From St. Petersburg to the Crimea went the first passenger train

On December 23, the first passenger train departed from St. Petersburg to the Crimean peninsula. The end point of the route is Sevastopol.

The sale of train tickets began on November 8, and seats in the compartment were sold out in less than a day.

At the station Taman - Passenger Parking will last 12 minutes, then - 18 km over the waters of the Kerch Strait.

On the territory of Crimea, stops are planned in Bagerovo, Seven Wells, Vladislavovka, Dzhankoy, Simferopol, Bakhchisarai and Sevastopol.
A single-storey train departed from the Northern capital, and two-storey trains are planned to move from Moscow.

On December 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin opened the railway part of the bridge across the Kerch Strait – he drove over it in the driver’s cab.

The automobile part of the Crimean Bridge was opened for traffic in the spring of 2018, cargo traffic started in the autumn of the same year. Freight trains are scheduled to launch in June 2020. The length of the bridge to the Crimea is 19 km from the Krasnodar Territory, this bridge is considered the longest in Europe.

Source: rg