“On the eve of the New Year, on December 31, about 200 thousand people will travel on long-distance trains,” RIA Novosti quoted RIA Novosti as saying.

It is noted that of these, more than 70 thousand travelers will celebrate the New Year on the road.

Earlier it became known that the first passenger train, which follows the route St. Petersburg - Sevastopol, passed through the Crimean bridge.