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The old RZD logo. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Russian Federation inherited 17 of the 32 regions of the former Soviet Railways (SZD). [8]In the mid-1990s, the profitability of railway transportation of the Russian Ministry of Railways fell to negative values, the bureaucratization of the ministry itself was publicly criticized, which became an occasion for reforms.
Russian name Transliterated name Name meaning Railroad Train endpoints Train number Operated Note Ref Аврора Avrora Aurora: RŽD: Moscow Leningradsky – St.Petersburg Glavny: 741/742, 743/744 1963–2010 Returning to service 19th December 2024 ? Арктика Arktika Arctic: RŽD: Moscow Leningradsky – Murmansk: 015А/016А present [1 ...
Russian Railways accounts for 2.5% [6] of Russia's GDP and employs 800,000 people. [7] The percentage of passenger traffic that goes by rail is unknown, since no statistics are available for private transportation such as private automobiles. In 2007, about 1.3 billion passengers [8] and 1.3 billion tons of freight [9] went via
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
On 10 January 2008, the monorail's operation mode was changed to "transportation mode" with more frequent train service. Ticket prices were reduced from 50 rubles ($2.00) to 19 rubles ($0.80), which was the standard fare for Moscow's rapid transport at that time; as of 2012, ticket prices still matched the standard fare, but multi-ride passes ...
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The Sapsan (Russian: Сапсан lit. ' Peregrine Falcon '), also known as Velaro RUS EVS, is a Russian gauge high speed electric express train. The train is a Siemens Velaro model, which in turn is based on the ICE 3M/F high-speed trains manufactured by Siemens for the German Deutsche Bahn (DB).
This is a list of the busiest railway stations in Russia sorted by the average number of passengers boarding daily in 2019, statistics and data are collected by Russian Railways. Ridership numbers are for Russian Railways only, other rail transport like subway, and stations of Crimea Railway are not included.