The passenger train No. 5/6 "Lotos" Moscow - Astrakhan will now provide wireless access to the Internet. The service is available to all users with devices enabled with Wi-Fi function. Its price ranges from 390 to 990 rubles for the trip, depending on the amount of traffic.

The combined communications system “3G + satellite" is installed in the train connections carriage in order to receive a stronger signal. It should be noted that the "Federal Passenger Company" JSC is implementing the project introducing Wi-Fi to the most popular passenger trains of Russian Railways.

In the near future the service will be available for the passengers of the train No. 9/10 "Zhiguli" Moscow - Samara. Beginning from August 6, 2012 thanks to the "MegaFon" company the Internet will be available on the trains No. 59 "Volga" Nizhny Novgorod - St. Petersburg; No. 153 "Burevestnik" Nizhny Novgorod - Moscow; No. 167 "Nevsky Express" St. Petersburg - Moscow and No. 32 "Leo Tolstoy" Moscow - Helsinki.