High-Speed Rail Watch: From Russia to America?

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  09.28.09 | 2:43 PM ET

A new breed of locomotive-less high-speed train will launch in Russia in December, running between St. Petersburg and Moscow—and Siemens, the German company behind the new model, is hoping to bring it to America next. The New York Times has the details.

Tags: Train Travel, Europe, Russia, Moscow, St. Petersburg, North America, United States, News and Briefs

Eva Holland is the senior editor of World Hum. Her writing has also appeared in the National Post, the Montreal Gazette, the Ottawa Citizen and WestJet's Up! Magazine, among other publications. She's based in Ottawa, Canada.


1 Comment for High-Speed Rail Watch: From Russia to America?

Zach 09.28.09 | 7:23 PM ET

That headline is quiet the tease—I was hoping for news of a trans-Artic railway.

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