Tikhiy Don (train)
The Tikhiy Don at Rostov-Glavny railway station, Rostov-on-Don.
Tikhiy Don (Russian: Ти́хий Дон, lit. 'Quiet Don') is a Russian sleeper train connecting Rostov-on-Don and Moscow.[1]
General
Tikhiy Don train banner
The Tikhiy Don runs from the Rostov-Glavny station in Rostov-on-Don to Kazansky Rail Station in Moscow. It started its first regular service in January 1966. The total distance is 1,223 kilometres (760 mi), and it takes about eighteen hours to travel through it (in one direction). The train banner is similar to the flag of Rostov Oblast.[2]
Stations
- Novocherkassk
- Shakhtnaya
- Likhaya
- Kamenskaya
- Millerovo
- Chertkovo
- Rossosh
- Liski
- Voronezh
- Gryazi
- Michurinsk
- Ryazan
Till June, 1st, 2009 the train Tikhiy Don carried out passenger transportations together with the train Ataman Platov named after Russian Cossack general Matvei Platov.
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Named trains of Russian Railways | ||
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| In service | Adler • Arktika • Afanasiy Nikitin • Barguzin • Bashkortostan • Belogorie • Belorussia • Beliye Nochi • Bulgaria • Volga • Volgograd • Vologodskiye Zory • Voronezh • Vyatka • Gyluy • Dvye Stolitsy • Demidov Express • Donbass¹ • Yekaterinburg • Yenisey • Zhiguli • Zauraliye • Ivanovo—St.Petersburg • Ingushetia • Irtysh • Kavkaz • Kazakhstan • Red Arrow • Crimea • Kuban • Kuzbass • Lev Tolstoy • Lipetsk • Lotos • Malakhit • Mariy El • Mordovia • Nevsky Express • Nizhegorodets • Ob • Okean • Omich • Orenburg • Petrozavodsk • Pomorie • Premium • Pskov • Russia • Samara • Northern Urals • Sibirjak • Smolensk • Syktyvkar • Tambov • Tikhiy Don • Tomich • Tumen • Ukraine • Ulianovsk • Ural • Express • Elbrus • South Urals • Yamal • Yantar • Yaroslavl • Estonia |  |
| Notes | ¹ — Because of the War in Donbass, this train terminates at Konstantinovka. | |
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