Premium

The southern flagship since 1964 — first Ritsa, then Sochi, Premium since 2009 — 1,761 km from Kazansky station to the subtropical Black Sea platforms of Adler in 23 hours.

Stations

1. 0 kmМосква-Пассажирская-Казанская
2. 198 kmRyazan
3. 408 kmМичуринск-Воронежский
4. 468 kmГрязи-Воронежские
5. 584 kmPridacha
6. 663 kmЛиски
7. Show 4 more stations

   1. 779 kmРоссошь
   2. 1,227 kmРостов-Главный
   3. 1,507 kmКраснодар-1
   4. 1,571 kmГорячий Ключ
8. 1,652 kmТуапсе-Пассажирская
9. 1,681 kmЛазаревская
10. 1,731 kmСочи
11. 1,746 kmХоста
12. 1,754 kmАдлер

The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.

How this line was checked

• Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 1181383 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 57 m of them
• Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 14 m from it
• The operator publishes this line's timetable: Russian Railways — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
• See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it

Questions and answers

How long is the Premium?

The Premium runs 1,761 km from Moscow to Adler.

How long does the Premium take?

The fastest scheduled journey is ~23 h for the 1,761 km. That is an average of 77 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 120 km/h.

Who runs the Premium?

RZD, with premium № 101/102 (ex-Sochi).

How old is the Premium?

The line has been in service since 1964. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.

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