A double-decker train has begun operations linking Murmansk to the rest of Russia

It's the first double-decker train north of the Arctic Circle.

By Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer October 14, 2020
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The first double-decker train leaving Murmansk for St. Petersburg on Monday was also the first passenger train to cross over the new railway bridge over the Kola River. The bridge is restored after the old collapsed during flooding this spring.

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