Good News from Tue, 16 February, 2010:

New Allegro trains link Helsinki and St
Petersburg

VR The track trials of the new Allegro trains operating between Helsinki and St. Petersburg will begin in March.
The first of the Allegro high-speed trainsets ordered for the service between Helsinki and St Petersburg has arrived in Finland from Alstom factory in Italy. Fine-tuning and static testing of the brand new train have begun at VR’s Ilmala depot in Helsinki. The three remaining trains will be delivered to Finland by the end of the year.

Track trials of the first train will begin in Finland at the end of March and in Russia in April. Acceptance tests will be carried out on all the Allegros in Finland and Russia. Before they start in actual service, the trains must obtain type approval in both countries.

Once in full service the Allegro trains will cut down the journey time between Helsinki and St Petersburg by two and half hours with a maximum speed of 220 kilometres an hour. Border and custom inspections will take place on the moving train in both countries, which makes border crossings much faster.

The Allegro trains are planned to replace the Sibelius and Repin trains that currently operate between St Petersburg and Helsinki. Allegro service will also enable the gradual increase of rail services between the two cities. The non-smoking train has seven carriages and 344 seats. Allegro also features a speaker and display system, which enables passenger announcements in Finnish, Russian and English.

www.vrgroup.fi

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Comments (7)

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