the First train on the high speed railway (HSR) Moscow – St.-Petersburg will pass in December 2026, Deputy Minister of transport Vladimir Tokarev.
“We plan to launch the CSM in December 2026,” said he, ITAR-TASS interview. According to him, the project is cost-effective, and the operating break-even can be achieved in the first full year of operation in 2027. Thus, the net profit line will begin to bear the fifth year of operation, in 2031.
This area is one of the most popular. The dynamics of passengers carried on a route of trains of distant following in January – February 2020 amounted to 105%, said Tokarev.
From March to July, the volume of passenger traffic has decreased due to the restrictive measures related to unfavorable epidemiological situation. Thus, according to available reports, in the fourth year of the operation of HSR between Moscow and St. Petersburg passenger traffic will total 23.3 million people, and the dynamics of passenger traffic in this case is estimated to average +1.7% per year, said Deputy head of the Ministry of transport.
it was noted Earlier that the cost of the highway is estimated at 1.7 trillion rubles. In April 2019, the President of Russia Vladimir Putin supported the idea of designing high-speed highway Moscow – St. Petersburg.
