Sapsan

Sapsan (Russian: Сапсан, "Peregrine Falcon", known as Velaro RUS EVS) is a Russian gauge high speed electric express train. The design is part of the Siemens Velaro family.

The trains started regular service on the Moscow – Saint Petersburg Railway in December 2009 at a maximum speed of 250 km/h (155 mph) (a new build High-Speed Line would allow for speeds of up to 350 km/h or 217 mph).

Construction history

On 18 May 2006, Siemens and Russian Railways signed a €276 million order for 8 high speed trains with a 30-year service contract worth around €300 million.

The trains were ordered to connect Moscow with Saint Petersburg and later Nizhny Novgorod at a speed of up to 250 km/h (155 mph). They are derived from the German ICE 3 train but with bodies widened by 330 mm (13 in) to 3,265 mm (10 ft 8.5 in) to suit Russia's wide loading gauge. Four of the trains ("EVS2") are equipped for both 3 kV DC and 25 kV 50 Hz AC operation. The total length of each ten-car train is 250 m (820 ft), carrying up to 600 passengers.

SAPSAN

History

SAPSAN is an airline of Kazakhstan, named after the peregrine falcon (Сапсан in Russian). It was founded in 2009 and that started operations in 2010. Based in Almaty International Airport and owned by the same parent company that owns Irtysh Air, the airline leased its aircraft to Irtysh Air to operate 5 domestic routes from Almaty (Kostanay, Karaganda, Oskemen, Kyzylorda and Pavlodar.

Destinations

Fleet

As of November 2012, the fleet of SAPSAN is stored and aircraft are to be returned to the manufacturer, Bombardier. The SAPSAN airlines fleet consists the following aircraft:

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