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 | How to Buy Train Tickets for Russia? |  |
| Easy. You just need a copy of your passport (or the passport number and full name). Note you can only buy tickets not earlier than 45 days before departure. Basically, you have two options:
1) Go to any train station in Russia, look out for "Biletnaya |
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| What Trains are Like in Russia? | |
| Surprise, surprise: they are very safe (police on duty in each train, conductor in each carriage, every passenger has the passport check before entering the train).
The cleaniness depends on what train you take. There are two types: stand |
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| How Are Train Classes Different? |  |
| The following classification is used in Russia: a seat in a common carriage (si`dyachee mesto v `obshchem va`gone), a seat (si'dyachee mesto - "сидячее место"); A common carriage of a train - Platzcart (3rd class) a "platzcart" ("плацка |
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| Prices and Speeds of Russian Trains | |
| As of March 2006 if you buy the tickets directly at a train station (that's the cheapest way), you are most likely to pay the prices listed below (ONE WAY!).
However, the prices change often and fluctutions can be anything from 20% in any direc |
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| Do I Really Need to Book Train Tickets in Russia? | |
| First, you can't book train tickets in Russia at all, you can only buy them. The Russian Railways are afraid of tickets being bought in bulks and then resold at higher price (well, funny fear), so they don't pay any commissions to agents and don't do any |
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| Traveling to Russia by Car | |
| In order to cross the Russian border with your own car you need:
- your personal passport with valid Russian visa, original;
- your driving licence, original;
- the registration document on your car (a document that proves you are the owner of the ca |
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| Tickets for Domestic Russian Flights | |
| The domestic Russian flights are quite cheap. If you look at the train prices, you're going to pay something between the 1st and 2nd class train fare for the same route. For example, Moscow - St. Petersburg is about $70-$100 one way, Moscow - Irkutsk is a |
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| How to Contact the Russian Railways | |
| Unfortunately, the Russian Railways doesn't have English-speaking information service. However, if you can speak a bit of Russian or have anybody who could help you, it's possible to phone one of the train stations in Moscow, St. Petersburg or other citie |
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| Getting Train Tickets through Way to Russia | |
| This is a FAQ on how getting your tickets through Way to Russia. If we don't answer any of the questions you have, just post it as a comment here and we'll post an answer;
Question 1: Does Way to Russia Sell Train Tickets?
Answer: No, we don' |
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| Which airport will you arrive to? | |
| In Moscow / International Flights
In Moscow, the major airport for international flights is Sheremetyevo 2 (SVO) airport , located about 8 km to the north of Moscow. It serves Aeroflot and most major international airlines.
If you're flyin |
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| Refunding Russian Train Tickets | |
| If you buy your train tickets through a travel agency or online, it will now be harder to get them refunded in case you decide to cancel or make any changes to your plans.
According to the new directive #787А issued by The Russian Railways on 29. |
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