During the New Year holidays, from December 23 to January 8, 6.4 million people used long-distance trains of the Russian Railways holding, which is 19.5% more than on the New Year holidays of last year, the company said on its website.
“The peak departure dates for passengers were December 30, 2022 (489 thousand passengers) and January 5, 2022 (455.3 thousand people). To meet the demand for transportation, about 1.5 thousand additional long-distance trains were assigned, which is more than 2 times higher than last year,” the Russian Railways said in a statement.
As the company noted, trains with a daily pass regime and double-decker trains were in great demand during the New Year holidays.
The largest increase in demand compared to the level of last year's New Year holidays was noted on the routes Anapa - Moscow, Adler - Moscow, Orsk - Moscow, Volgograd - Nizhnevartovsk, St. Petersburg - Samara, St. Petersburg - Adler, Moscow - Novorossiysk, Moscow - Kislovodsk, Moscow - St. -Petersburg.
Tourist routes were also popular with passengers on holidays. So, on these dates, more than 30 long-distance tourist trains and more than 40 suburban trains were organized, Russian Railways reported.
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