Moscow–Kazan high-speed railway

Railway line under construction in Russia

The Moscow–Kazan high-speed railway is a planned 772-kilometre long high-speed railway line connecting the cities of Moscow and Kazan in the Russian Federation, going through the intermediate cities of Vladimir, Nizhny Novgorod and Cheboksary.^{[citation needed]} The project had an original expected completion date of 2023, and was 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][needs update]} Planning work was finished in September 2017. Preliminary construction on stations and platforms, with space reserved for the railway, started in spring 2018.^{[4][needs update]} Construction on the railway has been postponed as of March 2020, due to the high cost (estimated at 1.7 trillion rubles) and in lieu of further studies on ridership.^[5]

Details

Proposed corridor for linking Asian and European rails.

• Route: Moscow – Vladimir – Nizhny Novgorod – Kazan (- Vladivostok/Beijing)
• Route length: 762 km
• Track gauge: 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) Russian gauge
• Number of tracks: 2 Russian gauge tracks^[2]
• 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.^[6]
• 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

• High-speed rail in Russia

References

1. Moscow to Kazan route details
2. Специальные технические условия для проектирования и строительства ВСМ Москва — Казань, СТУ №7, page 6 (in Russian).
3. "Russia & China to invest $15bn in high-speed rail link from Moscow to Kazan". Business Insider-Agence France-Presse. 17 October 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
4. Мосузел прирастёт станциями
5. "Хуснуллин объяснил решение отложить создание ВСМ Москва – Казань". Retrieved 13 November 2021.
6. "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.