Moscow-St.Petersburg High Speed Link Update

Interfax
03/05/97

Developers say the new high-speed rail terminal they plan to build in St Petersburg will cost $200 million and take between 1997 and the year 2000 to build. VSM, the company developing a high-speed line between Moscow and St Petersburg, submitted its estimates to the St Petersburg Town Planning Committee Friday. Trains will cover the 659-kilometers between St Petersburg and Moscow in 147 minutes at speeds of up to 220-260 kilometers an hour.