Previously the train was in operation on international line: •
Moscow –
Berlin (via
Smolensk,
Minsk,
Brest and
Warsaw) •
Moscow –
Nizhny Novgorod (via
Vladimir,
Kovrov and
Dzerzhinsk) •
Saint-Petersburg –
Samara (via
Moscow,
Vladimir,
Kovrov,
Dzerzhinsk,
Nizhny Novgorod,
Arzamas,
Saransk,
Syzran)
Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod line The Strizh trains run between
Moscow and
Nizhny Novgorod since 1 June 2015. They make 1 to 3 stops on the line: in
Dzerzhinsk,
Kovrov and
Vladimir. Running of Strizh trains in Russia was terminated in March 2022
due to sanctions. Later this international route was canceled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic and closing of borders between countries. The length of the line was . Between June 2017 and June 2019, some modernization work on a railway section between Warsaw and Poznań forced the trains to take a detour. After this renovation the speed limit was on all the length of this section. Moscow and Berlin were also connected once weekly by the non-Strizh trains from the Moscow–
Paris line, which depart from Moscow on each Wednesday evening and from Berlin on each Saturday morning. These trains, using
RIC wagons, link both cities in about 24 hours. File:ЭП20-006 с поездом 708Н Talgo Стриж, Курский вокзал.webm|thumbtime=1:21|A departure of the Strizh train hauled with
EP20 electric locomotive from
Kursky Rail Terminal in Moscow File:Talgo 250 Strizh - trip Moscow - Berlin.webm|thumbtime=6:14|A trip in a long-distance version of train from Moscow to Berlin File:EP20-047 with Talgo 9 Strizh, Sablino station.webm|thumbtime=21|A Strizh train on the Saint Petersburg — Samara line hauled with EP20 locomotive ==Media==