Sokol (train)
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Sokol (Сокол, Russian for "falcon") was a planned high-speed train in Russia.<ref>The all-Russian high-speed train - World Report from International Railway Journal, August 2001, via www.findarticles.com</ref> It was to be a successor of the ER200 for use on the Moscow–St. Petersburg mainline, and was designed to operate at a cruising speed of 250 km/h. A prototype was built in 2000 and tested by Russian High Speed Railway Shareholding Co.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The Sokol project was cancelled in 2002.<ref>Template:Citation</ref> Instead of a Sokol-based design, high speed trainsets (named Sapsan) based on the Siemens Velaro were procured from Siemens in Germany.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Sapsan trains have been operating on the Moscow–St. Petersburg line since December 2009.
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- High Speed Trains - Sokol Template:Webarchive 4rail.net
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