Russian Railways - High-speed Traffic

High-speed Traffic

In 2005–2010, JSC Russian Railways has launched a program to introduce new high-speed trains. The first train launched — Sapsan (Peregrine Falcon) which connects St. Petersburg, Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod. Second train — Allegro — runs from December 2010 from St. Petersburg to Helsinki (Finland) via the city of Vyborg. Peregrine Falcon was the most successful passenger train of JSC Russian Railways with occupancy rate of 84.5% (according to RZD in 2010) and profitability of 30% (however, in its calculation the capital costs were not included).