Suburban passenger company PPK "Chernozemye": employee reviews

2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16

What do you imagine when it comes to the railroad? Warm and cozy carriages, where smiling employees always ready to render a service work? Or dirty, uncomfortable vehicles maintained by mean and disrespectful workers?

Most likely, it is unrealistic to find an ideal transport carrier now, but you can contact JSC PPK Chernozemye, which specializes in the transportation of passengers by commuter rail. What is this enterprise? What is its history and current activity? What do the employees' reviews about the Chernozemye PPK, as well as the responses of passengers and customers, testify to? Let's find out.

Some statistics

This enterprise (the full name is the suburban passenger company (PPC) Chernozemye) provides services for the transportation of passengers and their luggage by rail in the following regions: Kursk, Voronezh, Tambov, Lipetsk, Belgorod and Penza. As we see, inthe scope of the company's activities turned out to be six territorial subjects of the Russian Federation. In addition, since the summer of 2015, Chernozemye has been providing services to residents of the Saratov region (according to an agency agreement with OJSC Saratovskaya PPK).

According to official information, this railway company serves more than 26 thousand passengers every day. Thus, rolling stock in the amount of 160 units is used daily.

To improve transport links and customer service, three production areas were organized: Michurinsky, Voronezh and Belgorod.

How did the activities of the PPK “Chernozemye” begin? Let's find out.

A bit of historical information

JSC PPK "Chernozemye" was created on the basis of the open joint stock company "Russian Railways" and officially registered at the end of December 2010. Thus, already four months later, the company was issued a license as a permit for rail passenger transportation in its region. Three months later, another license was issued to expand the territorial scope.

As you can see, the company is relatively young, but this does not affect the quality of services provided.

Some more official information

At the moment, Vitaly Ivanovich Shulgin holds the post of General Director of the Chernozemye PPK.

The legal address of the company and its actual location are the same andis listed at the address: Russian Federation, Voronezh region, city of Voronezh, 104 B (to be more precise - non-residential built-in premises I in lit. 1A), office No 915.

Head office

According to the feedback from employees, JSC PPK Chernozemye in Voronezh oversees the activities of the enterprise on the territory of all six regions. Also, the head office of the company performs other important work. For example, the Chernozemye PPK in Voronezh not only organizes the transportation of passengers and their luggage, but also carries out technological control and analysis of the equipment used, and also conducts financial and economic calculations. An important role in the activities of the head office is the control over the safety and labor protection of workers and passengers, as well as the work of the training center, staff development and communication with local authorities and the media.

According to numerous reviews, the activities of a trade union organization are carried out in the Chernozemye PEC in Voronezh. This institution is designed to defend the rights of workers and employees and promote their safe and fulfilling work.

Thanks to the PPK “Chernozemye” trade union, it became possible to openly resolve issues and disagreements between management and subordinates. Relations between employees and the employer are regulated by the Collective Agreement of the enterprise.

Let's look at the production characteristics of the Chernozemye PPK.

Used transport

According to the feedback from employees, the company uses leased rolling stock, represented by such vehiclesmeans:

1. ED9M is an AC electric train produced at the Demikhov Machine-Building Plant specifically for the railways of the former USSR in the period from 1995 to 2016. The design speed of the train is 130 km/h, the main composition is nine-car (the total length of the electric machine can be almost two hundred meters), the number of seats is 2251. This train runs on the road section of Voronezh-Gryazi and Voronezh-Liski.
2. ED4M is a DC electric train with a total of ten cars. The salons are equipped with fluorescent lamps and an information board. An electric machine connects the railway tracks between Belgorod and Kursk.
3. ER9T, ED9T and ER9PK are old-style rolling stock that operate on electrified sections of the railway in the Penza, Belgorod and Saratov regions.
4. RA1 and RA2 are railroad buses running between Michurinsk and Tambov, Voronezh-Kursky and Kastorny. ChMEZ and TEP70 diesel locomotives (with wooden benches in the cars). They can also follow the route of communication: Embankment-Stary Oskol, Ryazhsk-Morshansk and others.

Cost of services

This important issue worries many passengers of the domestic railway. At the PPK "Chernozemye", as well as at many other similar enterprises, zonal payment for travel and baggage services is carried out. That is, the fare for zone 1 is equal to ten passenger kilometers. The fixed cost is determined by regional institutions independently.

How much will you have to payof their hard-earned money to residents of regions that are in the service sector of the Chernozemye PPK? According to the latest data, for residents of the Belgorod and Tambov regions, there is a tariff of sixteen Russian rubles per zone. Citizens of the Lipetsk region will pay a little more for a similar service - 17.5 rubles. For passengers from the Voronezh, Kursk and Saratov regions, the fare for one zone will cost nineteen rubles. Residents of the Penza region can use the most expensive transport. They will have to pay 20 rubles for a similar service.

Of course, in this payment there are all sorts of nuances and even discounts. Employees of the company promptly notify customers of their appearance and expiration dates.

As a rule, cash desks selling travel documents can be found at the railway stations of all five regions under the auspices of the Chernozemye PPK. Their employees will advise you in detail before buying a ticket, talking about profitable promotions and offers, train schedules, etc.

Fighting "hares"

Yes, for some time now, the company's management has introduced measures to identify those who carry out ticketless travel by transport of the Chernozemye PPK. For example, employees of the railway institution, together with employees of the transport police and the prosecutor's office, carry out raids to catch unscrupulous passengers.

Automatic turnstiles are also being introduced into use, installed at the entrances of some stations (for example, Mashket station and Ostrozhka station), through which you can only pass withfreshly purchased ticket.

Moreover, inspectors run around the cars, checking travel documents and selling tickets to those who forgot or did not specifically purchase them at the ticket offices. In this case, the markup for dishonesty will be equal to 60 rubles of overpayment.

At some major stations, for example, Voronezh-1 or Berezovaya Roshcha, the so-called platform control is carried out, when two controllers check passengers' boarding passes immediately before entering the car.

All these measures, according to the opinion of the employees of the Chernozemye PPK, significantly improved the situation with non-payers, thanks to which even more money began to fall into the cash desk of the enterprise, which can be used to increase the wages of railway employees or improve the quality of transport provided services.

Building public relations

The purpose of this railway company is to provide residents of five regions of the Russian Federation with comfortable suburban transportation. To do this, the management of the enterprise always goes to meet people, wanting to provide them with services of the highest quality and reliability.

Recently PPK "Chernozemye" began to hold pleasant promotions for passengers of their electric trains. For example, New Year's promotions and discounts in honor of He alth Day have been carried out for three years already.

Not so long ago, in the autumn of 2017, the company organized a photo contest “Suburb through the eyes of a passenger”, in whicheveryone could participate.

Also, the company regularly provides disadvantaged segments of the population with benefits for travel in its transport. For example, Russian students can purchase season tickets at a fifty percent discount. True, the company recently tightened the conditions for purchasing discount coupons, which caused noticeable unrest among ordinary passengers.

Consumer Reviews

What do the passengers say about the Chernozemye PPK? In general, people are satisfied with the company's activities, however, they note with sadness that the fare is getting more expensive, but the quality of services does not change. Moreover, many were upset by the recent decline in passenger traffic, when many routes and trains were completely or partially eliminated. Such changes took place from 2012 to 2014, when the Lipetsk and Belgorod regions separated from the enterprise.

Employee reviews

What do the railroad employees themselves say? As with all enterprises, feedback on the work at the Chernozemye PPK is full of contradictions. Many note that they are satisfied with the salary, as well as the fact that it is completely transparent. Moreover, many employees of the Chernozemye PPK received discounts on travel and other benefits.

However, there are also those who are dissatisfied. For example, workers regret that wages have dropped significantly, that working conditions are difficult and uncomfortable, that bosses and managers are rude and picky, that sycophancy and hoaxing are rampant.

In closing

As you can see, the joint-stock company “PrigorodnayaChernozemye Passenger Company is a growing company that provides services for the transportation of passengers and their luggage by rail. The company has its own individual history, as well as certain pros and cons in its activities.

And yet the enterprise has a huge impact on the economic development of our state. These are protected jobs, timely paid taxes, and high-quality transport services provided to the population.