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Printed from: http://petersburgcity.com/news/city/2008/09/25/railways/ City news, 25.09.2008 07:36 Russian Railways to Get 45.5bn for St. Petersburg-Helsinki High-Speed Railway![]() The government has appropriated 27.9 billion ruble to implement the first project and 17.6 billion ruble for the second one. The total cost of rebuilding Oune-Vysokogornaya section (which length is 37.6km) and constructing a single-track tunnel (3.9km) equals 59.8 billion ruble. The project will be implemented in 2008 through 2013.
Overall, arranging high-speed railway traffic between St. Petersburg and Helsinki will cost 79.7 billion ruble. The trains are expected to cover the distance of 450km in 3.5 hours.
News source: Kommersant.com
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