MOSCOW – Russia’s Ministry of Transport said on Sept. 13 the state had bought passenger carriages and locomotives for a new rail route linking Russian cities to Crimea, but declined to say who had supplied the new rolling stock.
Reuters: Russia buys trains for Crimean rail route
The train ferry carrying the 9-coaches Moscow-Simferopol train arrives at Port Crimea near Kerch after crossing the Kerch strait from Port Caucasus (Kavkaz), Krasnodar region in southern Russia towards Port Crimea, Crimea peninsula, during its inauguration journey on Aug. 3, 2014. In December 2019, Russia launched direct trains to Crimea that pass the Kerch Strait Bridge, in violation of Ukrainian law.
