Meanwhile, from the other side, the newly built Sapsan train is already in transit toward Moskva at a speed of 250 kilometers per hour. It is almost three times the speed of the old trains serving the Ruthenian Empire.
As part of his major domestic policy, Alexander wanted to build a lot of them as a means of connecting his large empire. Despite the cost of the project, he is willing to invest hundreds of billions of rubles for the development of these lines. He knew well that in the future that the Ruthenia Empire economy would improve significantly, paving the way for the urbanization and modernization of a few cities in Europe's part of Ruthenia.
He has stressed the importance of transportation to the members of the Imperial Council as well as his ministers. He has a vision wherein Ruthenia will not have a remote village, town, or city that is out of reach from the central government. He wants it all connected so that the possibility of division would be nil.
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