Following the departure of the final two Allegro high-speed trains from St. Petersburg to Helsinki, one of the last remaining passenger rail lines from Russia into the European Union has been halted. On Friday, Finland’s state-owned railway company VR, announced that services between Helsinki and Moscow, Russia’s second-largest city, will be suspended on Sunday, thereby closing one of the final public transportation routes for Russians seeking to enter the EU. The Finnish railway firm said it was no longer suitable to operate the route because of the sanctions imposed on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine. It went on to say that Finnish citizens and anyone who wanted to leave Russia had ample time to do so. On Sunday, only the morning train from Helsinki to St. Petersburg ran, while the afternoon train was cancelled. Two flights from St. Petersburg left on time. Russians can go to Finland at crossing points on the 1,340-kilometer (830-mile) land border with Russia that are still open to private vehicles. Buses to Finland are still available from both St. Petersburg and Moscow.
Source: Viewers Corner News.