Infrastructure

Russian Railways plans Ukraine avoiding line as high speed test track

2015-01-30T09:10:00

The main line from Moscow to Rostov-na-Donu passes through a short section of Ukrainian territory.

RUSSIA: Russian Railways, engineering organisations and Voronezh State University of Architecture & Civil Engineering are developing plans for a new 140 km double-track electrified line which would avoid the need for trains on the main line to Rostov-na-Donu, Krasnodar and Sochi to pass through a short section of Ukrainian territory.

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