Expanding Presence in the International Transport Market

Key principles of JSC FPC’s passenger services

As part of our efforts to improve passenger comfort, we maintain a continued focus on preparing proposals for train timetable adjustments to offer more convenient arrival/departure times and maximise train travelling speeds subject to capacity constraints of Parent Company’s infrastructure.

Traffic volumes and introducing new trains

In order to organise the traffic of suburban trains MTsD-2 and MTsD-4 during the reconstruction of the Moscow railway hub, the traffic of long-distance passenger trains was altered.

So, from 15 January 2021, departure/arrival of eight pairs of passenger trains was transferred from Moscow-Passazhirskaya-Kurskaya station to Moscow-Passazhirskaya-Paveletskaya station (trains No. 55/56 Moscow – Baku, No. 143/144 Moscow – Kislovodsk, No. 517/518 Moscow – Anapa, No. 533/534 Moscow – Adler) and Moscow-Passazhirskaya-Kievskaya (trains No. 83/84 Moscow – Adler, No. 109/110 Moscow – Anapa, No. 231/232 Moscow – Yeisk, No. 563/564 Moscow – Anapa).

On May 29, 2021, the traffic flow schedule of passenger trains was changed and a new Vostochny railway station was put into service with 18 pairs of transit trains on the route Khovrino – Likhobory (change of direction) – Cherkizovo – Lefortovo, which caused an increase in travel time for trains going from North-West to South. In addition, eight pairs of trains between Moscow and Nizhny Novgorod were transferred to the Eastern Terminal of Cherkizovo station.

In the 2020/2021 standard train schedule, the overall traffic of JSC FPC passenger trains amounted to 479 train pairs, including 283 pairs of express trains, 168 pairs of passenger trains and 28 pairs of higher-speed trains.

A total of 138 splitting train pairs were included in the schedule to improve operating performance and rolling stock efficiency: 98 pairs of year-round trains, 34 pairs of summer trains and six pairs of winter trains.

To improve the passenger experience and attract more passengers to rail, the 2021/2022 schedule includes 37 new long-distance JSC FPC train pairs

New long-distance trains:

  • No 91/92 Moscow – Stary Oskol
  • No. 99/100 Nizhny Novgorod – Kislovodsk
  • No. 99/100 Yekaterinburg – Surgut
  • No. 105/106 Orenburg/Samara – St. Petersburg
  • No. 120/119 Perm – Novy Urengoy
  • No. 133/134 Moscow – Derbent
  • No. 143/144 Ussuriysk – Tikhookeanskaya (for Khabarovsk – Tikhookeanskaya carriages attached to the train No. 2/1 Moscow – Vladivostok)
  • No. 287/288 Belgorod – Kislovodsk
  • No. 362 Priobie – Yekaterinburg (for Priobie – Moscow carriages attached to the train No. 11 Novy Urengoy – Moscow)
  • No. 361/362 Mineralnye Vody – Nalchik (for Moscow – Nalchik carriages attached to the train No. 33/34 Moscow – Vladikavkaz)
  • No. 333/334 Mineralnye Vody – Vladikavkaz (for Moscow – Vladikavkaz carriages attached to the train No. 61/62 Moscow – Nalchik)
  • No. 383 Nizhny Tagil – Priobie (for Moscow – Priobie carriages of the train No. 12 Moscow – Novy Urengoy)
  • No. 397/398 Kirov – Kazan (for Kirov – Kislovodsk carriages attached to the train No. 445/446 Yekaterinburg – Kislovodsk)
  • No. 616/615 Isakogorka – Severodvinsk (for Moscow – Severodvinsk carriages attached to the train No. 115/116 Moscow – Arkhangelsk)
  • No. 643/644 Balashov – Rtischevo (non-transfer group Moscow –Rtischevo attached to the train No. 379/380 Moscow – Kamyshin).

Double-decker trains (four pairs):

  • No. 29/30 St. Petersburg – Belgorod
  • No. 43/44 St. Petersburg – Kostroma
  • No. 277/278 St. Petersburg – Anapa
  • No. 737/738 St. Petersburg – Moscow, due to cancellation of the Nevsky Express train No. 747/748

Lastochka (two pairs):

  • No. 821/822 Tyumen – Omsk
  • No. 833/834 Krasnodar – Vladikavkaz
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