Russia Begins Assembling High-Speed Trains for Moscow–St. Petersburg…
At the 'Ural Locomotive' plant, 14 carriages were welded from 16 wagons for the first two trains of the high-speed railway route between St. Petersburg and Moscow.
Consensus
- The first Russian high-speed trains for the Moscow–Saint Petersburg route are being assembled at the Ural Locomotives factory in Verkhnyaya Pyshma.
- Work includes insulation, cable laying, installation of panels, windows, doors, and pantographs.
- Nine of the 16 carriages for the first two train sets are currently in assembly.
- The project involves 150 enterprises across Russia under the coordination of Ural Locomotives (part of Sinara Group).
- Testing of the first two train sets is planned for 2027 on the Zelenograd–Tver section.
- The full deployment of 28 trains is expected by the end of 2028, with up to 43 trains by 2030.
- A test facility for the high-speed rail line was completed in Leningrad Oblast.
Points of divergence
- The work is in the active phase of equipment assembly and installation, with specialists performing thermal and acoustic insulation, cable routing, panel installation, window and door mounting, and pantograph installation. — vm
- 14 of 16 carriages have been welded, and the windows are installed using a gluing technique into aluminum bodies to ensure strength and noise reduction. — fontanka
- The first train set will have 8 carriages, with all to be completed by the end of 2026. — fontanka
- President Vladimir Putin stated that construction of the first high-speed rail line in Russia is proceeding at full speed. — vm
- Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said the high-speed line will connect agglomerations of Moscow and St. Petersburg, home to about 40 million people, and that future expansion is planned toward Nizhny Novgorod and Kazan. — vm
Coverage (2 sources)
- First trains for the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Moscow to St. Petersburg began assembly in Russia — Вечерняя Москва
- They are installing windows and doors, laying cables. Watch how they assemble the ВСМ train — Фонтанка