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The Sibelius was a train run daily by VR between Helsinki, Finland, and St. Petersburg, Russia. The service began on 31 May 1992 to ease congestion on the night service Repin after the fall of the Soviet Union increased traffic on the border. The maximum speed of the train was originally 140 km/h (87 mph), and it was later raised to 160 km/h (99 mph). Travel times between the two cities were originally over 6 hours, but they reached 5 hours and 12 minutes in 2002 and dropped further to 5 hours and 6 minutes in 2006.[1]

Sibelius

The Sibelius at Saint Petersburg.
Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail
Status	Discontinued
Locale	Russia – Finland
First service	May 31, 1992
Last service	December 13, 2010
Successor	Allegro
Former operator(s)	VR Group
Route
Termini	Helsinki Saint Petersburg
Stops	8
Train number(s)	035/036
Line(s) used	Riihimäki–Saint Petersburg railway
Technical
Track gauge	1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) Russian gauge 1,524 mm (5 ft)
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz AC (Finland) 3 kV DC (Russia)
Track owner(s)	VR Group Russian Railways

The service, along with Repin, was discontinued on 12 December 2010 when it was replaced by the new high speed service Allegro.[1] Some of the carriages of the train were supposed to be used on regular traffic between Helsinki and Joensuu on IC 5/12 starting on 31 October 2011,[2] but their introduction was delayed until 10 January 2012 due to pending homologation from the Finnish Transport Safety Agency (TraFi).[3][4] For instance, the bogies of the carriages had to be changed.[5]

See also

• Sm6 Allegro

References

External links

• Sibelius on the VR website

На других языках

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- [en] Sibelius (train)

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[ru] Сибелиус (поезд)

«Сибе́лиус» (фин. Sibelius) — пассажирский поезд Финских железных дорог, курсировавший по маршруту Хельсинки — Санкт-Петербург (фирменный поезд № 35/36 «Сибелиус» по российской классификации) c 30 мая 1992 года до 11 декабря 2010 года. Заменен[1] на фирменные скоростные поезда «Аллегро».

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