At the Innoprom 2026 exhibition in Yekaterinburg, Russia revealed its first high-speed train in official production livery. Developed by the Sinara Group, this train is touted as the country’s first fully domestically engineered high-speed model. Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin attended the unveiling.
The project plans to send the first two prototype trains for testing in 2027, with a total order of 43 units scheduled for delivery by 2030. This marks a significant step for Russia’s rail industry, where the fastest regular service trains today are the Sapsan, capping speeds at 250 km/h. In contrast, the new train is designed to run at 400 km/h on specially built high-speed lines.
The train features an aluminum body constructed from extruded profiles, which cuts weight-a critical factor at such speeds, as it affects energy consumption and track wear. Another key innovation is the domestically produced 10 MW traction drive powering the train.
It also boasts a dual-system power setup, capable of operating on both direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC) lines. This flexibility is aimed at easing integration into Russia’s varied rail infrastructure, which doesn’t yet have a uniform high-speed network.
- Top speed: 400 km/h
- Traction power: 10 MW
- Lightweight aluminum extruded-body design
- Dual-system power: DC and AC compatibility
- Prototype tests set for 2027
- Delivery of 43 trains by 2030
On the global scale, a 400 km/h top speed is ambitious but not unprecedented. Chinese Fuxing trains operate commercially at speeds up to 350 km/h, while France’s TGV set a test run record of 574.8 km/h back in 2007. The difference here is that Russia is not simply refreshing an existing high-speed platform but attempting to build its own from scratch.
While the presentation at Innoprom 2026 shows promising design progress, the real challenge lies ahead: proving in the field that this train can sustain 400 km/h under regular service conditions. The 2027 test runs will be a critical milestone toward turning this ambitious speed into a practical reality, rather than just a showcase figure.