<P> Instead of these outdated domestic trainsets, imported trainsets have been in operation since March 2009 . Siemens Velaro trainsets have operated since 2009 between Saint Petersburg and Moscow, at speeds of up to 250 km / h (155 mph) and since 2010 between Nizhny Novgorod and Moscow, where service is limited to 160 km / h (99 mph). The Pendolino Sm6, similar to Finnish high - speed trains, began operation in 2010 between Saint Petersburg and Helsinki at up to 220 km / h (137 mph). </P> <P> In February 2010 RZhD announced it would shortly release a proposal for a new high - speed line to be built parallel to the existing line between Saint Petersburg and Moscow due to congestion on the existing line . In April 2010 it was confirmed that a new Moscow--Saint Petersburg high - speed line with length of 660 km and running speed of up to 400 km / h was envisioned, cutting the journey time from 3h 45m to 2h 30m . It is expected the line to include stops at both Saint Petersburg and Moscow region airports . On 28 January 2011, Russia announced that the high speed rail link between Moscow and Saint Petersburg will be finished on time for the 2018 FIFA World Cup . The cost is expected to be "somewhere around" 10 to 15 billion euros, not including land purchases, said Denis Muratov, general director of High - Speed Rail Lines . The state will shoulder up to 70 percent of construction costs, with the remainder coming from outside investors . Most of that money is likely to come from international financial institutions, including the World Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Muratov said . Sberbank, VTB and VEB may also be interested . In fact, construction of this new Moscow--Saint Petersburg high - speed line didn't start . </P> <P> Instead of it, on 13 May 2015 the Russian government announced that China Railway Group Ltd will build a 400 km / h high speed rail link from Moscow to Kazan by 2018 in time for the 2018 FIFA World Cup where Kazan is one of the cities that will host some of the football matches . The cost of the Moscow--Kazan link is estimated at $21.4 billion . Train travel from Moscow to Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, will be shortened to just 3.5 hours instead of the more than 14 hours that it takes now . The opening date was later changed to 2020 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Line </Th> <Th> Speed </Th> <Th> Length </Th> <Th> Expected start of revenue services </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Moscow--Kazan </Td> <Td> 400 km / h </Td> <Td> 770 km </Td> <Td> 2020 </Td> </Tr> </Table>

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