The Archive · 1931

Soviet Railway Facilities

Moscow June 21.

Regular service on the extension

The Moow-Vladivostok line 0 Viadlvootoke will start im A preznt Moscon-tettak me

cover a @istance. of 10,000 metres.

As part of their plan to attract foreign visitors, the Soviet railw authorities have instituted a new express-train on the Mosto Leningrad run.

The train is named "The Red Arrow" and covers the distance between the old and the new capital ina little under ten hours and at a speed of nearly 80 miles an hour. In order to assist tourists, the train staffed with conductors speaking least four languages

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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