RZD-Tour (affiliated structure of the subsidiary company RZD – FPK) in cooperation with Intourist plans to operate a tourist train between Moscow and Beijing starting from August 2011. The first train from Moscow will depart on August 14, 2011. The train will arrive at Beijing on August 28.

The train will have stops and excursion programs in the following cities: Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Ulan-Ude, Ulan Bator and Erlian. The program will also include the journey on the rail road on the lakeside of Baikal and the night in Mongolian yurta.

RZD-Tour in cooperation with the Administration of Novgorodskaya oblast also plans to launch the operation of the train Moscow-Velikiy Novgorod-Moscow. The first train will depart on May 7, 2011. www.atorus.ru