# 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 |
| Аврора | Avrora | Aurora | RŽD | Moscow Leningradsky – St.Petersburg Glavny | 741/742, 743/744 | 1963–2010 | Returning to service 19th December 2024 | ? |
| Арктика | Arktika | Arctic | RŽD | Moscow Leningradsky – Murmansk | 015А/016А | present | | |
| Баргузин | Barguzin | Barguzin river | RŽD | Irkutsk – Zabaykalsk | 321И/322И | present | | |
| Белогорье | Belogorie | Belogorye | RŽD | Moscow Kursky – Belgorod | 072В/071В | 2004–present | | |
| Белые ночи | Belye nochi | White nights | RŽD | St. Petersburg Ladozhsky – Vologda | 617Я/618Я | present | | |
| Волга | Volga | Volga river | RŽD | St.Petersburg Glavny – Nizhny Novgorod | 059Г/059А | 1976–present | | |
| Волгоград | Volgograd | Volgograd | RŽD | Moscow Paveletsky – Volgograd | 001Ж/001И | present | | |
| Воронеж | Voronezh | Voronezh | RŽD | Moscow Paveletsky – Voronezh | 025В/025Я | 2001–present | | |
| Вятка | Vyatka | Vyatka river | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky – Kirov | 031Г/032Г | present | | |
| Гилюй | Gilyuy | Gilyuy river | RŽD | Blagoveshchensk – Tynda | 081Э/081Ч | 1994–present | | |
| Демидовский экспресс | Demidovskiy express | P. G. Demidov express | RŽD | St. Petersburg Ladozhsky – Yekaterinburg | 071Е/072Е | 2003–present | | |
| Дневной экспресс | Dnevnoy express | Daily Express | RŽD | Samara – Penza | 109Й/110Й | present | | |
| Енисей | Enisey | Yenisey river | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky – Krasnoyarsk | 055Ы/056Ы | 1993–present | | |
| Жигули | Zhiguli | Zhiguli mountains | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Samara | 009Й/010Й | 1965–present | | |
| Ингушетия | Ingushetiya | Ingushetia | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Nazran | 146Э/145С | 2013–present | | |
| Иртыш | Irtysh | Irtysh river | RŽD | Novosibirsk – Omsk | 088Н/087Н | present | | |
| Италмас | Italmas | globeflower | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Izhevsk | 025Г/026Г | present | | |
| Кузбасс | Kuzbass | Kuznetsk Basin | RŽD | Novosibirsk – Kemerovo | 029Н/030Н | present | | |
| Лев Толстой | Lev Tolstoy | Leo Tolstoy | VR Group, RŽD | Moscow Leningradsky – Helsinki | 031А/032А | 1975–present | | |
| Лотос | Lotos | Lotus | RŽD | Moscow Paveletsky – Astrakhan | 005Г/005Ж | present | | |
| Марий Эл | Mariy El | Mari El | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Yoshkar Ola | 058Э/058Г | 1993–present | | |
| Мордовия | Mordoviya | Mordovia | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Saransk | 041Й/042Й | 1995–present | | |
| Нижегородец | Nizhegorodets | Nizhegorodian | RŽD | Moscow Kursky – Nizhny Novgorod | 035Г/036Э | present | | |
| Саратов | Saratov | Saratov | RŽD | Moscow Paveletsky – Saratov | 009Г/009Ж | present | | |
| Фирменный | Firmenniy | Deluxe train | RŽD | Nizhny Novgorod – Izhevsk | 051Г/051Э | present | | |
| Новокузнецк | Novokuznetsk | Novokuznetsk | RŽD | St. Petersburg Ladozhsky – Novokuznetsk | 013Н/014Н | 1996–present | | |
| Обь | Ob | Ob river | RŽD | Novosibirsk – Novy Urengoy | 125Н/125Е | present | | |
| Океан | Okean | Ocean | RŽD | Vladivostok - Khabarovsk | 005Э/006Э | 2000–present | | |
| Омич | Omich | "of Omsk" | RŽD | Omsk — Nizhnevartovsk | 115Н/115Е | present | | |
| Оренбуржье | Orenburzhie | Orenburg Oblast | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Orenburg | 031Е/032Й | 1977–present | | |
| Карелия | Kareliya | Karelia | RŽD | Moscow Leningradsky – Petrozavodsk | 017А/018А | 1996-2007, 2012–present | | |
| Поволжье | Povolzhye | Volga region | RŽD | St. Petersburg Moskovsky – Kazan | 133Г/133А | present | | |
| Полярная стрела | Polyarnaya strela | Polar Arrow | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky – Labytnangi | 022Я/021Н | 2004–present | | |
| Поморье | Pomorie | Pomorie region | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky – Severodvinsk | 116М/115Я | 2013–present | | |
| Поморье | Pomorie | Pomorie region | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky – Arkhangelsk | 118М/117Я | 2013–present | | |
| Приосколье | Prioskolie | Oskol river region | RŽD | Moscow Kursky – Stary Oskol | 057Ч/057В | 2005–present | | |
| Псков | Pskov | Pskov | RŽD | Moscow Leningradsky – Pskov | 010А/010Ч | present | | |
| Россия | Rossiya | Russia | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky – Vladivostok | 002Щ/001М | 1966–present | The longest single passenger train journey in the world | |
| Самара | Samara | Samara | RŽD | St. Petersburg Moskovsky – Samara | 107Й/107Ж | 2005–present | | |
| Северная Пальмира | Severnaya Palmira | Northern Palmyra | RŽD | St. Petersburg Moskovsky – Adler | 035А/036А (035В/036С) | 2016–present | | |
| Северный Урал | Severnyi Ural | Northern Ural | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky – Serov | 084М/084Е | 1984–present | | |
| Сура | Sura | Sura river | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Penza | 051Й/052М | 1966–present | | |
| Сыктывкар | Syktyvkar | Syktyvkar | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky – Syktyvkar | 034М/034Я | 2006–present | | |
| Тамбов | Tambov | Tambov | RŽD | Moscow Paveletsky – Tambov | 031Ч/031В | 1994–present | | |
| Томич | Tomich | "of Tomsk" | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky – Tomsk-2 | 037Н/038Н | present | | |
| Тюмень | Tyumen | Tyumen | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Nizhevartovsk | 059Е/060У | present | | |
| Ульяновск | Uliyanovsk | Ulyanovsk | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Ulyanovsk | 021Й/022Й | 1993–present | | |
| Урал | Ural | Ural | RŽD | Kislovodsk – Yekaterinburg | 045Е/045С | 1964–present | Until 2009 operated on the Moscow – Yekaterinburg line. | |
| Чувашия | Chuvashiya | Chuvashia | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Cheboksary | 053Ж/054Г | present | | |
| Шексна | Sheksna | Sheksna river | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky – Cherepovets | 126Ч/126Я | present | | |
| Южный Урал | Yuzhny Ural | South Ural | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Chelyabinsk | 013У/014Е | 1965–present | | |
| Юность | Yunost | Youth | RŽD | Khabarovsk – Komsomolsk-on-Amur | 667Э/667Ж | 2011–present | Yunost (№ 023/024) previously operated on the Moscow-St. Petersburg line (–2009) | |
| Ямал | Yamal | Yamal | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky – Novy Urengoi | 011Е/012Я | 2003–present | | |
| Янтарь | Yantar | Amber | RŽD, BŽD | Moscow Belorussky – Minsk Main – Kaliningrad | 029Ч/030Ч | 1961–present | | |
| Кавказ | Kavkaz | Caucasus | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Kislovodsk | 003С/004М | 2017–present | | |
| 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. | |
| Смена-А. Бетанкур | Smena-A. Betankur | Smena magazine / A. de Betancourt | RŽD | Moscow Leningradsky – St. Petersburg Moskovsky (Saint Petersburg–Moscow railway) | 025А/026А | 1989–present | | |
| Экспресс | Express | Express | RŽD | Moscow Leningradsky – St. Petersburg Moskovsky (Saint Petersburg–Moscow railway) | 003А/004А | present | | |
| Невский экспресс | Nevsky Express | Neva river | RŽD | Moscow Leningradsky – St. Petersburg Moskovsky (Saint Petersburg–Moscow railway) | 747/748 | 2001–2008, 2010–present | Daily fast train, not categorized as "branded" (firmeny) | |
| Гранд Экспресс | Grand Express | Grand Express | private company | Moscow Leningradsky – St. Petersburg Moskovsky (Saint Petersburg–Moscow railway) | 054Ч/053Ч | 2005–present | First privately owned named train in Russia. | |
| Мегаполис | Megapolis | Megapolis | private company | Moscow Leningradsky – St. Petersburg Moskovsky (Saint Petersburg–Moscow railway) | 019У/020У | 2006–present | | |
| Сапсан | Sapsan | Peregrine falcon | RŽD | Moscow Leningradsky – St. Petersburg Moskovsky (Saint Petersburg–Moscow railway) | | 2009–present | High-speed train | |
| Алле́гро | Allegro | Allegro (music) | Karelian Trains | Helsinki Central – St. Petersburg Finlyandsky | 781М/782М, 783М/784М, 785М/786A, 787М/788М | 2010–present | High-speed train | |
| 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 | |
| Стриж | Strizh | Swift | RŽD | Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod, Moscow – Berlin Ostbahnhof | | present | High-speed train | |
| 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 | | |
| Татарстан | Tatarstan | Tatarstan | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Kazan | 001Г/002Й | 1993–present | Premium category since 2009 | |
| Кубань | Kuban | Kuban | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Novorossiysk | 030Й/030С | present | Premium category since 2009 | |
| Ти́хий Дон | Tikhiy Don | And Quiet Flows the Don | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Rostov-on-Don | 020С/019С | 1966–present | Premium category since 2009 | |
| Сочи | Sochi | Sochi | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Adler | 102С/102М | 1964–present | Premium category since 2009 | |
| Московия | Moscovia | Muscovy | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Adler | 104Ж/104В | 2001–present | Premium category since 2010 | |
| Текстильный край | Textil'ny krai | Textile Land | RŽD | St. Petersburg Moskovsky – Ivanovo | 045Я/045А | 2011–present | | |
| Николаевский экспресс | Nikolaevsky Express | Nikolay II | RŽD | Moscow Leningradsky – St. Petersburg Moskovsky | 005А/006А | 2015–present | | |
| Атаман Платов | Ataman Platov | Matvei Platov | RŽD | Rostov-on-Don – Adler | 642С/642Ж | 2009–present | Previously running on the Moscow – Rostov-on-Don line | |
| Тверской экспресс | Tverskoy Express | Tver | RŽD | St. Petersburg Moskovsky – Astrakhan | 109Ж/109А | present | | |
| Савва Мамонтов | Savva Mamontov | Savva Mamontov | RŽD | Moscow Yaroslavsky – Yaroslavl | 105Я/106Я 103Я/104Я 101Я/102Я | present | | |
| 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 |
| Афанасий Никитин | Afanasiy Nikitin | Afanasy Nikitin | RŽD | 037А/038А | 1991–present |
| Алтай | Altay | Altai | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Barnaul | 036М/036Н | not named since 2011 | | |
| Байкал | Baikal | Lake Baikal | RŽD | St. Petersburg Moskovsky – Irkutsk | | 1964–2013 | | |
| Башкортостан | Bashkortostan | Bashkortostan | RŽD | Moscow Kazansky – Ufa | 039Й/040Й | 1965–2017 | | |
| | 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 | | |
| | 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 | | |
| | 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 | | |
| | 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 | | |
| | 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 | | |
| | 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 | | |
| 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 | | |
| | 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 | | |
| | 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 | | |
| | 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 | | |
| | 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