Strizh
The Strizh (English transcription ) and Russian Стриж Strisch , German , swifts' , one is express the Rossijskije schelesnyje dorogi (Russian Railways). The Strizh wrong than EUR Night internationally between Russia , Belarus , Poland and Germany on the route Moscow - Minsk - Warsaw - Berlin and inner-russian between Moscow and Vladimir - Nizhny Novgorod .
history
The Strizh high-speed train has been operating on the Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod line since June 1, 2015. In addition, the train runs twice a week from Berlin Ostbahnhof to Moscow to the Belarusian train station or in the opposite direction over a distance of 1886 kilometers (1919 kilometers according to the train notice). There are stops on the way in Frankfurt (Oder) , Rzepin , Poznań , Warsaw, Terespol , Brest , Minsk, Orscha and Smolensk . In 2018 the journey took 22 hours and 36 minutes, in the 2019 summer timetable from Moscow to Berlin 22 hours and from Berlin to Moscow 23 hours and 19 minutes.
Train set
The trains are equipped with wagons from the Spanish manufacturer Talgo . The purchase price for seven train sets was 135 million euros . A train between Berlin and Moscow consists of eighteen cars. Of these, fourteen are sleeping cars , two 1st class coaches , one buffet and one dining car . In total, there is space for more than 400 passengers on the train. The cars are air-conditioned and equipped with WiFi . At Brest station, the gauge changes from standard gauge (1435 millimeters) to Russian broad gauge (1520 millimeters), which is why the wheel sets have to be adapted. With a new technology called Swift , this re- gauging takes place automatically, so that the time for this process is reduced from around two hours to around twenty minutes. The cars are approved for speeds of up to 200 km / h .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ STRIZH. In: pass.rzd.ru. Retrieved May 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Alexander Haneke: What do you experience on the train from Berlin to Moscow? In: FAZ.net . June 13, 2018, accessed May 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Peter Neumann: Hotel train from Berlin - With the "Swift" to Moscow in 20 hours. In: berliner-zeitung.de . October 31, 2016, accessed May 7, 2019 .