Russian Railways will cancel or reduce more than 40 trains

Changes in the schedule will affect, among other things, the Express train Moscow-Petersburg, the White Nights train Petersburg-Vologda, as well as train No. 15 Moscow-Volgograd

The Federal Passenger Company (FPC, a subsidiary of Russian Railways) will cancel or reduce the frequency of 44 passenger trains amid falling consumer demand, follows from the FPC telegram (available to RBC), the authenticity of which was confirmed by the company.

In the document, the FPC asks to close the sale of tickets, including for the following trains on the dates indicated:

No. 4/3 Moscow - St. Petersburg (branded train "Express") departing from Moscow from November 23 to December 16, from January 11 to April 13, from St. Petersburg from November 24 to December 17, from January 12 to April 14 ; No. 25/26 St. Petersburg - Moscow (branded train "Smena / A. Betancourt - double-decker train") departing from St. Petersburg from November 24 to December 22, from January 12 to May 24, from Moscow from November 25 to December 23 , from January 13 to May 25; No. 92/91 Moscow - Murmansk departing from Moscow on January 9, 12, 13, 14, from Murmansk on January 11, 14, 15, 16; No. 35/36 St. Petersburg - Adler (Northern Palmira train) departing from St. Petersburg from January 15 to April 18, from Adler from January 17 to April 20; No. 709/710 Moscow - Nizhny Novgorod (train "Strizh") departing from Moscow on December 13, 14, 15, 18, 20, 21, 22, from January 10 to March 31 on Saturdays, Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays; No. 703/704 Moscow - Nizhny Novgorod (Strizh train) departing from Moscow on December 14, 18, 21, from January 10 to March 31 on Saturdays and Tuesdays; No. 705/706 Nizhny Novgorod - Moscow (train "Strizh") departing from Nizhny Novgorod on December 14, 18, 21, from January 10 to March 31 on Saturdays and Tuesdays; No. 15/16 Volgograd - Moscow from January 17 to June 01 on the days of cruising, from Moscow from January 18 to June 02 on the days of cruising; No. 617/618 Vologda - St. Petersburg (branded train "White Nights") departing from Vologda on November 30, December 3, 7, 10, 14, 17, from January 15 to April 29 on the days of running, from St. Petersburg 1, December 4, 8, 11, 15, 18, from January 16 to April 29 on the days of plying; No. 85/86 Nizhnevartovsk - Moscow, departure from Moscow from January 16 on the days of plying until cancellation, from Nizhnevartovsk from January 19 on the days of plying until cancellation; No. 15/16 Chelyabinsk - Moscow, departure from Chelyabinsk from January 14 on the days of plying until cancellation, from Moscow from January 21 on the days of plying until canceled.

The FPC told RBC that they are revising the schedule of a number of trains "due to consumer demand."

“If necessary and in high demand, train schedules can be revised again towards increasing frequency,” the press service of the FPC said, noting that alternative trains run on all routes affected by the changes.