http://rt.com/business/russia-speed-trains-railway-567/
Russia is planniny high speed rail with speeds of 400km/h or 250mph. Hopefully it works out for them.
Russia is a vast country even without the various Republics lost with the break up of the Soviet Union. The nations highway system very underdeveloped compared tob the United States or Western Europe. The most developed part of the system is in European Russia particuarly around Moscow. For example:
From http://www.ask.com/wiki/M10_highway_(Russia)?qsrc=3044
"The M10 is a federal highway in Russia connecting the country’s two largest cities,Moscow and Saint Petersburg, and continuing to the border with Finland. Other than in the vicinity of Moscow and Saint Petersburg
It seems that despite the USSR being the largest country on earth that its Pop Denisty is low compared to China…The fact that Stalin killed 20 million of his own people did not help either
Stalin’s deaths are a bit exaggerated they include people who were killed in the war as well.