Infrastructure

Allegro launch cuts Helsinki - St Petersburg journey times

2010-12-13T15:41:00

Inaugural Allegro train waits to depart from Helsinki.

EUROPE: Helsinki - St Petersburg passenger services were relaunched with the December 12 timetable change, with journey times cut by 2 h to 3½ h following the introduction of Alstom dual-voltage New Pendolino tilting trainsets, infrastructure upgrades to permit running at 220 km/h in Finland and 200 km/h in Russia, ...

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