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	New Service from Russian Railways
	The Russian Railways has launched a new service available from May 21, 2012 – passengers will be able to buy train tickets on credit.
--12-05-2012--
	Rail road passengers can buy tickets in credit now
	From June 1, 2012 railway passengers will be able to take a ‘Credit for a ticket” to buy a train ticket.
--11-05-2012--
	Railway Ticket Offices Equipped with Payment Terminals
	In 2011, 183 more railway ticket offices in Russia have been equipped with integrated payment terminals, which allow passengers to pay for long-distance train tickets with plastic cards VISA and MasterCard.
--13-03-2012--
	Russia plans to build $ 100 billion high-speed long distance railways
	The construction of high-speed long distance railways in Russia will cost $ 100 billion.
--06-03-2012--
	Monuments to Architects to Appear at Squares of Moscow Railroad Terminals
	Monuments to architects may possibly be set up in the squares of railways stations in Moscow.
--24-02-2012--
	Russian Railways Expands Internationally with a New Talgo Train
	The President of Russian Railways, Vladimir Yakunin announced the plans to strengthen and facilitate the train connections between Europe and Russia over the next 3 years. To this end, Talgo trains with a new automatic track gauge changeover systems have been ordered. The trains are expected to start running toward the end of the year on Moscow-Kiev and Moscow-Berlin routes.
--31-01-2012--
	Another Architecture Monument Brought Down in Moscow
	Section House of the Moscow district railway located at the address 42А Enthusiastov Highway was a monument of architecture in the east of Moscow.
--18-01-2012--
	Exhibition on Wheels Opens in Petersburg
	A unique train has arrived at the Baltiyski railway station in Saint Petersburg to become a real exhibition centre.
--05-01-2012--
	Russian Railways Connects Moscow to Paris and Nice
	Air travel is no longer the only option for Europeans wanting to visit Moscow. In mid-December 2011 Russian Railways introduced two new destinations: Paris and Nice. The Moscow-Paris train journeys via Poland and Germany, while the Moscow-Nice one takes you to the south of France via Austria and Italy.
--30-12-2011--
	Russian Railways acquires 8 Sapsan trains
	The Russian Railwayshave signed a firm contract with German concern Siemens for supplying eight more high speed trains Sapsan. The total sum of contracts including maintenance reaches 600 million Euro.
--22-12-2011--