Overview
- Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Savelyev said the program targets roughly 4,500 km of lines and about 300 trains once five corridors are completed by 2045.
- The pilot link between Moscow and Saint Petersburg is slated for full launch in 2028 with a projected travel time of 2 hours 15 minutes.
- RZD outlined a staged build for the Moscow–Yekaterinburg corridor, starting with the Moscow–Nizhny Novgorod–Kazan section before extending to Yekaterinburg.
- Design for the Moscow–Kazan segment is complete and engineering surveys are underway, with plans for 16 modern transport hubs along the route and coordinated urban development.
- Proposals include the 1,500 km Moscow–Adler “South” line with speeds up to 400 km/h cutting the trip to 7 hours 50 minutes, plus a 205 km Moscow–Ryazan route at about 1 hour 5 minutes and the 715 km Moscow–Minsk “Soyuz” line targeting 3 hours between capitals.