The train departed
from St. Petersburg on December 23
SIMFEROPOL /Crimea/,
December 25. /TASS/. The first passenger train from the Russian city of St.
Petersburg has arrived in the Crimean city of Sevastopol at 09:21 local time
(06:21 GMT), a TASS correspondent reported.
The train departed
from St. Petersburg’s Moskovsky Railway Station on December 23. A spokesperson
for the Crimea Bridge Information Center told TASS earlier that the train had
slowed down while crossing the bridge in order to provide its passengers with
an opportunity to enjoy the views.
Trains will run
between St. Petersburg and Sevastopol, and between Moscow and Simferopol on a
year-round basis.
Crimea Bridge
The Crimean Bridge,
which connects the peninsula with Russia’s Krasnodar region, is the longest in
Europe. The bridge was opened to automobile traffic in May 2018, and then to
cargo traffic in the fall of 2018.
The construction of
its railway section was completed on December 18, 2019. Cargo trains are
expected to start running across the bridge in July 2020.
Source: ITAR-TASS
25-12-2019
