“The date is determined. And there is no doubt, there is a complete understanding that on December 8 the first train will come to the Crimea, ”TASS said.

Reznichenko informed that ticket sales will open not in 45, but in 90 days.

He also noted that long-distance trains on the peninsula will sell at 22 points.

January 18, "Kryminform" reported that the builders laid the first kilometer of the railway on the approach to the Crimean bridge.

Its road part was opened on May 15, 2018; Russian President Vladimir Putin took part in the event.