List of named passenger trains of Russia

This article contains a list of named passenger trains in Russia.

List

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]
Баргузин	Barguzin	Barguzin river	RŽD	Irkutsk – Zabaykalsk	321И/322И	present		[2]
Белогорье	Belogorie	Belogorye	RŽD	Moscow Kursky – Belgorod	072В/071В	2004–present		[3]
Белые ночи	Belye nochi	White nights	RŽD	St. Petersburg Ladozhsky – Vologda	617Я/618Я	present		[4]
Волга	Volga	Volga river	RŽD	St.Petersburg Glavny – Nizhny Novgorod	059Г/059А	1976–present		[5]
Волгоград	Volgograd	Volgograd	RŽD	Moscow Paveletsky – Volgograd	001Ж/001И	present		[6]
Воронеж	Voronezh	Voronezh	RŽD	Moscow Paveletsky – Voronezh	025В/025Я	2001–present		[7]
Вятка	Vyatka	Vyatka river	RŽD	Moscow Yaroslavsky – Kirov	031Г/032Г	present		[8]
Гилюй	Gilyuy	Gilyuy river	RŽD	Blagoveshchensk – Tynda	081Э/081Ч	1994–present		[9]
Демидовский экспресс	Demidovskiy express	P. G. Demidov express	RŽD	St. Petersburg Ladozhsky – Yekaterinburg	071Е/072Е	2003–present		[10]
Дневной экспресс	Dnevnoy express	Daily Express	RŽD	Samara – Penza	109Й/110Й	present		[11]
Енисей	Enisey	Yenisey river	RŽD	Moscow Yaroslavsky – Krasnoyarsk	055Ы/056Ы	1993–present		[12]
Жигули	Zhiguli	Zhiguli mountains	RŽD	Moscow Kazansky – Samara	009Й/010Й	1965–present		[13]
Ингушетия	Ingushetiya	Ingushetia	RŽD	Moscow Kazansky – Nazran	146Э/145С	2013–present		[14]
Иртыш	Irtysh	Irtysh river	RŽD	Novosibirsk – Omsk	088Н/087Н	present		[15]
Италмас	Italmas	globeflower	RŽD	Moscow Kazansky – Izhevsk	025Г/026Г	present		[16]
Кузбасс	Kuzbass	Kuznetsk Basin	RŽD	Novosibirsk – Kemerovo	029Н/030Н	present		[17]
Лев Толстой	Lev Tolstoy	Leo Tolstoy	VR Group, RŽD	Moscow Leningradsky – Helsinki	031А/032А	1975–present		[18]
Лотос	Lotos	Lotus	RŽD	Moscow Paveletsky – Astrakhan	005Г/005Ж	present		[19]
Марий Эл	Mariy El	Mari El	RŽD	Moscow Kazansky – Yoshkar Ola	058Э/058Г	1993–present		[20]
Мордовия	Mordoviya	Mordovia	RŽD	Moscow Kazansky – Saransk	041Й/042Й	1995–present		[21]
Нижегородец	Nizhegorodets	Nizhegorodian	RŽD	Moscow Kursky – Nizhny Novgorod	035Г/036Э	present		[22]
Саратов	Saratov	Saratov	RŽD	Moscow Paveletsky – Saratov	009Г/009Ж	present		[23]
Фирменный	Firmenniy	Deluxe train	RŽD	Nizhny Novgorod – Izhevsk	051Г/051Э	present		[24]
Новокузнецк	Novokuznetsk	Novokuznetsk	RŽD	St. Petersburg Ladozhsky – Novokuznetsk	013Н/014Н	1996–present		[25]
Обь	Ob	Ob river	RŽD	Novosibirsk – Novy Urengoy	125Н/125Е	present		[26]
Океан	Okean	Ocean	RŽD	Vladivostok - Khabarovsk	005Э/006Э	2000–present		[27]
Омич	Omich	"of Omsk"	RŽD	Omsk — Nizhnevartovsk	115Н/115Е	present		[28]
Оренбуржье	Orenburzhie	Orenburg Oblast	RŽD	Moscow Kazansky – Orenburg	031Е/032Й	1977–present		[29]
Карелия	Kareliya	Karelia	RŽD	Moscow Leningradsky – Petrozavodsk	017А/018А	1996-2007, 2012–present		[30]
Поволжье	Povolzhye	Volga region	RŽD	St. Petersburg Moskovsky – Kazan	133Г/133А	present		[31]
Полярная стрела	Polyarnaya strela	Polar Arrow	RŽD	Moscow Yaroslavsky – Labytnangi	022Я/021Н	2004–present		[32]
Поморье	Pomorie	Pomorie region	RŽD	Moscow Yaroslavsky – Severodvinsk	116М/115Я	2013–present		[33]
				Moscow Yaroslavsky – Arkhangelsk	118М/117Я			[34]
Приосколье	Prioskolie	Oskol river region	RŽD	Moscow Kursky – Stary Oskol	057Ч/057В	2005–present		[35]
Псков	Pskov	Pskov	RŽD	Moscow Leningradsky – Pskov	010А/010Ч	present		[36]
Россия	Rossiya	Russia	RŽD	Moscow Yaroslavsky – Vladivostok	002Щ/001М	1966–present	The longest single passenger train journey in the world[37]	[38]
Самара	Samara	Samara	RŽD	St. Petersburg Moskovsky – Samara	107Й/107Ж	2005–present		[39]
Северная Пальмира	Severnaya Palmira	Northern Palmyra	RŽD	St. Petersburg Moskovsky – Adler	035А/036А (035В/036С)	2016–present		[40]
Северный Урал	Severnyi Ural	Northern Ural	RŽD	Moscow Yaroslavsky – Serov	084М/084Е	1984–present		[41]
Сура	Sura	Sura river	RŽD	Moscow Kazansky – Penza	051Й/052М	1966–present		[42]
Сыктывкар	Syktyvkar	Syktyvkar	RŽD	Moscow Yaroslavsky – Syktyvkar	034М/034Я	2006–present		[43]
Тамбов	Tambov	Tambov	RŽD	Moscow Paveletsky – Tambov	031Ч/031В	1994–present		[44]
Томич	Tomich	"of Tomsk"	RŽD	Moscow Yaroslavsky – Tomsk-2	037Н/038Н	present		[45]
Тюмень	Tyumen	Tyumen	RŽD	Moscow Kazansky – Nizhevartovsk	059Е/060У	present		[46]
Ульяновск	Uliyanovsk	Ulyanovsk	RŽD	Moscow Kazansky – Ulyanovsk	021Й/022Й	1993–present		[47]
Урал	Ural	Ural	RŽD	Kislovodsk – Yekaterinburg	045Е/045С	1964–present	Until 2009 operated on the Moscow – Yekaterinburg line.	[48]
Чувашия	Chuvashiya	Chuvashia	RŽD	Moscow Kazansky – Cheboksary	053Ж/054Г	present		[49]
Шексна	Sheksna	Sheksna river	RŽD	Moscow Yaroslavsky – Cherepovets	126Ч/126Я	present		[50]
Южный Урал	Yuzhny Ural	South Ural	RŽD	Moscow Kazansky – Chelyabinsk	013У/014Е	1965–present		[51]
Юность	Yunost	Youth	RŽD	Khabarovsk – Komsomolsk-on-Amur	667Э/667Ж	2011–present	Yunost (№ 023/024) previously operated on the Moscow-St. Petersburg line (–2009)	[52]
Ямал	Yamal	Yamal	RŽD	Moscow Yaroslavsky – Novy Urengoi	011Е/012Я	2003–present		[53]
Янтарь	Yantar	Amber	RŽD, BŽD	Moscow Belorussky – Minsk Main – Kaliningrad	029Ч/030Ч	1961–present		[54]
Кавказ	Kavkaz	Caucasus	RŽD	Moscow Kazansky – Kislovodsk	003С/004М	2017–present		[55]
Иван Паристый	Ivan Paristiy	Ivan Paristy	RŽD	Moscow Kiyevsky – Bryansk	737А/738А 739А/740А 741В/742В	1998–present	Named "Desna" until 2006 after the Desna river. Daily fast train, not categorized as "branded" (firmeny)	[56] [57] [58]
Красная стрела	Krasnaya strela	Red Arrow	RŽD	Moscow Leningradsky – St. Petersburg Moskovsky (Saint Petersburg–Moscow railway)	002А/001А	1931–present	First and oldest named (firmeny) train in Russia.	[59]
Смена-А. Бетанкур	Smena-A. Betankur	Smena magazine / A. de Betancourt	RŽD		025А/026А	1989–present		[60]
Экспресс	Express	Express	RŽD		003А/004А	present		[61]
Невский экспресс	Nevsky Express	Neva river	RŽD		747/748	2001–2008, 2010–present	Daily fast train, not categorized as "branded" (firmeny)	[62]
Гранд Экспресс	Grand Express	Grand Express	private company		054Ч/053Ч	2005–present	First privately owned named train in Russia.	[63]
Мегаполис	Megapolis	Megapolis	private company		019У/020У	2006–present		[64]
Сапсан	Sapsan	Peregrine falcon	RŽD			2009–present	High-speed train	[65]
Алле́гро	Allegro	Allegro (music)	Karelian Trains	Helsinki Central – St. Petersburg Finlyandsky	781М/782М, 783М/784М, 785М/786A, 787М/788М	2010–present	High-speed train	[66]
Ласточка	Lastochka	Swallow	RŽD	St. Petersburg Moskovsky – Veliky Novgorod, Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod, Rosa Khutor – Krasnodar, Imeretinsky Kurort – Krasnodar, Maikop – Adler, Moscow – Smolensk, Krasnodar– Anapa, Krasnodar– Kislovodsk		present	High-speed train	[67]
Стриж	Strizh	Swift	RŽD	Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod, Moscow – Berlin Ostbahnhof		present	High-speed train	[68]
Славянский экспресс	Slavyansky Express		BČ	Moscow Belorussky – Brest		2006–2010 (Moscow – Minsk) 2011–present
Таврия	Tavriya	Tavria	private company	Moscow Kazansky – Simferopol, St. Petersburg Moskovsky – Sevastopol	028Ч/028С 007А/008С	2019–present		[69]
Татарстан	Tatarstan	Tatarstan	RŽD	Moscow Kazansky – Kazan	001Г/002Й	1993–present	Premium category since 2009	[70]
Кубань	Kuban	Kuban	RŽD	Moscow Kazansky – Novorossiysk	030Й/030С	present	Premium category since 2009	[71]
Ти́хий Дон	Tikhiy Don	And Quiet Flows the Don	RŽD	Moscow Kazansky – Rostov-on-Don	020С/019С	1966–present	Premium category since 2009	[72]
Сочи	Sochi	Sochi	RŽD	Moscow Kazansky – Adler	102С/102М	1964–present	Premium category since 2009	[73]
Московия	Moscovia	Muscovy	RŽD	Moscow Kazansky – Adler	104Ж/104В	2001–present	Premium category since 2010	[74]
Текстильный край	Textil'ny krai	Textile Land	RŽD	St. Petersburg Moskovsky – Ivanovo	045Я/045А	2011–present		[75]
Николаевский экспресс	Nikolaevsky Express	Nikolay II	RŽD	Moscow Leningradsky – St. Petersburg Moskovsky	005А/006А	2015–present		[76]
Атаман Платов	Ataman Platov	Matvei Platov	RŽD	Rostov-on-Don – Adler	642С/642Ж	2009–present	Previously running on the Moscow – Rostov-on-Don line	[77]
Тверской экспресс	Tverskoy Express	Tver	RŽD	St. Petersburg Moskovsky – Astrakhan	109Ж/109А	present		[78]
Савва Мамонтов	Savva Mamontov	Savva Mamontov	RŽD	Moscow Yaroslavsky – Yaroslavl	105Я/106Я 103Я/104Я 101Я/102Я	present		[79]
Балтийский экспресс	Baltisky Express	Baltic sea	RŽD	Moscow Leningradsky – Tallinn	034/033	present	International train
	Baltija (Baltics)		RŽD, LDz	St. Petersburg Vitebsky – Riga		present	International train
Белый аист	Bely Aist		BŽD	Minsk Main – Kyiv Main		present	International train
	Bulgaria Express			Moscow Kiyevsky – Sofia		present	International train
	Kazakhstan		RŽD, KTŽ	Saratov – Almaty		present	International train
	Kirghizia		KTJ	Moscow Kazansky – Bishkek-2		present	International train
	Latvijas Ekspresis (from Latvian: Latvian Express)		RŽD, LDz	Moscow Rizhsky – Riga		present	International train
Летува	Lietuva	Lithuania	RŽD, BŽD, LG	Moscow Belorussky – Minsk Main – Vilnius		present	International train
	Mayak	Lighthouse	RŽD, BŽD, UZ	St. Petersburg Vitebsky – Kyiv Main – Odesa		present	International train
	Moldova		RŽD, UZ, CFM	Moscow (Kiyevsky) – Kyiv Main – Chişinău		present	International train
	Odesa		RŽD, UZ	Moscow Kiyevsky – Kyiv Main – Odesa		present	International train
	Moscow Express/Berlin		DB, PKP, BŽD, RŽD	Berlin Hauptbahnhof – Moscow Belorussky		present	International train
	Polonez		RŽD, BŽD, PKP	Moscow Belorussky – Minsk Main – Warszawa Centralna		present	International train
	Pridneprovie		RŽD, UZ	Moscow Kursky – Dnipro		present	International train
	Sodruzhestvo	Commonwealth	RŽD, UZ, CFM	Moscow Kiyevsky – Kyiv (Main) – Chişinău		present	International train
	Tajikistan		TDŽ	Moscow Kazansky – Dushanbe		present	International train
	Uzbekistan		UTI	Moscow Kazansky – Tashkent		present	International train
	Vltava			Moscow Belorussky – Minsk Main – Warszawa Centralna – Prague Main		present	International train
Восток	Vostok	East	RŽD, CR	Moscow Yaroslavsky – Beijing Main		present	International train
	Vostok-Zapad Express	East-West Express	RŽD, BŽD, PKP	Moscow Belorussky – Minsk Main – Warszawa Centralna		present	International train
Юрмала	Yurmala	Jūrmala	RŽD, LDz	Moscow Rizhsky – Riga		present	International train
Афанасий Никитин	Afanasiy Nikitin	Afanasy Nikitin	RŽD	037А/038А	1991–present
Алтай	Altay	Altai	RŽD	Moscow Kazansky – Barnaul	036М/036Н	not named since 2011
Байкал	Baikal	Lake Baikal	RŽD	St. Petersburg Moskovsky – Irkutsk		1964–2013		[80]
Башкортостан	Bashkortostan	Bashkortostan	RŽD	Moscow Kazansky – Ufa	039Й/040Й	1965–2017		[81]
	Belomorie		RŽD	Moscow (Yaroslavsky) – Arkhangelsk		present
Белоруссия	Belorussia	Belarus	RŽD, BŽD	Moscow (Belorussky) – Minsk (Main)		present
Буревестник	Burevestnik	Petrel	RŽD	Moscow (Kursky) – Nizhny Novgorod	153Г/154Г	discontinued since 2014		[82]
	Chelyabinsky Express		RŽD	St. Petersburg (Ladozhsky) – Chelyabinsk		present
Черноморец	Chernomorets	Blask Sea	RŽD	St. Petersburg Moskovsky – Novorossiysk		discontinued since 2019
Даурия	Dauriya	Transbaikal	RŽD	Zabaikalsk – Chita	650Ч/649Ч	discontinued
Две столицы	Dve stolitsy	Two Capitals	RŽD	Moscow Leningradsky – St. Petersburg Moskovsky	063А/064А	discontinued		[83]
	Il'men'		RŽD	Moscow (Leningradsky) – Veliky Novgorod		present
Кама	Kama	Kama river	RŽD	Moscow Yaroslavsky – Perm	017Е/018Е	1967–2010, 2016–2019
	Kyiv		RŽD, UZ	Moscow (Kiyevsky) – Kyiv (Main)		discontinued since 2014	International train
	Kostroma		RŽD	Moscow (Yaroslavsky) – Kostroma		present
Красный Яр	Krasniy Yar	Krasnoyarsk	RŽD	Novosibirsk – Krasnoyarsk	085Ы/086Ы	2006–discontinued		[84]
	Krym	Crimea	RŽD, UZ	Moscow (Kursky) – Kharkov – Simferopol		discontinued since 2014
Липецк	Lipetsk		RŽD	Moscow Paveletsky – Lipetsk	029В/029М	discontinued
	Lybid'		RŽD, BŽD, UZ	St. Petersburg (Vitebsky) – Kyiv (Main)		present
Магнитка	Magnitka	Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works	RŽD	Moscow Kazansky – Magnitogorsk		discontinued since 2010
Малахит	Malahit	Malachite	RŽD	Moscow Yaroslavsky – Nizhny Tagil		1976–2017		[85]
	Minsk		RŽD, BŽD	Moscow (Belorussky) – Minsk (Main)		present
	Neman		BŽD	Moscow (Belorussky) – Grodno		present
	Nikolay Konaryov		RŽD, UZ	Moscow Kursky – Kharkov		discontinued since 2019
Николай Никольский	Nikolay Nikolskiy	Nikolay Porfirievich Nikolsky	RŽD	Novosibirsk – Krasnoyarsk	083Н/084Н	discontinued		[86]
	Osetia		RŽD	Moscow (Kazansky) – Rostov-on-Don – Vladikavkaz		present
	Peresvet		RŽD	St. Petersburg (Moskovsky) – Moscow (Kursky) – Bryansk		present
Репин	Repin	Ilya Repin	VR Group	Helsinki Central – St. Petersburg Finlyandsky		1974–2010	International train.
Рыбинск	Rybinsk	Rybinsk	RŽD	Moscow Belorussky – Rybinsk	601Я/602Я	not named since 2012
Саяны	Sayany	Sayan Mountains	RŽD	Moscow Yaroslavsky – Abakan		present
	Serebryanye Klyuchi	Silver Springs	RŽD	Moscow (Kazansky) – Sergach		present
	Seym		RŽD	Moscow (Kursky) – Lgov		present
Сибелиус	Sibelius	Jean Sibelius	VR Group	Helsinki (Central) – St. Petersburg (Finlyandsky)		1992–2010	International train
Сибиряк	Sibirjak	Siberian	DB, PKP, BŽD, RŽD, KTŽ	Berlin Hauptbahnhof – Adler Berlin Hauptbahnhof – Nur-Sultan Berlin Hauptbahnhof – Chelyabinsk Berlin Hauptbahnhof – Kazan Berlin Hauptbahnhof – Moscow Belorussky Berlin Hauptbahnhof – Novosibirsk Berlin Hauptbahnhof – St. Petersburg Vitebsky Berlin Hauptbahnhof – Ufa		discontinued since 2013
Сибиряк	Sibiryak	Siberian	RŽD	Moscow Yaroslavsky – Novosibirsk	025Н/026Н	discontinued since 2014
	Slava	Glory	RŽD	St. Petersburg (Moskovsky) – Moscow (Kursky) – Volgograd		present
Смоленск	Smolensk	Smolensk	RŽD	Moscow Belorussky – Smolensk	033Ж/034Ж	present		[87]
Соловей	Solovey	Nightingale	RŽD	St. Petersburg (Moskovsky) – Moscow (Kursky) – Kursk		discontinued since 2014
	Sozh		RŽD, BŽD	Moscow (Belorussky) – Gomel		present
Столичный экспресс	Stolichny Express	Capital Express	RŽD, UZ	Moscow Kiyevsky – Kyiv Main	001Я/002Л	2005–2015		[88]
	Sumy		RŽD, UZ	Moscow (Kiyevsky) – Sumy		operates as add-on through-coaches to the train Kharkiv-Moscow
	Svisloch		RŽD, BŽD	Moscow (Belorussky) – Minsk (Main)		present
	Tissa		RŽD, UZ	Moscow (Kiyevsky) – Kyiv (Main) – Uzhhorod (Central)		discontinued since 2014
Троянда Донбасу	Troyanda Donbasu	The Rose of Donbas	RŽD, UZ	Moscow (Kursky) – Donetsk		discontinued since 2014 due to war in Donbas	International train. Previously named "Donbas".
Тургенев	Turgenev	Ivan Turgenev	RŽD	Moscow Kursky – Oryol Moscow Kursky – Simferopol	603М/604М 029/030	2006–2014		[89]
	Ugolyok		RŽD, UZ	Moscow (Kursky) – Donetsk		discontinued
	Ukraine		RŽD, UZ	Moscow (Kiyevsky) – Kyiv (Main)		discontinued
Вологодские зори	Vologodskie zori	Vologda Sunrises	RŽD	Moscow Yaroslavsky – Vologda	059Я/060Я	1978–2014		[90]
	Volyn		RŽD, UZ	Moscow (Kiyevsky) – Kyiv (Main) – Kovel		since 2014 operates as a regular train
Эльбрус	Elbrus	Mount Elbrus	RŽD	Moscow Kazansky – Nalchik	061С/062Ч	discontinued		[91]
	Yarmarka	Fair	RŽD	Moscow (Kazansky) – Nizhny Novgorod		present
	Yugra	Yugra	RŽD	Moscow (Yaroslavsky) – Yekaterinburg – Nizhnevartovsk		present
	Zauralie	Transurals	RŽD	Moscow (Kazansky) – Petropavlovsk		present
	Zvezda	Star	RŽD, BŽD	St. Petersburg (Vitebsky) – Minsk (Main)		present

Gallery

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  Воронеж (Voronezh) train
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  Вятка (Vyatka) train
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  Демидовский экспресс (Demidovskiy express) train
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  Красная стрела (Krasnaya strela) train
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  Россия (Rossiya) train
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  Экспресс (Express) train
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  Янтарь (Yantar) train
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  Белогорье (Belogorie) train
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  Now defunct Троянда Донбасу (Troyanda Donbasu) train in 2008