OREANDA-NEWS. On February, 24 a letter from President of Russian Railways Vladimir Yakunin was submitted to the address of Head of the Republic of Karelia Alexander Khudilainen informing that on completing the Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games the Lastochka rolling stock will be delivered to serve on the St.Petersburg - Petrozavodsk route of the Oktyabrskaya Railway.

The state-of-the-art Lastochka high-speed train will cut the land travel time, improve the quality of passenger services, and will also promote growth of economic activity in the republic and development of the tour market.

Federal Passenger Company Inc. will be the transport operator of the current destination.

The decision on delivering the Lastochka high-speed train to serve on the St.Petersburg - Petrozavodsk route resulted from cooperation between the Government of Karelia and Russian Railways.