High-speed train to four Russian cities at World Cup 2018: "ST. PETERSBURG: High-speed trains will run between Moscow, Kazan, Samara and Ulyanovsk for the transportation of football fans during the World Cup-2018, Itar-Tass news agency quoted Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as saying.
Putin, after meeting Finnish President Tarja Halonen recently, said that the high-speed trains are already running between Moscow and St. Petersburg, Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod.
'And now, this high-speed railway lines are to be connect Moscow with Kazan, Samara and Ulyanovsk. This will be a strong impetus for the development of the high-speed train traffic in the European part of Russia,' the Russian news agency cited the Prime Minister as saying.
Putin and Halonen made a trip on a new high-speed train known as Allegro on Sunday. Halonen arrived from Helsinki and Putin joined her in Vyborg and together they continued a trip to St. Petersburg.
'We are pondering over an idea to coordinate a programme to build high-speed train lines to the World Cup venues,' the premier added."
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