Moscow-Kazan high-speed railway

Moscow–Kazan High-Speed Railway
Москва -Казань высоко скоростная железная дорога
Overview
Type High-speed rail
Status Design
Locale Russia
Termini Moscow
Kazan
Stations 15
Services Moscow - Vladimir - Nizhny Novgolod - Kazan (- Vladivostok/Beijing/India)
Operation
Planned opening 2020
Operator(s) Russian Railways
Technical
Line length 770 km (478 mi)
Number of tracks 4 (2 Russian gauge and 2 Indian gauge)
Track gauge 1,520 mm (4 ft 11 2732 in) Russian gauge
1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Indian gauge
Loading gauge Russian T
Electrification 25kV 50Hz AC overhead lines
Operating speed 400 km/h (249 mph)

The Moscow-Kazan High-Speed Railway is a 770-kilometre long high-speed railway line connecting the two major cities of Moscow and Kazan in the Russian Federation,[1] going through the intermediate cities of Vladimir, Nizhny Novgorod and Cheboksary.[2] The project, currently being designed with an expected completion date of 2020, 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.[3]

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