Russia and Europe Connected by the New High-Speed Train

Today was the inauguration of the new high-speed train that link Russia with Europe. The transport starts its travel from Helsinki and reaches to St. Petersburg.

The Finnish President and Russian Prime Minister boarded this Sunday the train in the inaugural tour.

The train is French-made and has a top speed of 135 mph, before the trip took six hours, with the new train the two cities are only three hours away.

Presidents are very happy with the speed of the train.

For the people that would take the train to St. Petersburg is expected that they be able to stay in the city for 72 hours without visa.