Moscow-Kazan High Speed Rail
Any project connecting the capital of one of the world’s most
important country and the nation’s new & developing economic hub is a very
prestigious one. Such a project is the Moscow-Kazan High Speed Rail. Announced
by Russian President Putin in 2013, this rail project covers 770 kilometres and
is most likely to be completed in 2018. Considered by many as the first “real”
high speed rail project of Russia, it is expected to reduce travel time between
Moscow and Kazan by rail by more than 9 hours as well as run 400 kilometres per
hour.
It is expected to increase mobility of the citizens of these
two metropolitan cities as well as providing jobs to many. It is expected to be
designed by a consortium of three companies, two Russian and 1 Chinese for a
total cost of 20.8 billion rubles ($383 million) over the next two years. The
actual construction will be at a cost of 1.06 trillion rubles ($19.5 billion).
This project is also an example of export of high speed rail to other countries
from China.
No comments:
Post a Comment