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From 1956 to 2001 many trains went between Moscow and Kirov via Yaroslavl instead of Nizhny Novgorod. This would add some 29 km (18 mi) to the distances from Moscow, making the total distance to Vladivostok at 9,288 km (5,771 mi). Other trains get from Moscow (Kazansky Terminal) to Yekaterinburg via Kazan.
Until 2012, the company only provided the rail transportation services between Moscow rail terminals and Moscow airports (Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, and Vnukovo). The company previously also provided the rail link services to Kazan's Kazan International Airport, Sochi's Adler Airport, and Vladivostok's Knevichi Airport.
Route: Moscow – Vladimir – Nizhny Novgorod – Kazan (- Vladivostok/Beijing) Route length: 762 km; Track gauge: 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 + 27 ⁄ 32 in) Russian gauge; Number of tracks: 2 Russian gauge tracks [2] Electrification: 25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead lines (with 3 kV DC overhead lines inside of the Greater Ring of the Moscow Railway)
A Russian Railways Siemens Velaro Sapsan train. The transport network of the Russian Federation is one of the world's most extensive transport networks. The national web of roads, railways and airways stretches almost 7,700 km (4,800 mi) from Kaliningrad in the west to the Kamchatka Peninsula in the east, and major cities such as Moscow and Saint Petersburg are served by extensive rapid ...
In 1910–1912, in connection with the construction of Moscow Yaroslavsky railway station, the station in Vladivostok was designed and expanded by the civil engineering engineer V. A. Planson in the image and similarity of Yaroslavsky, creating architecturally finished stations at both ends of the Trans-Siberian railway. The original building ...
Commuter rail, bus, subway, tram: Line number: 21 rapid transit lines 14 Moscow Metro lines; 5 MCD lines; 1 Moscow Monorail line; 1 MCC line > 950 bus routes > 950 local routes; 76 electric bus routes; 38 tram routes; 19.800 carsharing vehicles; Annual ridership: 6 billion: Chief executive: Mayor of Moscow: Headquarters: 20, Staraya Basmannaya ...
Russia has a dense network of long-distance railways all over its vast territory, the longest and most famous being the Trans-Siberian Railway from Moscow to Vladivostok. Long-distance train routes of more than 1,000 or 2,000 km (621 or 1,243 mi) are common, with many trips taking two or three days.
A life size diorama of Russian track workers repairing railway tracks at the Museum of the Moscow Railway. Russian Railways is by far the largest railway company. It owns many of the other railways. East Siberian Railway. Irkutsk Railway Division; Severobaykalsk Railway Division; Tayshet Railway Division; Ulan-Ude Railway Division; Far Eastern ...