Bad weather has caused delay of trains between Moscow and St. Petersburg
According to the railroad, fell on the tracks in the Novgorod region the tree has damaged a contact network, currently delayed seven trains.
Moscow. August 13. INTERFAX.RU — bad Weather caused the delay of trains plying between Moscow and St. Petersburg, have informed “Interfax” the representative of the Oktyabrskaya railway (branch of JSC “Russian Railways”).
According to him, the fallen tree has damaged the contact network. In the path of the currently delayed four “Sapsan” and three passenger trains.
As noted in the press release of the October railway, the incident occurred at 15:47 on a stage of aleshinka — Uglovka (Novgorod oblast).
At the moment delayed high-speed train “Sapsan” № 766,768 Moscow — Saint-Petersburg, № 769,771 Saint Petersburg — Moscow train No. 748 Nevsky Express Moscow — St. Petersburg passenger train No. 49, Saint-Petersburg — Kislovodsk, № 227 Saint Petersburg — Novorossiysk.
Time deviations from the schedule will be known after completion of repairs.
According to passengers, the “Sapsan” the message Moscow — St.-Petersburg who went at 13:30, currently at a low speed while being towed by a locomotive.