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Moscow–Kazan high-speed railway
Railway line under construction in Russia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Moscow–Kazan high-speed railway is a planned 772-kilometre long high-speed railway line connecting the cities of Moscow and Kazan in the Russian Federation, going through the intermediate cities of Vladimir, Nizhny Novgorod and Cheboksary.[citation needed] The project had an original expected completion date of 2018 (as of 2013),[3] and Government of China intended to make the project the first segment of transnational high-speed railway that connect Beijing and Moscow over a distance in excess of 7,000 kilometres.[4][needs update] Planning work was finished in September 2017. Preliminary construction on stations and platforms, with space reserved for the railway, started in spring 2018.[5][needs update] Construction on the railway has been postponed as of March 2020, due to the high cost (estimated at 1.7 trillion rubles) and in lieu of further studies on ridership.[6] As of 2025, the construction has still not started.
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Details
- 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)
- Loading gauge: Russian T loading gauge
- Platform heights: 200 mm (7.9 in) and 550 mm (21.7 in)
- Future travel time Moscow – Kazan: 3 hours 17 minutes.[7]
- Avg speed: 235 km/h
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Rolling stocks
Proposed rolling stocks for this line which include:
- Talgo AVRIL Russian-gauge version
- Sapsan trainsets, which need to be modified including retractable steps for low platforms and main transformers for AC overhead lines
- Shinkansen-based trainsets, with Russian gauge and low doors
See also
References
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