Moscow-Nice Express

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The Moscow-Nice-Express is an international long-distance train operated by Russian Railways from Moscow Belarusian Railway Station to Nice . In response to the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus , the train has not operated since March 5, 2020 until further notice.

history

Even before the First World War , a luxury train ran between Russia and the Côte d'Azur from 1898 to 1914 with the St. Petersburg-Vienna-Nice-Cannes-Express , which, however, took passengers in Warsaw between the broad-gauge Russian train and the one in Central Europe moving standard gauge train had to change.

connection

The connection has the numbers DRV 409 and in the opposite direction DRV 408. It was set up in 2010.

With a distance of 3315 km, it is one of the longest train runs in Europe. The scheduled travel time is around 49 hours. In Brest-Zentralny are bogies of passenger cars of the Russian broad gauge to standard gauge umgespurt . The locomotive is switched to the next state and its national railway on the crossing.

The train starts in Moscow on Thursday .

Line course

The train crosses Russia , Belarus , Poland , the Czech Republic , Austria , Italy , Monaco and France .

The train travels via Vyasma , Smolensk , Orscha-Zentralny , Minsk-Passaschyrski , Brest-Zentralny, Terespol , Warszawa Wschodnia , Warszawa Centralna , Warszawa Zachodnia , Katowice , Zebrzydowice , Bohumín (no boarding), Břeclav , Vienna Central Station , Linz Central Station , Bischofshofen , Zell am See , Jenbach , Innsbruck main station , Brenner / Brennero (no boarding), Bozen , Verona Porta Nuova , Milano Rogoredo , Genova Piazza Principe , Sanremo , Bordighera , Ventimiglia , Menton , Monte Carlo to the destination Nice-Ville .

Individual evidence

  1. Temporary restrictions on the rail link with Nice. Retrieved March 2, 2020 .
  2. ^ Moritz Gathmann: Train from Moscow to Nice: Change of track to the sea . May 20, 2012, ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed January 9, 2020]).
  3. - 53 hours train ride from Moscow to Nice. Retrieved January 9, 2020 (German).
  4. ^ Moscow-Nice-Express - House on Wheels. Retrieved January 9, 2020 (German).