RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) has published the timetable and started selling tickets for the new high-speed service to be launched on December 18 between Moscow and St Petersburg, using the first of its Sapsan trains supplied by Siemens. There will be three trains a day departing at 06.45, 13.00 and 19.00 in each direction. The morning and evening trains will take 3h 45min, but the 13.00 departure will take 4h 15min for the 650km trip with trains running at a maximum of 250km/h.
RUSSIAN Railways (RZD) has published the timetable and started selling tickets for the new high-speed service to be launched on December 18 between Moscow and St Petersburg, using the first of its Sapsan trains supplied by Siemens. There will be three trains a day departing at 06.45, 13.00 and 19.00 in each direction. The morning and evening trains will take 3h 45min, but the 13.00 departure will take 4h 15min for the 650km trip with trains running at a maximum of 250km/h.
