This article contains a list of named passenger trains in Russia.
Russian name | Transliterated name | Name meaning | Railroad | Train endpoints | Train number | Operated | Note | Ref | |
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Арктика | Arktika | Arctic | RŽD | Moscow Leningradsky - Murmansk | 015А/016А | present | [1] | ||
Баргузин | Barguzin | Barguzin river | RŽD | Irkutsk - Zabaykalsk | 321И/322И | present | [2] | ||
Белогорье | Belogorie | Belogorye | RŽD | Moscow Kursky - Belgorod | 072В/071В | 2004–present | [3] | ||
Белые ночи | Belye nochi | White nights | RŽD | St. Petersburg Ladozhsky - Vologda | 617Я/618Я | present | [4] | ||
Волга | Volga | Volga river | RŽD | St.Petersburg Glavny - Nizhny Novgorod | 059Г/059А | 1976–present | [5] | ||
Волгоград | Volgograd | Volgograd | RŽD | Moscow Paveletsky - Volgograd | 001Ж/001И | present | [6] | ||
Воронеж | Voronezh | Voronezh | RŽD | Moscow Paveletsky - Voronezh | 025В/025Я | 2001–present | [7] | ||
Вятка | Vyatka | Vyatka river | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky - Kirov | 031Г/032Г | present | [8] | ||
Гилюй | Gilyuy | Gilyuy river | RŽD | Blagoveshchensk - Tynda | 081Э/081Ч | 1994–present | [9] | ||
Демидовский экспресс | Demidovskiy express | P. G. Demidov express | RŽD | St. Petersburg Ladozhsky - Yekaterinburg | 071Е/072Е | 2003–present | [10] | ||
Дневной экспресс | Dnevnoy express | Daily Express | RŽD | Samara - Penza | 109Й/110Й | present | [11] | ||
Енисей | Enisey | Yenisey river | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky - Krasnoyarsk | 055Ы/056Ы | 1993–present | [12] | ||
Жигули | Zhiguli | Zhiguli mountains | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky - Samara | 009Й/010Й | 1965–present | [13] | ||
Ингушетия | Ingushetiya | Ingushetia | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky - Nazran | 146Э/145С | 2013–present | [14] | ||
Иртыш | Irtysh | Irtysh river | RŽD | Novosibirsk - Omsk | 088Н/087Н | present | [15] | ||
Италмас | Italmas | globeflower | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky - Izhevsk | 025Г/026Г | present | [16] | ||
Кузбасс | Kuzbass | Kuznetsk Basin | RŽD | Novosibirsk - Kemerovo | 029Н/030Н | present | [17] | ||
Лев Толстой | Lev Tolstoy | Leo Tolstoy | VR Group, RŽD | Moscow Leningradsky - Helsinki | 031А/032А | 1975–present | [18] | ||
Лотос | Lotos | Lotus | RŽD | Moscow Paveletsky - Astrakhan | 005Г/005Ж | present | [19] | ||
Марий Эл | Mariy El | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky - Yoshkar Ola | 058Э/058Г | 1993–present | [20] | |||
Мордовия | Mordoviya | Mordovia | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky - Saransk | 041Й/042Й | 1995–present | [21] | ||
Нижегородец | Nizhegorodets | Nizhegorodian | RŽD | Moscow Kursky - Nizhny Novgorod | 035Г/036Э | present | [22] | ||
Саратов | Saratov | Saratov | RŽD | Moscow Paveletsky - Saratov | 009Г/009Ж | present | [23] | ||
Фирменный | Firmenniy | Deluxe train | RŽD | Nizhny Novgorod - Izhevsk | 051Г/051Э | present | [24] | ||
Новокузнецк | Novokuznetsk | Novokuznetsk | RŽD | St. Petersburg Ladozhsky - Novokuznetsk | 013Н/014Н | 1996–present | [25] | ||
Обь | Ob | Ob river | RŽD | Novosibirsk - Novy Urengoy | 125Н/125Е | present | [26] | ||
Океан | Okean | Ocean | RŽD | Vladivostok - Khabarovsk | 005Э/006Э | 2000–present | [27] | ||
Омич | Omich | "of Omsk" | RŽD | Omsk — Nizhnevartovsk | 115Н/115Е | present | [28] | ||
Оренбуржье | Orenburzhie | Orenburg Oblast | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky - Orenburg | 031Е/032Й | 1977–present | [29] | ||
Карелия | Kareliya | Karelia | RŽD | Moscow Leningradsky - Petrozavodsk | 017А/018А | 1996-2007, 2012–present | [30] | ||
Поволжье | Povolzhye | Volga region | RŽD | St. Petersburg Moskovsky - Kazan | 133Г/133А | present | [31] | ||
Полярная стрела | Polyarnaya strela | Polar Arrow | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky - Labytnangi | 022Я/021Н | 2004–present | [32] | ||
Поморье | Pomorie | Pomorie region | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky - Severodvinsk | 116М/115Я | 2013–present | [33] | ||
Moscow Yaroslavsky - Arkhangelsk | 118М/117Я | [34] | |||||||
Приосколье | Prioskolie | Oskol river region | RŽD | Moscow Kursky - Stary Oskol | 057Ч/057В | 2005–present | [35] | ||
Псков | Pskov | Pskov | RŽD | Moscow Leningradsky - Pskov | 010А/010Ч | present | [36] | ||
Россия | Rossiya | Russia | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky - Vladivostok | 002Щ/001М | 1966–present | The longest single passenger train journey in the world[37] | [38] | |
Самара | Samara | Samara | RŽD | St. Petersburg Moskovsky - Samara | 107Й/107Ж | 2005–present | [39] | ||
Северная Пальмира | Severnaya Palmira | Northern Palmyra | RŽD | St. Petersburg Moskovsky - Adler | 035А/036А (035В/036С) | 2016–present | [40] | ||
Северный Урал | Severnyi Ural | Northern Ural | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky - Serov | 084М/084Е | 1984–present | [41] | ||
Сура | Sura | Sura river | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky - Penza | 051Й/052М | 1966–present | [42] | ||
Сыктывкар | Syktyvkar | Syktyvkar | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky - Syktyvkar | 034М/034Я | 2006–present | [43] | ||
Тамбов | Tambov | Tambov | RŽD | Moscow Paveletsky - Tambov | 031Ч/031В | 1994–present | [44] | ||
Томич | Tomich | "of Tomsk" | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky - Tomsk-2 | 037Н/038Н | present | [45] | ||
Тюмень | Tyumen | Tyumen | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky - Nizhevartovsk | 059Е/060У | present | [46] | ||
Ульяновск | Uliyanovsk | Ulyanovsk | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky - Ulyanovsk | 021Й/022Й | 1993–present | [47] | ||
Урал | Ural | Ural | RŽD | Kislovodsk - Yekaterinburg | 045Е/045С | 1964–present | Until 2009 operated on the Moscow - Yekaterinburg line. | [48] | |
Чувашия | Chuvashiya | Chuvashia | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky - Cheboksary | 053Ж/054Г | present | [49] | ||
Шексна | Sheksna | Sheksna river | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky - Cherepovets | 126Ч/126Я | present | [50] | ||
Южный Урал | Yuzhny Ural | South Ural | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky - Chelyabinsk | 013У/014Е | 1965–present | [51] | ||
Юность | Yunost | Youth | RŽD | Khabarovsk - Komsomolsk-on-Amur | 667Э/667Ж | 2011–present | Yunost (№ 023/024) previously operated on the Moscow-St. Petersburg line (–2009) | [52] | |
Ямал | Yamal | Yamal | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky - Novy Urengoi | 011Е/012Я | 2003–present | [53] | ||
Янтарь | Yantar | Amber | RŽD, BŽD | Moscow Belorussky - Minsk Main - Kaliningrad | 029Ч/030Ч | 1961–present | [54] | ||
Кавказ | Kavkaz | Caucasus | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky - Kislovodsk | 003С/004М | 2017–present | [55] | ||
Иван Паристый | Ivan Paristiy | Ivan Paristy | RŽD | Moscow Kiyevsky - Bryansk | 737А/738А 739А/740А 741В/742В | 1998–present | Named "Desna" until 2006 after the Desna river.Daily fast train, not categorized as "branded" (firmeny) | [56] | |
Красная стрела | Krasnaya strela | Red Arrow | RŽD | Moscow Leningradsky - St. Petersburg Moskovsky(Saint Petersburg–Moscow railway) | 002А/001А | 1931–present | First and oldest named (firmeny) train in Russia. | [59] | |
Смена-А. Бетанкур | Smena-A. Betankur | Smena magazine / A. de Betancourt | RŽD | 025А/026А | 1989–present | [60] | |||
Экспресс | Express | Express | RŽD | 003А/004А | present | [61] | |||
Невский экспресс | Nevsky Express | Neva river | RŽD | 747/748 | 2001–2008, 2010–present | Daily fast train, not categorized as "branded" (firmeny) | [62] | ||
Гранд Экспресс | Grand Express | Grand Express | private company | 054Ч/053Ч | 2005–present | First privately owned named train in Russia. | [63] | ||
Мегаполис | Megapolis | Megapolis | private company | 019У/020У | 2006–present | [64] | |||
Сапсан | Sapsan | Peregrine falcon | RŽD | 2009–present | High-speed train | [65] | |||
Алле́гро | Allegro | Allegro (music) | Karelian Trains | Helsinki Central - St. Petersburg Finlyandsky | 781М/782М, 783М/784М, 785М/786A, 787М/788М | 2010–present | High-speed train | [66] | |
Ласточка | Lastochka | Swallow | RŽD | St. Petersburg Moskovsky – Veliky Novgorod,Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod, Rosa Khutor – Krasnodar, Imeretinsky Kurort – Krasnodar, Maikop – Adler, Moscow – Smolensk, Krasnodar– Anapa, Krasnodar– Kislovodsk | present | High-speed train | [67] | ||
Стриж | Strizh | Swift | RŽD | Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod, Moscow – Berlin Ostbahnhof | present | High-speed train | [68] | ||
Славянский экспресс | Slavyansky Express | BČ | Moscow Belorussky - Brest | 2006–2010 (Moscow - Minsk) 2011–present | |||||
Таврия | Tavriya | Tavria | private company | Moscow Kazansky - Simferopol, St. Petersburg Moskovsky - Sevastopol | 028Ч/028С007А/008С | 2019–present | [69] | ||
Татарстан | Tatarstan | Tatarstan | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky - Kazan | 001Г/002Й | 1993–present | Premium category since 2009 | [70] | |
Кубань | Kuban | Kuban | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky - Novorossiysk | 030Й/030С | present | Premium category since 2009 | [71] | |
Ти́хий Дон | Tikhiy Don | And Quiet Flows the Don | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky - Rostov-on-Don | 020С/019С | 1966–present | Premium category since 2009 | [72] | |
Сочи | Sochi | Sochi | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky - Adler | 102С/102М | 1964–present | Premium category since 2009 | [73] | |
Московия | Moscovia | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky - Adler | 104Ж/104В | 2001–present | Premium category since 2010 | [74] | ||
Текстильный край | Textil'ny krai | Textile Land | RŽD | St. Petersburg Moskovsky - Ivanovo | 045Я/045А | 2011–present | [75] | ||
Николаевский экспресс | Nikolaevsky Express | Nikolay II | RŽD | Moscow Leningradsky - St. Petersburg Moskovsky | 005А/006А | 2015–present | [76] | ||
Атаман Платов | Ataman Platov | Matvei Platov | RŽD | 642С/642Ж | 2009–present | Previously running on the Moscow - Rostov-on-Don line | [77] | ||
Тверской экспресс | Tverskoy Express | Tver | RŽD | St. Petersburg Moskovsky - Astrakhan | 109Ж/109А | present | [78] | ||
Савва Мамонтов | Savva Mamontov | Savva Mamontov | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky - Yaroslavl | 105Я/106Я 103Я/104Я 101Я/102Я | present | [79] | ||
Балтийский экспресс | Baltisky Express | Baltic sea | RŽD | Moscow Leningradsky - Tallinn | 034/033 | present | International train | ||
Baltija (Baltics) | RŽD, LDz | St. Petersburg Vitebsky - Riga | present | International train | |||||
Белый аист | Bely Aist | BŽD | Minsk Main - Kyiv Main | present | International train | ||||
Bulgaria Express | Moscow Kiyevsky - Sofia | present | International train | ||||||
Kazakhstan | RŽD, KTŽ | Saratov - Almaty | present | International train | |||||
Kirghizia | KTJ | present | International train | ||||||
Latvijas Ekspresis (from Latvian: Latvian Express) | RŽD, LDz | Moscow Rizhsky - Riga | present | International train | |||||
Летува | Lietuva | Lithuania | RŽD, BŽD, LG | Moscow Belorussky - Minsk Main - Vilnius | present | International train | |||
Mayak | Lighthouse | RŽD, BŽD, UZ | St. Petersburg Vitebsky - Kyiv Main - Odesa | present | International train | ||||
Moldova | RŽD, UZ, CFM | Moscow (Kiyevsky) - Kyiv Main - Chişinău | present | International train | |||||
Odesa | RŽD, UZ | Moscow Kiyevsky - Kyiv Main - Odesa | present | International train | |||||
Moscow Express/Berlin | DB, PKP, BŽD, RŽD | Berlin Hauptbahnhof - Moscow Belorussky | present | International train | |||||
Polonez | RŽD, BŽD, PKP | Moscow Belorussky - Minsk Main - Warszawa Centralna | present | International train | |||||
Pridneprovie | RŽD, UZ | Moscow Kursky - Dnipro | present | International train | |||||
Sodruzhestvo | Commonwealth | RŽD, UZ, CFM | Moscow Kiyevsky - Kyiv (Main) - Chişinău | present | International train | ||||
Tajikistan | TDŽ | Moscow Kazansky - Dushanbe | present | International train | |||||
Uzbekistan | UTI | Moscow Kazansky - Tashkent | present | International train | |||||
Vltava | Moscow Belorussky - Minsk Main - Warszawa Centralna - Prague Main | present | International train | ||||||
Восток | Vostok | East | RŽD, CR | Moscow Yaroslavsky - Beijing Main | present | International train | |||
Vostok-Zapad Express | East-West Express | RŽD, BŽD, PKP | Moscow Belorussky - Minsk Main - Warszawa Centralna | present | International train | ||||
Юрмала | Yurmala | Jūrmala | RŽD, LDz | Moscow Rizhsky - Riga | present | International train | |||
Аврора | Avrora | Aurora | RŽD | Moscow Leningradsky - St. Petersburg Moskovsky(Saint Petersburg–Moscow railway) | 1963–2010 | ||||
Афанасий Никитин | Afanasiy Nikitin | Afanasy Nikitin | RŽD | 037А/038А | 1991–present | [80] | |||
Алтай | Altay | Altai | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky - Barnaul | 036М/036Н | not named since 2011 | |||
Байкал | Baikal | Lake Baikal | RŽD | St. Petersburg Moskovsky - Irkutsk | 1964–2013 | [81] | |||
Башкортостан | Bashkortostan | Bashkortostan | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky - Ufa | 039Й/040Й | 1965–2017 | [82] | ||
Belomorie | RŽD | Moscow (Yaroslavsky) - Arkhangelsk | present | ||||||
Белоруссия | Belorussia | Belarus | RŽD, BŽD | Moscow (Belorussky) - Minsk (Main) | present | ||||
Буревестник | Burevestnik | Petrel | RŽD | Moscow (Kursky) - Nizhny Novgorod | 153Г/154Г | discontinued since 2014 | [83] | ||
Chelyabinsky Express | RŽD | St. Petersburg (Ladozhsky) - Chelyabinsk | present | ||||||
Черноморец | Chernomorets | Blask Sea | RŽD | St. Petersburg Moskovsky - Novorossiysk | discontinued since 2019 | ||||
Даурия | Dauriya | Transbaikal | RŽD | Zabaikalsk - Chita | 650Ч/649Ч | discontinued | |||
Две столицы | Dve stolitsy | Two Capitals | RŽD | Moscow Leningradsky - St. Petersburg Moskovsky | 063А/064А | discontinued | [84] | ||
Il'men' | RŽD | Moscow (Leningradsky) - Veliky Novgorod | present | ||||||
Кама | Kama | Kama river | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky - Perm | 017Е/018Е | 1967–2010, 2016–2019 | |||
Kyiv | RŽD, UZ | Moscow (Kiyevsky) - Kyiv (Main) | discontinued since 2014 | International train | |||||
Kostroma | RŽD | Moscow (Yaroslavsky) - Kostroma | present | ||||||
Красный Яр | Krasniy Yar | Krasnoyarsk | RŽD | Novosibirsk - Krasnoyarsk | 085Ы/086Ы | 2006–discontinued | [85] | ||
Krym | Crimea | RŽD, UZ | Moscow (Kursky) - Kharkov - Simferopol | discontinued since 2014 | |||||
Липецк | Lipetsk | RŽD | Moscow Paveletsky - Lipetsk | 029В/029М | discontinued | ||||
Lybid' | RŽD, BŽD, UZ | St. Petersburg (Vitebsky) - Kyiv (Main) | present | ||||||
Магнитка | Magnitka | Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky - Magnitogorsk | discontinued since 2010 | ||||
Малахит | Malahit | Malachite | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky - Nizhny Tagil | 1976–2017 | [86] | |||
Minsk | RŽD, BŽD | Moscow (Belorussky) - Minsk (Main) | present | ||||||
Neman | BŽD | Moscow (Belorussky) - Grodno | present | ||||||
Nikolay Konaryov | RŽD, UZ | Moscow Kursky - Kharkov | discontinued since 2019 | ||||||
Николай Никольский | Nikolay Nikolskiy | Nikolay Porfirievich Nikolsky | RŽD | Novosibirsk - Krasnoyarsk | 083Н/084Н | discontinued | [87] | ||
Osetia | RŽD | Moscow (Kazansky) - Rostov-on-Don - Vladikavkaz | present | ||||||
Peresvet | RŽD | St. Petersburg (Moskovsky) - Moscow (Kursky) - Bryansk | present | ||||||
Репин | Repin | Ilya Repin | VR Group | Helsinki Central - St. Petersburg Finlyandsky | 1974–2010 | International train. | |||
Рыбинск | Rybinsk | Rybinsk | RŽD | Moscow Belorussky - Rybinsk | 601Я/602Я | not named since 2012 | |||
Саяны | Sayany | Sayan Mountains | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky - Abakan | present | ||||
Serebryanye Klyuchi | Silver Springs | RŽD | Moscow (Kazansky) - Sergach | present | |||||
Seym | RŽD | Moscow (Kursky) - Lgov | present | ||||||
Sibelius | Jean Sibelius | VR Group | Helsinki (Central) - St. Petersburg (Finlyandsky) | 1992–2010 | International train | ||||
Сибиряк | Sibirjak | Siberian | DB, PKP, BŽD, RŽD, KTŽ | Berlin Hauptbahnhof - Adler Berlin Hauptbahnhof - Nur-Sultan Berlin Hauptbahnhof - Chelyabinsk Berlin Hauptbahnhof - Kazan Berlin Hauptbahnhof - Moscow Belorussky Berlin Hauptbahnhof - Novosibirsk Berlin Hauptbahnhof - St. Petersburg Vitebsky Berlin Hauptbahnhof - Ufa | discontinued since 2013 | ||||
Сибиряк | Sibiryak | Siberian | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky - Novosibirsk | 025Н/026Н | discontinued since 2014 | |||
Slava | Glory | RŽD | St. Petersburg (Moskovsky) - Moscow (Kursky) - Volgograd | present | |||||
Смоленск | Smolensk | Smolensk | RŽD | Moscow Belorussky - Smolensk | 033Ж/034Ж | present | [88] | ||
Соловей | Solovey | Nightingale | RŽD | St. Petersburg (Moskovsky) - Moscow (Kursky) - Kursk | discontinued since 2014 | ||||
Sozh | RŽD, BŽD | Moscow (Belorussky) - Gomel | present | ||||||
Столичный экспресс | Stolichny Express | Capital Express | RŽD, UZ | Moscow Kiyevsky - Kyiv Main | 001Я/002Л | 2005–2015 | [89] | ||
Sumy | RŽD, UZ | Moscow (Kiyevsky) - Sumy | operates as add-on through-coaches to the train Kharkiv-Moscow | ||||||
Svisloch | RŽD, BŽD | Moscow (Belorussky) - Minsk (Main) | present | ||||||
Tissa | RŽD, UZ | Moscow (Kiyevsky) - Kyiv (Main) - Uzhhorod (Central) | discontinued since 2014 | ||||||
Троянда Донбасу | Troyanda Donbasu | The Rose of Donbas | RŽD, UZ | Moscow (Kursky) - Donetsk | discontinued since 2014 due to war in Donbas | International train. Previously named "Donbas". | |||
Тургенев | Turgenev | Ivan Turgenev | RŽD | Moscow Kursky - Oryol Moscow Kursky - Simferopol | 603М/604М 029/030 | 2006–2014 | [90] | ||
Ugolyok | RŽD, UZ | Moscow (Kursky) - Donetsk | discontinued | ||||||
Ukraine | RŽD, UZ | Moscow (Kiyevsky) - Kyiv (Main) | discontinued | ||||||
Вологодские зори | Vologodskie zori | Vologda Sunrises | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky - Vologda | 059Я/060Я | 1978–2014 | [91] | ||
Volyn | RŽD, UZ | Moscow (Kiyevsky) - Kyiv (Main) - Kovel | since 2014 operates as a regular train | ||||||
Эльбрус | Elbrus | Mount Elbrus | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky - Nalchik | 061С/062Ч | discontinued | [92] | ||
Yarmarka | Fair | RŽD | Moscow (Kazansky) - Nizhny Novgorod | present | |||||
Yugra | Yugra | RŽD | Moscow (Yaroslavsky) - Yekaterinburg - Nizhnevartovsk | present | |||||
Zauralie | Transurals | RŽD | Moscow (Kazansky) - Petropavlovsk | present | |||||
Zvezda | Star | RŽD, BŽD | St. Petersburg (Vitebsky) - Minsk (Main) | present |