MOSCOW, September 20 (RIA Novosti) - The international tourist train featuring variable-gauge adaptability will begin regular service between Berlin and St.Petersburg via Kaliningrad in May 2005, Sergei Kozyrev, vice-president of the OAO Russian Railways company, said during a working trip to the Kaliningrad railway administration.
The RR press release, received RIA Novosti on Monday, says that the Talgo luxury train pilot project stands high in the RR-Deutsche Bahn (Germany) cooperation statement.
To implement the project a joint venture, founded by Deutsche Bahn and RR, will be set up in Kaliningrad. "Although the RR will own 50.5 percent of it, both sides will have equal say in tackling operative and long-term goals," the communique reads.
"Interesting and unique work is ahead," Kozyrev said. Earlier, passenger trains capable of changing gauges without change of wheelpairs ran only in Europe. In May 2005 such a train will appear on Russian railways.
