Travel guide, Finland Allegro high speed rail link Helsinki to St Petersburg Russia VR RZD
11/11/10 Finland to Russia new high speed rail link! Starts 12 December, 2010 at a cost of 84 Euros. The Allegro is a joint venture by VR and RZD, i.e. Russian Railways. VR and RZD are responsible for onboard services, timetables and ticket sales. The trainsets are owned by VR and RZD’s joint rolling stock company Karelian Trains.
Allegro rail link will do the journey in just three and half hours and allow for speeds of up to 220 km/h (140 mph) both at the Finnish gauge of 1524 mm and the Russian gauge of 1520 mm.
In 2011, Sibelius and Repin trains will be withdrawn from service, Allegro will have three departures from both ends every day.
Crews will be Finnish and Russian, border paper work will be done on the moving train. Projections are 750,000 trips by 2015. Here's a press release from VR group
Italian made trains have a dual power system, so that they can use the DC network in Russia and the AC network in Finland.
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