The teams of the Rostov State University of Railways, Southern Federal University, Don State Technical University and Rostov State Medical University became participants of the intellectual game "Smart Train" for the Cup of the Head of the North Caucasus Railway. In addition to Russian students, they included foreign students from 8 countries, including Guinea, Egypt, Morocco, Mozambique, etc.

Honorary guests from the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Culture of the Rostov Region, the administration of Rostov-on-Don, heads of universities and partner banks came to support the teams.

This format of the event, according to Alexander Kazakov, Deputy Head of the Russian Railways for Passenger Transportation, was not chosen by chance.

The intellectual tournament began on the platform of Rostov-Glavny railway station with creative presentations of teams. Then the students moved to the salon of the EP3D electric train, where the main part of the game took place. Six thematic rounds were held during the movement of the train to the exposition site of the historical rolling stock at the Gnilovskaya station, where the solemn awarding ceremony took place.