Modernized sleeping cars (sleeping car of increased comfort) with horizontal arrangement of seats began to run as part of some passenger trains on routes No. 19/20 Rostov-on-Don - Moscow, No. 11/12 Anapa - Moscow. This was reported by the press service of JSC "Russian Railways".
In the near future, such cars will appear in all trains of these routes.
One sleeping car has 8 compartments with sleeping berths increased to 2 m (16 cm more than a standard sleeping berth). The developers also provided a shower room, equipped with an ironing board, iron and hair dryer.
Features of the updated sleeping car:
- Lighting settings
- Spacious closed shelves for hand luggage and sports equipment
- Place for outerwear
- Multimedia screens with content selection function
- Individual lamps, sockets and USB connectors
- Safe for storing valuables
- Conductor call button
The supplier of the new sleeping cars is the Moscow enterprise "Vagonremmash". In 2025, the manufacturer will transfer 28 modified cars to Russian Railways.
New type sleeping cars will start running on the following routes:
- Moscow - Novorossiysk
- Moscow - Saransk
- Moscow - Voronezh
- Moscow - Tambov
- Moscow - Belgorod
- Moscow - St. Petersburg
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- Double-decker cars for the Burevestnik train received a certificate of compliance with the requirements of the Customs Union
- Testing of the two first fully Russian electric trains ES105 "Finist" began in the Urals
- Testing of the newest three-section tram "Sinara 71-233" began in Yekaterinburg
