Heritage route
Ruskeala Express
Sortavala → Ruskeala · Russia
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- Distance
- 40 km
- Fastest time
- 1 h 10 min
- Average speed
- 34 km/h
- Top speed
- 60 km/h
- Operator
- RZD
- Train
- Steam retro train № 921/922
- Countries
- Russia
- In service since
- 2019
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
Russia’s only daily steam service: blue retro cars behind a vintage locomotive from Sortavala to Ruskeala’s flooded marble canyon, staged down to conductors in 1900s dress.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 12418126 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 4 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Russian Railways — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
Read more on Wikipedia (in RU) ↗
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