Russia has a vast territory, and the demand for high-speed rail transportation is becoming more and more urgent. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Husnulin stated that a decision on the construction of the "Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod" high-speed rail should be made in 2022, and the decision will depend on the state of the welfare fund.

He said: "My personal opinion is: if the budget or the State Welfare Fund will allow it, then of course we need to build high-speed railways to St. Petersburg and Nizhny Novgorod, and then extend to Kazan and Yekaterinburg. Of course, we must build access to The high-speed train in the south."

 According to the Deputy Prime Minister, if the income of the National Welfare Fund will allow it, the government will propose to restore the project. He said: "At least the high-speed rail needs to be built to Nizhny Novgorod. This decision will be made in 2022, depending on the state of the welfare fund."

On the occasion of celebrating the 800th anniversary of the state capital, the governor of Nizhny Novgorod has requested Russian President Vladimir Putin to return to the topic of building the "Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod" high-speed rail.

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The construction of high-speed railways, as an important infrastructure to open up the arteries of economic development between cities, is a dedicated double-track electrified railway that operates at a speed of 200-400 kilometers per hour. Currently there is no such railway in Russia. In recent years, Russian Railways is preparing to use the "Moscow-Kazan" high-speed rail with a value of approximately 1.7 trillion rubles as a pilot project. One of the pilot phases should be to organize a trip to Nizhny Novgo on the "Moscow-Gorokhovets" section. Rhodes traffic. Editor/Xu Shengpeng