Sapsan 游隼号列车
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![OO gauge model railway featuring the Sapsan train on the Moscow – Saint Petersburg Railway and Moscow to Nizhny Novgorod Railway in the Museum of the Moscow Railway, Moscow](/Images/godic/202502/09/Sapsan_Museum_of_Moscow_Railway2416.JPG")
![Train surfers or Zatsepers(group of train surfing fan teenagers) climbing a Sapsan](/Images/godic/202502/09/Sapsan_backside_climb_22416.jpg")
![RZD Sapsan route (interactive map)](/Images/godic/202502/09/RZD_Sapsan.svg2416.png")
- Not to be confused with the cancelled Sokol train project.
Sapsan (Russian:Сапсан, "Peregrine Falcon", known as Velaro RUS EVS) is a Russian gauge high speed electric express train. The design is part of the Siemens Velaro family.
The trains started regular service on the Moscow – Saint Petersburg Railway in December 2009 at a maximum speed of 250 km/h (155 mph) (a new build High-Speed Line would allow for speeds of up to 350 km/h or 217 mph).