List of named passenger trains of Russia

This article contains a list of named passenger trains in Russia.

List

Russian name	Transliterated name	Name meaning	Railroad	Train endpoints	Train number	Operated	Note	Ref
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	Mari 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]
Поморье	Pomorie	Pomorie region	RŽD	Moscow Yaroslavsky – Arkhangelsk	118М/117Я	2013–present		^[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] ^[57] ^[58]
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/028С 007А/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	Muscovy	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	Rostov-on-Don – Adler	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	Moscow Kazansky – Bishkek-2		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
Сибелиус	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

Gallery

Воронеж (Voronezh) train
Вятка (Vyatka) train
Демидовский экспресс (Demidovskiy express) train
Красная стрела (Krasnaya strela) train
Россия (Rossiya) train
Экспресс (Express) train
Янтарь (Yantar) train
Белогорье (Belogorie) train
Now defunct Троянда Донбасу (Troyanda Donbasu) train in 2008

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