Moscow-Kazan high-speed railway

The Moscow-Kazan High-Speed Railway is a planned 772-kilometre long high-speed railway line connecting the two major cities of Moscow and Kazan in the Russian Federation, going through the intermediate cities of Vladimir, Nizhny Novgorod and Cheboksary.[4] The project has an expected completion date of 2023, and is slated to be the first segment of an ambitious transnational high-speed railway set to connect Beijing and Moscow over a distance in excess of 7,000 kilometres, which is currently under consideration by the governments of Russia and China.[5] Planning work was finished in September 2017.[6] Construction started in spring 2018.[7]

Moscow–Kazan High-Speed Railway
ВСМ Москва – Казань
Proposed routes
Overview
StatusDesign
LocaleRussia
TerminiMoscow Yaroslavskaya railway station
Kazan
Stations15
Service
TypeHigh-speed rail
ServicesMoscow - Vladimir - Nizhny Novgorod - Kazan (- Vladivostok/Beijing/India)
Operator(s)Russian Railways
History
Planned opening2023[1]
Technical
Line length762 km (473 mi)[2]
Number of tracks2 Russian gauge[3]
Track gauge1,520 mm (4 ft 11 27⁄32 in) Russian gauge
Loading gaugeRussian T
Electrification25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead lines
3 kV DC overhead lines inside of the Greater Ring of the Moscow Railway
Operating speedup to 350 km/h (217 mph)

Details
Proposed corridor for linking Asian and European rails.
  • Route: Moscow - Vladimir - Nizhny Novgorod - Kazan (- Vladivostok/Beijing/India)
  • Route length: 762 km
  • Track gauge: 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 27⁄32 in) Russian gauge
  • Number of tracks: 2 Russian gauge tracks[3]
  • Electrification: 25 kV 50 Hz AC overhead lines (with 3 kV DC overhead lines inside of the Greater Ring of the Moscow Railway)
  • Loading gauge: Russian T loading gauge
  • Platform heights: 200 mm (7.9 in) and 550 mm (21.7 in)
  • Future travel time Moscow - Kazan: 3 hours 17 minutes.[8]
  • Avg speed: 235 km/h

Rolling stocks

Proposed rolling stocks for this line which include:

  • Talgo Avril Russian gauge version
  • Sapsan trainsets, which need to be modified including retractable steps for low platforms and main transformers for AC overhead lines
  • Shinkansen-based trainsets, with Russian gauge and low doors

See also

References
  1. https://www.vedomosti.ru/business/news/2017/02/28/679314-rzhd-proekt-vsm
  2. Moscow to Kazan route details
  3. Специальные технические условия для проектирования и строительства ВСМ Москва — Казань, СТУ №7, page 6 (in Russian).
  4. "Russia & China to invest $15bn in high-speed rail link from Moscow to Kazan". Russia Today. September 1, 2015. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  5. "Russia & China to invest $15bn in high-speed rail link from Moscow to Kazan". Business Insider-Agence France-Presse. October 17, 2014. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  6. "РЖД завершили проектирование высокоскоростной магистрали Москва — Казань". Retrieved 2018-05-11.
  7. Мосузел прирастёт станциями
  8. "Руководители ОАО "Скоростные магистрали" и Главгосэкспертизы России осмотрели участки строительства будущей ВСМ Москва - Казань" [Heads of JSC "High-Speed Railways" and Glavgosexpertiza of Russia inspected the construction sites of the future high-speed railway Moscow-Kazan]. hsrail.ru (official site of the Russian high-speed rail) (in Russian). 28 April 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.


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