From St. Petersburg to Moscow in 2 hours and 15 minutes. What else needs to be done before the trains start running?
In Klin, near Moscow, the first beam of 700 tons was installed for the overpass of the new railway between St. Petersburg and Moscow. Trains on it are planned to start in 2028. According to the calculations of the Ministry of Transport, the journey between the cities will last two hours and 15 minutes.
What could delay the launch, explained Pavel Ziuzin, director of the HSE Center for Transport Planning, in an interview with Roosevelt: such speeds require special tracks, new trains and wires from which they receive electricity. All this will have to be tested, and the workers will have to undergo training to operate the new equipment.
The stations will be in the center of the two cities, so that passengers will not have to waste time traveling to the airport, and when high-speed trains move to new tracks, there will be more room on the old ones for freight trains, including those going to the northwest ports.
According to Zyozin, it will be possible to talk about the success of the project if the trains are in demand on weekdays, some passengers will transfer to them from airplanes, and the trip will consistently take the guaranteed two and a quarter hours for at least six consecutive months.
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