For distinguished service (1999)

The Medal “For Distinction in Service” (Медаль «За отличие в службе») is a departmental medal of the Federal Service of Railway Troops of the Russian Federation, established by Order No. 46 of the Federal Service of Railway Troops of the Russian Federation dated February 4, 1999.

Following the abolition of the Federal Service of Railway Troops of Russia on March 9, 2004, and the incorporation of the Railway Troops into the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the awarding of this medal was discontinued.