State rail operator Russian Railways (RZD) on Wednesday inaugurated a high-speed double-decker prepare on the route between Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod, marking a return of the Burevestnik service that first ran within the Sixties.
The brand new trains, additionally named Burevestnik, change the unique single-deck service retired in 2014 as a part of RZD’s fleet modernization. Till now, the Moscow–Nizhny Novgorod line had been served by different high-speed trains, together with the Sapsan and Strizh, all named after birds.
The ten-car double-decker trains can carry as much as 730 passengers and can function three each day providers in every course, with every journey taking about 4 and a half hours. Trendy facilities embody USB ports and energy retailers.
“Given the prepare’s capability, we imagine that visitors volumes will undoubtedly improve,” RZD Deputy Managing Director Ivan Kolesnikov mentioned on the official launch at Moscow’s Yaroslavsky Station, noting that the route carried 2.5 million passengers thus far in 2025.
RZD has additionally deployed double-decker trains on routes from Moscow to the cities of St. Petersburg, Kazan, Voronezh and Samara. A broader high-speed rail community throughout Russia, together with a St. Petersburg-Moscow line, is in growth.
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