Nevsky Express
Encyclopedia
The Nevsky Express(No. 165/166) is a Russian Railways
express train, the fastest on the prominent route between the Leningradsky Rail Terminal in Moscow
and the Moskovsky Rail Terminal in Saint Petersburg
(the Moscow-Saint Petersburg Railway
). The train has a maximum speed of 200 km/h (125 mph) and does not have any intermediate stations. It consists of a Skoda Chs200 locomotive, 13 passenger cars and a restaurant car. The train covers the distance between the modern and the old Russian capitals in 4 hours 30 minutes.
Russian Railways
The Russian Railways , is the government owned national rail carrier of the Russian Federation, headquartered in Moscow. The Russian Railways operate over of common carrier routes as well as a few hundred kilometers of industrial routes, making it the second largest network in the world exceeded...
express train, the fastest on the prominent route between the Leningradsky Rail Terminal in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
and the Moskovsky Rail Terminal in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
(the Moscow-Saint Petersburg Railway
Moscow-Saint Petersburg Railway
The Moscow to Saint Petersburg Railway is a railway running between the two largest Russian cities of Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and through four oblasts: Moscow, Tver, Novgorod and Leningrad...
). The train has a maximum speed of 200 km/h (125 mph) and does not have any intermediate stations. It consists of a Skoda Chs200 locomotive, 13 passenger cars and a restaurant car. The train covers the distance between the modern and the old Russian capitals in 4 hours 30 minutes.
See also
- 2007 Nevsky Express bombing (Malaya VisheraMalaya VisheraMalaya Vishera is a town and the administrative center of Malovishersky District of Novgorod Oblast, Russia. Population: The town's name originates from the river of the same name which flows into the Vishera River. It was founded in 1843, as the construction of the Moscow-Saint Petersburg Railway...
) - 2009 Nevsky Express bombing2009 Nevsky Express bombingThe 2009 Nevsky Express bombing occurred on 27 November 2009 when a bomb exploded under a high speed train travelling between the Russian cities of Moscow and Saint Petersburg causing derailment near the town of Bologoye, Tver Oblast , on the Moscow–Saint Petersburg Railway. The derailment occurred...
- List of named passenger trains of Russia