![]() The Sibelius at Saint Petersburg. | |
Overview | |
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Service type | Inter-city rail |
Status | Discontinued |
Locale | Russia – Finland |
First service | May 31, 1992 |
Last service | December 13, 2010 |
Successor | Allegro |
Former operator(s) | VR Group |
Route | |
Termini | Helsinki Saint Petersburg |
Stops | 8 |
Train number(s) | 035/036 |
Line(s) used | Riihimäki–Saint Petersburg railway |
Technical | |
Track gauge | In Russia: 1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) Russian gauge In Finland: 1,524 mm (5 ft) |
Electrification | 25 kV 50 Hz AC (Finland) 3 kV DC (Russia) |
Track owner(s) | VR Group Russian Railways |
The Sibelius was a train run daily by VR between Helsinki, Finland, and St. Petersburg, Russia. The service began on 31 May 1992 in order to ease congestion on the night service train <i>Repin</i> and due to the fall of the Soviet Union, where traffic was increased on the border.
The maximum speed of the train was originally 140 km/h (87 mph), and it was later raised to 160 km/h (99 mph). Travel times between the two cities were originally over 6 hours, but were dropped to 5 hours and 12 minutes in 2002 and further to 5 hours and 6 minutes in 2006.[1]
This rail service, along with Repin, was discontinued on 12 December 2010 when it was replaced by the new high speed service Allegro.[1] Some of the carriages of the train were supposed to be used on regular traffic between Helsinki and Joensuu on IC 5/12 starting on 31 October 2011,[2] but their introduction was delayed until 10 January 2012 due to pending homologation from the Finnish Transport Safety Agency (TraFi).[3][4] For instance, the bogies of the carriages had to be changed.[5]
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Sibelius train carriages
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inside the train
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Russian Repin (juna)train carriages
See also
References
- ^ a b Salo, Sakari K (2011). "Helsingin–Pietarin liikenteen kehityksestä allegro". Resiina (in Finnish) (173). Museorautatieyhdistys ry, Suomen Rautatiehistoriallinen Seura ry: 24–36. ISSN 0356-0600.
- ^ Nylund, Lari (28 September 2011). "Vs: Pikajuna Karjalan radalle?" (in Finnish). Vaunut.org. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
- ^ "Liikennetiedotteet" (in Finnish). VR Group. 9 December 2011. Retrieved 11 December 2011.
InterCity (IC 5) klo 12.52 Helsinki-Joensuu sekä InterCity (IC 12) klo 18.17 Joensuu-Helsinki ajetaan poikkeuksellisesti pikajunavaunustolla 9.1.2012 saakka.
- ^ Nylund, Lari (5 January 2012). "Vs: Pikajuna Karjalan radalle?" (in Finnish). Vaunut.org. Retrieved 14 January 2012.
- ^ Nummelin, Markku (2011). "Tasoristeys". Resiina (in Finnish) (176). Museorautatieyhdistys ry, Suomen Rautatiehistoriallinen Seura ry: 60. ISSN 0356-0600.
External links
- Sibelius on the VR website
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