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Moscow–Saint Petersburg high-speed railway
🇷🇺 Russia ·built by Ural Locomotives· from 2028· railway line in Russia
what is it?
The Moscow–Saint Petersburg high-speed railway (Russian: Высокоскоростная магистраль Москва — Санкт-Петербург), also known as VSM-1 (Russian: ВСМ-1) is a high-speed rail line under construction in Russia.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built -2 years ago, in 2028.
- Top speed is 3.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 6 minutes.
- Seats 454: 9 full city buses (~50 seats each).
high-speed train: Built for 200–350 km/h on dedicated lines, like the TGV, ICE or Shinkansen.
spec sheet
- built
- 2028
- in service from
- 2028
- number built
- —
- kind
- Electric multiple unit
- traction
- electric
- origin
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- builders
- Ural Locomotives
- designer
- Railway Transport Engineering Centre (RZD and Sinara Transport Machines)
- operators
- Russian Railways
- top speed
- 400 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,520 mm Russian broad gauge
- electric system
- / overhead line
- capacity
- 454 passengers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4102015, Wikipedia: Moscow–Saint Petersburg high-speed railway (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.