya Roshcha holiday hotel offering medical treatment;
• 67 events organised for certain categories of the disabled.

Supporting multi‑child families:

• travel expenses for return flights compensated for employees’ multi‑child families travelling to health resorts in southern Russia;
• priority access for vouchers to Russian Railways’ health and recreation facilities given to children from multi‑child families;
• 100 bonus points awarded for multi‑child family status within the bonus package.

Railway worker families’ traditions:

• Unified Register of Railway Worker Dynasties developed (1,700 dynasties);
• family sports festivals LocoFamily and fitness and sports event Family Olympics held;
• Clean Baikal Shores family volunteering campaign organised;
• Family Days held in Goodness Station railway workers’ social initiative centres;
• as part of the Giving Hope to Children project, 40 fundraising campaigns organised to help Russian Railways’ employees’ children.

Travel with Children initiative:

In 2024, Russian Railways for the first time introduced compensation for travel expenses for multi‑child families with children up to 18 years of age travelling to Russian health resorts.