Moscow–Saint Petersburg high-speed railway
Overview
StatusProposed (original target date: 2026[1])
Termini
Service
TypeHigh-speed rail
Rolling stockProposed to be manufactured by Ural Locomotives[2]
Technical
Line length679 km (422 mi)
Track gauge1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in)
Electrification25 kV 50 Hz AC
3 kV DC
Operating speed400 km/h (250 mph)

Moscow–Saint Petersburg high-speed railway (Russian ВСМ Москва — Санкт-Петербург — проекти́руемая высокоскоро́стная железнодоро́жная магистра́ль Москва — Санкт-Петербург) is a proposed high-speed railway line in Russia. According to Russian Railways, construction was scheduled to begin in 2021.[3] The journey time will be approximately 2 hours 19 minutes, and the length of the line will be 679 km.[4][5]

In November 2021, it was reported that it was likely for the project to be abandoned favouring possible upgrades to the existing Saint Petersburg-Moscow railway.[6]

On August 18, 2023, Putin announced that it was about time to start building the railway. The project, that connects Saint Petersburg and Moscow within 2 hours 15 minutes, should only be the beginning, though, he states, talking about further plans about connections with Kazan and other cities to the East. [7]

On December 15, 2023, the Russian minister of transport, Vitaly Saveliev, said that they have formed the main parameters of implementation and developed a financial and organizational model.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Минтранс назвал срок запуска высокоскоростной магистрали Москва — Санкт-Петербург". fontanka.ru (in Russian). 6 August 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "«Уральские локомотивы» готовы к 2025 году запустить производство поездов для ВСМ". Kommersant. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "Строительство высокоскоростной магистрали «Москва – Санкт-Петербург» начнется в 2021 году". rzd.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "На пути встаёт Великий Новгород". gudok.ru. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  5. ↑ "В РЖД хотят проложить ВСМ между Москвой и Петербургом через Великий Новгород" (in Russian). Vedomosti. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  6. ↑ "«Коммерсантъ» узнал о возможном отказе от магистрали Москва — Петербург". РБК (in Russian). 2021-11-11. Retrieved 2023-06-04.
  7. ↑ "«Обсуждается давно». Путин заявил, что пришло время строить ВСМ от Москвы до Петербурга". gazeta.ru. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  8. ↑ https://tass.ru/ekonomika/19545735
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