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Russian Railways Concessional Travel for Kids

2017-04-20 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Russian Railway’s

Speaking of great programs across Europe and the world, in Russia kids can use concessional travel on trains at half the normal price beginning July 1st. Some 2.5 million Russian children aged 10 to 17 years will benefit according to the head of the Federal Tourism Agency Oleg Safonov.

Tags: Oleg Safonov, Olga Golodets, Russia tourism, Russia trains, Russian Railways, Russian travel, transport

Russian Railways Launches “Swift” Service Moscow-Berlin

2016-12-20 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Swift Train via Sputnik/ Ramil Sitdikov

Russian Railways has just commissioned “Swift” express rail services in between Moscow and Berlin. The streamlined new train makes use of Spanish coaches equipped for rapid exchange of wheels designed for Russian-European gauge tracks.

Tags: Europe trains, Europe transportation, European rail, rail travel, Russian Railways

Double-decker train starts operating on Moscow – St. Petersburg route

2015-02-01 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Russia Rail

In transportation news, Russian Railways will launch an all new passenger route between Moscow and St. Petersburg that will showcase new two-storey rail cars. The first voyage is scheduled for this evening, Sunday February 1st.

Tags: Moscow tourism, Rail, rail travel, Russia travel, Russian Railways

Russian Railways denies any restrictions on employee travel

2014-10-28 by Aleksandr Shatskih

Vladimir Yakunin

News sources this week suggest Russian Railways and some other Russian state run companies may have imposed bans on foreign travel. According to the news, companies in Russia hit by western sanctions allegedly dissuaded employees from visiting countries outside Russia.

Tags: Russia sanctions, Russia travel, Russia travel ban, Russian Railways

Allegro High Speed Between Finland and Russia Booming

2011-05-26 by Phil Butler

Helsinki, Finland

Since we reported on the Russia-Finland Free Visa issue, visitors to the Russian Federation via high speed rail have increased by 22 percent over the same period a year ago. According to the news, some 100,600 rail passengers traveled between Finland and Russia in the first quarter of 2011.

Tags: Allegro, Baltic tourism, Dmitry Medvedev, EU Travel, EU visa, Finland travel, Finland visa, Helsinki, high speed rail, rail tourism, Russia tourism, Russia travel, Russian Rail, Russian Railways, Russian visa, Tarja Halonen, visa, visa free travel, Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Yakunin

Russia – Finland Visa Free Travel a Step Closer

2010-12-17 by Phil Butler

Russia Finland visa-free talks go forward

The door for visa-free travel between Russia and Finland was opened on Sunday as Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Finnish President Tarja Halonen officially opened a high speed rail service between St. Petersburg and Helsinki. The two leaders seemed positive about at least limited free-visa travel between the two countries. A positive outcome for rail between the two could well speed EU and Russian Federation talks to open up travel to Russia.

Tags: European Union, high speed rail, Russian Railways, Russian Trains, Tarja Halonen, Travel All Russia, travel industry, Travel Russia, visa free travel, visa news, Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Yakunin

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