Transport Police Day

Transport Police Day is celebrated in Russia on February 18On this day in 1919, the decree “On the organization of an interdepartmental commission for the protection of railways” was signed. This document was the first on the way to the creation of protection of railway transport.

It should be noted that from the very beginning of its existence, the transport police had a special status with the state. Therefore, it is no coincidence that when the issues of law and order on the waterways, and later on the air highways of the country, the work on its provision at these facilities was entrusted to the transport police.

The current scale of work of the transport police of Russia is huge. In the operational service of the internal affairs bodies in transport (VDT) are: 17 railways, with a length of more than 86 thousand km; 508 railway stations; 1942 railway bridges; 139 tunnels; 297 overpasses; 150 airports, including 64 international; 18 interregional and territorial offices of civil aviation; 33 sea and 63 river ports; 10 sea and 25 river shipping companies; 18 state basin administrations of river transport; navigable part of rivers with a length of 89 thousand km; 20 hydraulic structures.