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Many people sometimes face the question of when it is cheaper to buy a train ticket. During the high season (summer, holidays, school holidays) it often happens that there are no tickets for many destinations. Some of the passengers, for health reasons, can only ride on the bottom shelf, and such places diverge in the first place.

How to be and what can be done to address these issues?

The best solution is to buy Russian Railways tickets (it's short for "Russian Railways”) from the moment the sale opens on them.

From December 10, 2017, ticket sales are open for 90 days. Tickets for some trains start at 120 , behind 60 , behind 45 or for 30 days before the train's departure. Ticket sales open at the same time as at the box office of the train departure region.

• on trains No. 1/2 "Red Arrow" Moscow - St. Petersburg,
• No. 3/4 "Express" Moscow - St. Petersburg.

From 1 April and only until 31 August 2019 for 120 days they start selling train tickets:

• №5/6 "Ocean" Khabarovsk - Vladivostok,
• No. 101/102 "Premium" Moscow - Adler,
• No. 747/748 "Nevsky Express" Moscow - St. Petersburg and
• on all high-speed trains "Sapsan" Moscow - St. Petersburg.

Tickets for trains departing through the borders of Russia have the following dates for the start of ticket sales:

• CIS and Baltic countries, Abkhazia - in 45 days. But for some trains, tickets are sold 60 days in advance.
• Non-CIS countries (train Moscow - Paris, etc.) - 60 days.
• Ukraine and Moldova - in 30 days.

You can go to the Russian Railways website, enter the names of the cities “there”, “back” and find out if ticket sales for the direction you have chosen are already open, more details.

If you already know the date of your trip, I suggest you use the calculator and find out when you should buy tickets for the date you have chosen.

1 Calculator for calculating the period of 90, 60 or 45 days before the departure of the train

How many days in advance can I buy a train ticket in 2019? From December 10, 2017 tickets can be bought in 90 days, for a number of trains in 120, 60 or 45 days.

To find out when the sale of tickets for the date you need opens, select it in the calendar below. The program will tell you what date the sale will open (or is already open) on this date.

90 days 120 days 60 days 45 days

Today is included in the calculation.

Attention! The period of 90 days in the calculator is set by default (that is, the calculation is “automatic”). If you need a calculation of a period of 120, or 60 or 45 days, then

• above in the calculator field located under the heading: “How many days does the sale start?” you should choose 120, 60 or 45 days,
• find the right month
• click on the correct number
• after that, the calculation for the selected number of days will appear: for 120, 60 or 45.

How to use the calculator?

Let's say you need to calculate the date when to buy a ticket for a train departing on May 9, 2018. On the calendar above, you need to select the month of May 2018, and then click on the number 9. After clicking on the date, the calculation will automatically appear:
“You have chosen: 05/09/2018 and calculation for 90 days

The sale on the selected date starts: 02/09/2018”.

Pay attention to:

• month,
• departure date,
• choice of calculation for 90 days.

To select the month and year in the calendar window, click on the right or left arrow. The arrow to the right moves the list of months in the direction of adding from the month indicated in the window, and the arrow to the left scrolls the months in the direction of decreasing. After the month of December, there is a transition to the next year. If you keep clicking, you can go to 2018, 2019, 2020, etc.

Once the month and year have been selected, the date must be selected. To do this, click on the appropriate number in the calendar. This completes the selection of the year, month and date.

As soon as the train departure date is selected, a message automatically appears with the date when for the selected period: 120, or 90, or 60 or 45 days From the date you have chosen, you need to buy a ticket.

2 When to buy tickets 90 days in advance for June, July, August, September 2019?

Date of departure of the RZD train	When to buy tickets on the Russian Railways website for 90 days
go June 1, 2019	buy tickets March 4, 2019
go June 11, 2019	buy tickets March 14, 2019
go June 16, 2019	buy tickets March 19, 2019
go June 23, 2019	buy tickets March 26, 2019
go June 30, 2019	buy tickets 02 April 2019
go July 07, 2019	buy tickets 09 April 2019
go July 14, 2019	buy tickets April 16, 2019
go July 21, 2019	buy tickets April 23, 2019
go July 28, 2019	buy tickets April 30, 2019
go August 4, 2019	buy tickets 07 May 2019
go August 10, 2019	buy tickets 13 May 2019
go August 18, 2019	buy tickets 21 May 2019
go September 1, 2019	buy tickets 4 June 2019
go September 7, 2019	buy tickets 10 June 2019

Explanations on how you can independently count 60 days before the departure of the train are given

3 Sales opening time. How to buy a ticket on the Russian Railways website on the opening day of sales

Why is it better to buy a ticket from the minute sales open?

• It is possible to select seats, including the choice of lower seats.
• Minimum price for tickets with dynamic pricing.

Opening time for ticket sales at Russian Railways ticket offices and on the Russian Railways website (official information from the Russian Railways website): http://pass.rzd.ru/static/public/ru?STRUCTURE_ID=5210

Until 8 o'clock in the morning (more precisely, before the start of sales, and in different regions this time may be different, local) you should go to Personal Area"My orders" on the Russian Railways website. In order not to miss the start of sales, you should periodically refresh the browser page. To do this, almost every browser has an arrow button "Refresh page". On fig. 1 the Refresh button is circled in green.

When ticket sales are open, all trains for 90 days will be available. You should select a train, wagon, place in your personal account "My orders", more details.

Rice. 1. Scheme of the wagon and the choice of a suitable place

If you select a seat in the “Car Scheme” (1 in Fig. 1) and click on the “Save” button (2 in Fig. 1), then, unfortunately, this does not guarantee that you will have time to buy these seats. It happens that someone manages to pay for seats earlier and then the payment does not go through.

The most annoying thing is when an error message appears during the transition to payment or at the time of payment. This means that, alas, no luck and that the bank cannot withdraw money for seats already paid for by someone who was more efficient. Alas, you need to pull yourself together and from the very beginning in your personal account again make a choice and pay for tickets from those that have remained by this time.

This situation does not occur often, but can occur at the time of a special shortage of tickets (in summer or before public holidays). And none of the Internet users, alas, is immune from this. As you improve software, I think the Russian Railways programmers will find a way to avoid such incidents when selling tickets online on the Russian Railways website.

4 How to see 60 or 45 days on the official website of Russian Railways

We go to the official website of the Russian Railways (you can WITHOUT registering on the site) at the link:

Rice. 2. Russian Railways website: when ticket sales start 45 days in advance and 60 days in advance

Having opened the Russian Railways website (I repeat that it is NOT needed on the website for this), click on the calendar opposite "There" (2 in Fig. 2). You need to make sure that there is a date that is today. Otherwise, on the calendar, you must select the date today.

By selecting a number, we will see the dates painted in yellow and green. In this case, the countdown starts from the date, which is highlighted in bright blue (in Fig. 2, this is July 1). The last date highlighted in yellow will be the date when ticket sales start 45 days in advance. Accordingly, the last green date means that it is on this date that ticket sales begin 60 days in advance.

• 45 days will be August 14, 2016. This means that on July 1, at 8 am local time, ticket sales will begin on the official website of Russian Railways for trains departing on August 14.
• 60 days will be August 29, 2016. In other words, on July 1 at 8 am local time, ticket sales on the Russian Railways website for trains departing on August 29 will begin (if sales open for a train 60 days in advance, and not 45 days in advance).

5 How to calculate 60 days manually

The secret of the calculation is that today is necessarily included. To calculate 60 days, there are at least 3 ways:

If none of these methods suits you for some reason or if you have any doubts, ask below in the comments, we will consider together.

Direct calculation 60 days from date

• first manually calculate 60 days, directly starting from a certain date,
• and then we will calculate the opposite, that is, 60 days FROM a certain date.

The easiest way is to manually calculate 60 days, having a calendar with large numbers at hand, where you can poke your finger (or mouse) if necessary.

Let's calculate 60 days from August 1, 2017, that is, we will consider: for what number it will be possible to buy tickets for 60 days if you buy them on August 1.
So:
1, 2, ..., August 31 - 31 days in total,
September 1 - 32nd day,
September 2 - 33rd day,
:::
September 29 - 60th day.
Or in one line: 31 (a day in August) + 29 (days in September) = 60 days.

Thus, in 60 days you need to buy train tickets for September 29, 2017 on August 1, 2017. on the official website of Russian Railways at the time when sales open at the ticket offices of Russian Railways in the region where the train departs (for example, in Moscow and St. Petersburg it is 8 o'clock in the morning).

Reverse calculation of 60 days for a date

Let's take the date when the train leaves and calculate when to take tickets 60 days before this date.

To buy train tickets for September 03, 2017, 60 days in advance should be July 06, 2017. at 8 a.m. local time on the Russian Railways official website (when the Russian Railways ticket offices open in the train departure region). The calculation is:
3 (days in September) + 31 (days in August) + 26 (days in July: 31, 30, ..., 7, 6) = 60 days

So, on July 06, 2017, you should go to the Russian Railways website at 8 am local time (or when the ticket office opens in the train departure region) and purchase tickets for September 03, 2017.

How to independently calculate 60 days before the departure of the train?

We count 60 days for a train departing January 8, 2017:
January 1, 2, ..., January 8 - eight days,
December has 31 days, so 31+8=39 days,
November 30 - 40th day,
November 29 - 41st day,
:::
November 10 - 60 days for a train departing on January 8.

Or the same calculation of 60 days for a train departing on January 8, 2017 in one line:
8 (days in January) + 31 (days in December) + 21 (days in November: 30, 29, 10) = 60 (days)

So, for 60 days tickets for the train departing January 8, 2017, should buy November 10, 2016 on the official website of Russian Railways at the same time as at the box office of the region where the train departed. (In Moscow and St. Petersburg it is 8 am.)

If the train leaves February 22, 2017, then count back 60 days:
22 (days in February) + 31 (days in January) + 7 (days in December: 31, 30, 29, 28, 27, 26, 25) = 60 days.

Thus, in 60 days buy tickets for February 22, 2017 should be December 25, 2016 on the official website of Russian Railways, at the same time as in the region of train departure, ticket offices open. (For Moscow and St. Petersburg, this is 8 am).

60 days tickets on February 26, 2017 it is better to buy on December 29, 2016 on the official website of Russian Railways from the start of sales, when Russian Railways ticket offices open in the region where the train departs. This count goes like this:
26 (days in February) + 31 (days in January) + 3 (days in December: 31, 30, 29) = 60 days.

Buy in 60 days tickets for March 7 need January 7, 2017 on the official website of Russian Railways in that. the moment when ticket offices open in the region of train departure. The calculation is done like this:
7 (days in March) + 28 (days in February) + 25 (days in January: 31, 30, ..., 7) = 60 days.

6 How to buy 2 lower seats on the Russian Railways website

As you know, on the Russian Railways website for two people from one personal account, you can simultaneously buy only one lower seat, and upper seats - without restrictions. It is impossible to buy two lower places at once from one personal account, it will not work. SV carriages, in which there are only one or two lower shelves, I DO NOT consider.

There remains the option when one ticket for the bottom seat is purchased in one personal account "My Orders" on the Russian Railways website in one browser. And another ticket for the bottom place is bought in another personal account, and always in a different browser.

With this approach, you can purchase 2 lower seats. But you will need:

• two personal accounts: each passenger must have their own personal account on the Russian Railways website,
• two browsers, such as Mozilla and Internet Explorer, or two computers (such as a laptop and a tablet).

You will need to select the train in the first browser (in the first computer). Then go to another browser (to another computer) and select the same train there.

Switch back to the first browser (to the first computer), select a train car and seat. Go to another browser (to another computer) and select the same car and a suitable seat there.

Finally, pay for the ticket in the first browser (on the first computer), go to the second browser (on the second computer) and pay for the ticket there.

7 How to distinguish the official website of Russian Railways from an intermediary website

Intermediary sites sell the same tickets that are sold on the official Russian Railways website, but with a service charge. Moreover, the margins can be significant, especially these margins are clearly visible when returning tickets. If on the official website of Russian Railways a commission of approximately 185 rubles is charged for the return of one ticket, then on the intermediary website the commission for the return can be several times (!) Higher.

To distinguish the official website of the Russian Railways from the intermediary website, we raise our eyes up and look at the address bar of our browser. If there are symbols at the beginning of the address bar: “rzd.ru”, then these symbols (rzd.ru) are the only and true sign that you are on the official website of Russian Railways.

Number 1 in fig. 2 shows that in the address bar of the browser there are symbols "rzd.ru", therefore, we are on the right track - on the official website of Russian Railways.

If there are no “rzd.ru” characters in the address bar of the browser or they are found in combination with other characters like “rzd-online.ru”, then this is an intermediary site.
Let's start with a question about which you can't say otherwise than the cry of the soul.

8 Where do tickets disappear before being sold at the Russian Railways box office?

Let's remember that ticket sales start 90 days in advance:

• at the box office of Russian Railways (opening depends on the region of Russia) and
• on the official website of Russian Railways (at the moment of local time when the ticket offices of Russian Railways open in the region of train departure).

It happens that future passengers queue at the Russian Railways ticket office from the night, stand in line for several hours, are the first to go to the railway ticket office, and there may not be any tickets. Why, where do they go?

1) There are different time zones in Russia, hence the time shift. Russian Railways ticket offices open 45 days in advance at 8 am local time in each region. For example, when it is 8 o'clock in the morning in Moscow in summer, it will be 1 o'clock in Irkutsk, and 9 o'clock in Samara.

This is one of the reasons why tickets can be sold out earlier by passengers who, for example, travel from afar with transfers. It’s just that on the Russian Railways website and the railway ticket office they start selling tickets earlier.

From 12/11/2016 on the Russian Railways website and at the box office of the region where the train departs from, ticket sales begin at the same time.

2) The main reason why it is difficult to buy tickets is that Russian Railways tickets are now bought 90 days in advance not at railway ticket offices, but online on the official website of Russian Railways at 8 am local time. And on the site, this can be done much faster than the queue at the checkout line.

We try to arrive at the railway station one hour before the train departure. But this is because the city where we live is large and trains stop at the station for 30 or 40 minutes. The cars are filled with water, food is loaded into the restaurant, parcels and letters are loaded into mail cars.

Therefore, if you arrive half an hour before departure, the train will already be at the platform, the first passengers have already boarded the cars and you will have to wait until they pack their suitcases and take their seats.

Usually we take tickets in advance, we choose the lower seats. If you arrive at the station before the train arrives, you can be among the first to enter the car and it will no longer turn out that someone has already put their suitcases in the locker under the bottom shelf. You'll have to ask fellow travelers to remove them, but you don't want to start the trip with conflicts.

Once I read the rules at the railway station, I was just sitting in front of the stand, it was written there that arrival at the station for passengers to avoid being late in 30-40 minutes.

I usually get it in an hour, so as not to rush, look around, find a way out to the platform and buy what I didn’t have time on the road (this happened more than once).

If you are going on a trip abroad and you will need to go to the station also passport control, then it is better to arrive at the railway station one hour before departure.

If you have a trip within the country (the so-called domestic flight), then you can arrive at the station 25-30 minutes before the train departs.

It will be best if you arrive at the railway station in 40 minutes. And no rush.

I think the best time to arrive is 40 minutes.

1. Inspection at the entrance to the station (in Moscow)
2. If the station is unfamiliar, it is not immediately possible to find out where to go (especially at large stations, and where commuter trains depart from)
3. Trains are very long. You can walk to your car in 5-10 minutes.
4. It is better to be one of the first to come to your place in order to calmly decomposequot ;.

• In my opinion, of course, it’s better to arrive at the station in an hour, or even an hour and a half, since you still have to go through inspection, and choose a place that you personally like, it’s better not to be late, you never know what delays according to documents may arise, but you can solve everything in an hour and take it easy on the road.

  It is important to know the time of arrival of the train and the time the train stops at the station, it is also necessary to take into account the travel time to railway station(rush hour, traffic jams).

  Before the arrival of the train, the optimal time of arrival at the railway station is for 30 minutes, because after arrival, you will have time to present tickets to the conductor, get bed linen (if the trip is long) and calmly settle down in your place.

  In order to calmly get into the car and take your seat without any problems, it is best to arrive early, given the possibility of wasting time in traffic jams. We leave the house an hour before the train arrives at the station, although there are only four stops on public transport. Five minutes walk to the stop, if there are no traffic jams, then ten minutes drive. With traffic jams sometimes it happens longer, up to 25 minutes. But in any case, we get to the station before the train arrives.

  Of course, you can leave later, but then suddenly you have to be nervous and afraid to be late.

  But we sat for a while at the station, heard an announcement on which platform the train was arriving and calmly went out to it.

  A quarter of an hour before departure.

  That is how long it takes to find out from which platform the train leaves and get there.

  Usually the train has already been boarded, and there will be time to sit down and decompose.

  If the station is large, then it is advisable to arrive there half an hour before the intended departure.

  We always calculate to arrive at the station 30-40 minutes before departure.

  Much of course depends on how long the train stops.

  In our city, trains cost 20-25 minutes.

  Therefore, you need to arrive 5-10 minutes earlier than this time to see which track and platform the train will come to.

  We went on a trip to a small town, so the train stopped there for only 3 minutes, we just managed to find the car and jump in, they didn’t even check the tickets.

  Therefore, there was no point in arriving half an hour in advance. It was possible to arrive 10 minutes before departure.

How to buy a train ticket with the best savings? Minimum price for train tickets: know the right moment. In this article, we will share secret information on how you can save money when buying train tickets.

How to buy train tickets cheaper. rules

From December 2016, train tickets for all trains are sold 60 days before the departure date. As a rule, the principle works: the sooner, the cheaper. Almost all Russian Railways trains are subject to dynamic pricing - the price of a ticket changes depending on the season, day of the week and traffic volumes. That is, you can pay less by buying a ticket not for Friday, weekend or Monday morning, but for Thursday or Wednesday. Therefore, in order to save money, it makes sense to shift the trip by one day.

Seasonal coefficients are introduced on trains long distance for reserved seat and seat cars of passenger (not high-speed) trains. In them, travel is usually cheaper in the spring: in March - April and from October to mid-December. On the holiday of May 9, the price of tickets is reduced by 2 times, and on other holidays and in the summer, tickets rise in price by 10-20 percent.

There are situations when buying tickets for the entire route there are discounts that do not work for part of the way, and then it is more profitable to buy a “full” ticket for the entire route, and get off or land at the point you need. The same goes for the reverse direction. According to the rules of Russian Railways, Russian trains can be boarded at any station after the departure station indicated on the ticket.

The cost of railway tickets is affected by discounts and promotions for a specific type of carriage. There are situations when a ticket in a compartment is cheaper than a reserved seat, and an SV is cheaper than a compartment. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze prices in more high classes. Very often, tickets for upper seats in a compartment from the beginning of sales and up to 11 days before departure can be bought cheaper by 20 percent, and on Tuesdays Russian Railways sells tickets and discounts reach up to 35 percent.

Guide to buying train tickets

Buy tickets in advance

This method is especially good for buying tickets in compartments. With advance purchase (up to 45 days for intercity and up to 60 days for international routes) the cost of the ticket is significantly reduced. For some destinations under this scheme, you can purchase tickets with a benefit of up to 40% of the standard price. The rule here is simple - the closer the departure date of the train, the more expensive the ticket, so plan your trip in advance and buy tickets after they go on sale.

But on the day of the start of sales, you should not buy tickets - at least for popular destinations: the price in this case will be higher than that set on the second or third day. Experienced travelers know that the highest demand is on the opening day of sales. But do not overdo it and try to buy a ticket at least a month before departure - in this case, you can count on additional discounts (usually 20%) on the upper shelves in compartment cars. You should also remember that you can only save money if you buy at least 10 days in advance and no less, because if you order a ticket closer to the departure date, you will also be charged a processing fee, which is not available with an advance purchase.

Take advantage of discounts

For almost every destination, you can purchase tickets at a discount from the main price. Discounts can be due to various reasons (seasonality, lack of demand, etc.) - it is only important for us to know that they exist. First of all, we advise you to follow the promotions (subscribe to news) organized by Russian Railways. You can do this on the official website of the company, where all current offers are also available.

As already mentioned above, due to discounts, it often happens that compartment tickets turn out to be cheaper than reserved seats (including due to discounts on seats on the upper shelves, which was also already mentioned). And if you want to travel in a compartment even cheaper, then remember that in the period from November 16 to December 24 inclusive special offer, according to which places on the upper shelves can be bought at a discount of not 20%, but as much as 35%.

Another trick, again, the method is that if you are going to a stop that is not far from the train arrival point, it is best to buy a ticket to the final one, since discounts usually apply to the entire route, and you can overpay, even despite the short distance. The same applies to the opposite situation, when a passenger needs to board the train at the next nearest stations after departure - in this case it is more profitable to buy a ticket from the train departure station.

Please note that additional discount you can often get it when buying a round-trip train ticket (round-trip).

Earn rail miles

Russian Railways has its own loyalty program: register on the Russian Railways Bonus website, get a card number, indicate its number every time you buy a ticket on the website - and accumulate bonus points, which you can then pay for new ticket. After three trips with virtual card a plastic version will be mailed to you. On it, among other things, you can have a bite to eat with a 7% discount in restaurants nearby. There are also cumulative discounts and on the VTB-24 Russian Railways card.

You can also use a card with the Cashback option - in this case, part of the money after the purchase will be returned to your card. And don't forget the kids tickets! So, children under 5 years old can travel free of charge accompanied by adults, though without providing a separate seat. If there are two children, then the second child can get a ticket with a discount of 50% (the size of the discount may be different, and details can be found on the Russian Railways website or by phone). The benefits apply to all children under the age of 14 - just remember to bring your birth certificate with you.

Book tickets online

To date, there are already many sites that compete with each other to attract as many buyers as possible. Accordingly, ticket prices when buying on the website may turn out to be cheaper than if you buy them at the Russian Railways box office. At first glance, this is surprising, but here it should be taken into account that Russian Railways, under a cooperation agreement, provides significant discounts to its partners, due to which the latter can set more favorable prices. By the way, on the Russian Railways website itself, tickets are also cheaper than at the box office (no need to rent a room, pay for the work of cashiers, etc.).

Save on insurance

By default, insurance fees are necessarily included in the cost of almost any ticket. However, by refusing insurance, you may well save a couple of hundred rubles. By the way, few people know about it, but you can refuse insurance just before the train's departure (more precisely, no less than 30 minutes before departure). Of course, it's nice to feel protected, but the likelihood that something will happen to you along the way is extremely small, and you can save money here too. By the way, the full amount of insurance in the event of an insured event is paid only to disabled people of the 1st group, as well as to disabled children.

Travel long distances with transfers

This rule, which is usually given as an example when talking about air tickets, also applies to train tickets. If you have to spend more than one day on the road, develop a route with transfers. With proper route planning, the duration of the trip will not much exceed the travel time of a direct train, and you can save quite a bit on this. Some sites already offer a special service for selecting tickets with transfers.

If you are going abroad, then it will be more profitable to buy two tickets: the first - from your station to the nearest border station on the territory of a neighboring state, and the second - already to the destination station (for example, Moscow - Brest can be divided into two segments Moscow - Orsha and Orsha - Brest). In this way, you can save quite a lot on international tariffs.

Buy non-refundable tickets

As the name implies, non-refundable ticket cannot be returned if for some reason you change your mind about going. Exception: force majeure. However, if you are sure that you will go, then the cost of such a ticket may be significantly lower than the cost of a regular one.

Travel on the Sapsan

For some trains, Russian Railways has a separate system of discounts. For example, in Sapsan, plying on the route Moscow - St. Petersburg, there is a 20% discount on a return ticket - it is automatically applied when buying tickets in both directions.

For those who constantly wander between the two capitals, Sapsan sells discount cards: if you travel every week, such a card will quickly pay for itself and save money.

Special discounts: -35% for newlyweds and birthdays (7 days before / after the birthday or within a month after the wedding).

Follow the promotions of Russian Railways

For trips within Russia, an additional 25% or more can be saved with the Lucky Tuesday promotion.

This ticket sale promotion takes place every Tuesday. The list of trains appears on the Russian Railways website on Monday. Sometimes the discount goes up to 35% off full price ticket. The promotion is valid only for certain trains, limited number of seats.

Discounts on the upper shelves in the compartment

For some destinations there is a discount "Higher - cheaper" - until the end of summer, a 20% discount for fans of the upper shelves. Under this promotion, you can buy tickets in a compartment almost at the cost of a reserved seat. The discount can be up to 40% for the promotion, while the standard discount for the upper shelves in a compartment is 10-20%. Basically, the discount applies to regional trains. There are separate floating tariffs for metropolitan areas (St. Petersburg and Moscow).

Regarding ticket prices on holidays

Most low prices trains operate in autumn, immediately after new year holidays and 9 May. Discounts can be up to 50% off the original price. The prices are highest, of course, during the peak seasons, when everyone “needs” - during the periods of holidays and holidays: March 7-10, June 8-12, June 29 - September 2, December 29-30.

Well, here are the ground rules. It's time to plan your vacation .... and go ahead, get tickets!

There are two types of single tickets for the train: for one trip one way and for one round trip.

Validity

A one-way train ticket is valid for one trip during the date indicated on it, as well as for one hour of the next day.

According to the transportation rules, a return ticket is valid for one trip from 00:00 of the day indicated on the ticket, at least until the end of the next day.

On AO trains « Central PPK and JSC « Moscow-Tverskoy PPK (as of 2018) the validity of a return ticket exceeds the minimum - the ticket is valid until the end of the next day, excluding weekends and holidays.

Having bought a round-trip ticket in Moscow on Friday, you can use it to leave on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and even Monday.

Having bought a ticket in Moscow on Saturday, you can go back on Saturday, Sunday or Monday.

If the ticket expires en route, it is extended until the train arrives at the destination station indicated on the ticket.

Discount tickets

Discounted tickets (discounted or non-cash) can usually only be purchased on the day of travel. When buying a ticket and on the way, you must have everything with you Required documents confirming the availability of benefits.

Federal beneficiaries - residents of Moscow and the Moscow region, as well as regional beneficiaries of Moscow can, as a rule, draw up free tickets for 10 (or less) days at the box office of the Central and Moscow-Tver suburban passenger companies, subject to the presence of a social card.

Regional beneficiaries of St. Petersburg and the region can also purchase a ticket on the day before the trip.

Registration discount tickets carried out at the box office, as well as in self-service terminals (not at all stations and not in all regions).

Please note: free travel does not mean ticketless. Passengers entitled to free travel are required to issue a non-cash ticket at the box office or at the terminal before the start of the trip. When issuing a ticket directly on the train or at the box office after the end of the trip, the carrier has the right to charge a fee for issuing a travel document (usually 50 - 200 rubles), except in the absence of a ticket office and a terminal at the station (stop point) of departure.

Subscription tickets

As well as single tickets, you can issue at the box office and self-service terminals.

In the Leningrad direction (Moscow-Tverskaya PPK), subscription tickets can also be issued through mobile app"Suburban ticket".

Please note that the subscription start date is specified at the time of purchase. (default is current day) and it cannot be changed.

"Working day"

Such subscriptions are issued for 10, 15, 20, 25 calendar days in a row and for 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12 months. On the directions of OJSC "Central PPK" of Moscow and the region, "working day" subscriptions are issued only for 1 and 3 months.

To ordinary electric trains of JSC Central "PPK" for cases when travel in the Moscow region and Moscow (with the exception of routes within the "old" Moscow) is carried out within the same zone, or when the number of crossings of the borders of tariff zones (both zones belong to Moscow or the region) equal to one, the subscription is not issued.

This type of subscription is valid only on weekdays.

When transferring weekends / holidays and working days, such tickets:

valid on weekends declared as working days,

not valid on working days declared non-working.

A subscription issued for a number of months, as a rule, is valid for travel within 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 360 calendar days, respectively.

"Daily"

These subscriptions are issued for 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 days and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12 months.

On the directions of AO « Central PPK "of Moscow and the region, subscriptions are issued only for 10 days and 1, 3, 12 months. Subscriptions for 5 days are also issued for fast electric trains.

For regular trains JSC « Central PPK" for cases when travel in the Moscow region and Moscow (with the exception of routes within the "old" Moscow) is carried out within the same zone, or when the number of border crossings of tariff zones (both zones belong to Moscow or the region) is equal to one, the subscription is issued only for 10 days.

For regular trains JSC « Central PPK" a subscription for 10 days is not issued in areas where per-kilometer billing is in effect (for example, BMO).

This subscription is valid during the entire period of validity specified in the ticket, on all days of the week.

When issuing this type of subscription for 1 month at the box office of Central SPP JSC from a station that is not included in the zone « Bolshaya Moskva ”, to the nearest head station of Moscow, the passenger is entitled to a free subscription to the same card. To do this, you need to ask the cashier to arrange travel through the "Greater Moscow" (free of charge).

A subscription issued for a number of months, as a rule, is valid for travel within 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 360 calendar days, respectively.

"Weekend"

Such a subscription, as a rule, is issued only for 30 days. It acts on:

weekends and holidays,

the day before a weekend or holiday,

the day after a weekend or holiday.

This type of subscription is not issued for routes within the old territory of the city of Moscow (with the exception of the Leningrad direction), on sections of JSC "Central PPK" with per-kilometer billing (including BMO), as well as in some other regions. On satellites and other fast commuter trains, a “weekend” subscription is also not issued.

"On the number of trips"

A subscription is issued only for routes, the departure and destination stations of which are equipped with automatic turnstiles or other technical means of reading completed trips.

This type of subscription can be issued in all areas of Moscow and St. Petersburg, in most other regions this type of subscription is not provided.

They are issued for 10, 20, 60, 90 trips.

Passes for 10 and 20 trips must be used within 30 days, for 60 and 90 trips - for more than long term(the exact time depends on the carrier). A subscription for 90 trips is not issued on the directions of JSC "Central PPK" of Moscow and the region, a subscription for 60 trips is valid for 120 days.

This subscription, like all others, can be issued in advance (up to 30 days). The start date of the subscription must be indicated to the cashier (or selected in the self-service terminal) upon purchase.

For this type of subscription, the trip must start from the station where the turnstiles are installed (it can be any intermediate station or stopping point within the route, but with turnstiles). In this case, the card must be brought to the turnstile to “open” the trip. If this is not done, the trip will be considered ticketless, you will have to pay the full fare and service. The turnstile may also not open at the exit if there is no entry mark on the map.

Departure at the destination station must be carried out no later than 4 hours after entry. Otherwise, the trip may be “closed” and when brought to the turnstile at the exit, the turnstile will not open, or another trip will be written off.

Please note that if the "exit" turnstile does not work, you must present the card again to the same turnstile, otherwise another trip may be charged.

"On dates"

This subscription is issued for any dates chosen by the passenger - from 5 to 16 dates.

It can also be issued for even and odd dates (from 14 to 16 dates depending on the month).

All dates must be within the same calendar month.

At the training ground of JSC "Central PPK" this type of subscription is issued only for corporate clients and employees of JSC "Russian Railways".

"Big Moscow"

Gives the right to make an unlimited number of trips in all directions within the Greater Moscow zone within 30 days. .

Issued for 30 days cost 1750 rubles.

For travel in satellites and other ambulances suburban trains this subscription is not valid.

"Megapolis Plus" (only for the Kazan and Kiev directions of Moscow)

Issued from Kazansky and Kievsky railway stations to one of the stations located at a distance of 26-39 km from the station (Kraskovo, Malakhovka, Udelnaya, Bykovo, Ilyinskaya, Rest, Kratovo, Korenevo, Ovrazhki, Springs, Vyalki, Khripan; Lesnoy Gorodok, Tolstopaltsevo, Kokoshkino, Krekshino, Pobeda) .

Issued for 30 days cost 2500 rubles.

Please note: due to the reduction in the cost of a monthly subscription to the Kazansky railway station from August 20, 2015, it has become unprofitable to buy this subscription on the Kazansky direction in most cases, since it is more expensive (except for Kratovo and Khripan).

"City Nearby" (only for Kazansky and Kievsky directions of Moscow)

Issued from Kazansky and Kievsky railway stations to one of the stations located at a distance of 40-53 km from the station (42 km, Factory, Ramenskoye, 47 km, State Farm, 41 km, Donino, 49 km, 52 km, Grigorovo; Aprelevka, Dachnaya, Alabino, Selyatino).

Issued for 30 days cost 3500 rubles.

This pass is not valid for travel on satellites and other fast suburban trains.

Please note: due to the reduction in the cost of a monthly subscription to the Kazansky railway station from August 20, 2015, this subscription to the Kazan direction in most cases it became unprofitable to buy, since it is more expensive (except for State Farm, 52 km, Grigorovo).

"My suburbs"

It is issued from one of the main stations in Moscow (except Leningrad) to a station located at a distance of more than 53 km and up to 200 km from the station (as a rule, only if there is a direct suburban connection).

Issued for 30 days cost 4750 rubles

Please note (especially when issuing from a ticket machine) that a regular monthly subscription may be issued by default, which sometimes costs more and/or includes travel only to the head station without the Big Moscow. To issue a ticket in the machine, you must select the "Greater Moscow" item.

This pass is not valid for travel on satellites and other fast suburban trains.

"Mill"

Gives the right to travel on the St. Petersburg Finlyandsky - Melnichny Ruchey section in all suburban trains (including Lastochki). Cost - "daily" for 5 days in a row 450 rubles, "working day" for 30 calendar days in a row - 1800 rubles.

"Favorable"

This subscription is designed for passengers of the Vitebsk direction (section St. Petersburg - Oredezh), making trips over long distances (more than 60 kilometers) and purchasing subscription tickets for the full price.

The cost of the subscription can be viewed on the train schedule page of the full version of the site.

A subscription can be issued not only from the Vitebsk railway station, but also from an intermediate station (stop point) if the distance of the route is 60 kilometers or more.

"Pushkin"

Issued for 30 days on the route St. Petersburg Vitebsky - Tsarskoe Selo, cost - 1800 rub. "daily" and 1550 rubles "working day".

"Samson"

Issued for 30 days from St. Petersburg Baltic to New / Old Peterhof stations ( cost - 2600 rubles. "daily" and 2200 rubles "working day") and Oranienbaum-1 ( cost - 3450 rubles. "daily" and 2900 rubles "working day").

"Kolpinsky"

Issued for 30 days from St. Petersburg Glavny to Kolpino station, valid on all suburban trains, including Lastochki. The cost of a daily subscription - 2150 rubles, "working day" - 1800 rubles.

"Tosnensky"

Issued for 30 days from St. Petersburg Glavny to Tosno station, valid on all commuter trains, including Lastochki. The cost of a daily subscription - 5000 rubles, "working day" - 4200 rubles.

"#we're on the way"

Issued for 30 days on the routes: St. Petersburg Finlyandsky - Vyborg (cost - 15,100 rubles "daily" and 12,700 rubles "working day"), Specific - Vyborg (cost - 14,300 rubles "daily" and 12,000 rubles "working day") Valid on all commuter trains (including Lastochki) on the subscription route, and also in the buses of the city of Vyborg, following on regular routes, the carrier on which is LLC "Vipline":

• No. 1/6 - bus station (reinforced concrete factory) - microdistrict. Northern;
• No. 2 - st. Decembrist Lunin - Hospital Street;
• No. 4 - bus station - Dzhatievo settlement;
• No. 5 - Onega st. (City Polyclinic);
• No. 7 - bus station (concrete concrete plant) - Tammisuo village);
• No. 8 - bus station (reinforced concrete factory) - Krasny Holm village
• No. 9 - st. Gagarin - st. Industrial;
• No. 10 - Leningradsky pr. (Neste gas station) - Saimaa Dachi;
• No. 11 - Leningradsky pr. (Neste gas station) - Sady settlement;
• No. 12 - Kharitonovo settlement - Vyborg - Kharitonovo settlement;
• No. 13 - Triangular Lane. - circular;
• No. 14 - Zheleznodorozhnaya st. (bus station) - circular.

There are also a number of other special subscriptions.

All types of subscription tickets (except tickets "On the number of trips") are valid for an unlimited number of trips. However, re-passing through the turnstiles at the same station in the same direction (entrance / exit) is possible only after 40 minutes.

You can enter and exit at any intermediate station (for tickets "For the number of trips", before the start of the trip, the card must be brought to the turnstile to open the trip, i.e. if there are no turnstiles, then you cannot start the trip at this station).

The passenger has the right to return a fully or partially unused season ticket, and a fee is charged.

On the satellites and other fast suburban trains (highlighted on the website blue color) special tickets are issued (when issued at a ticket machine or ticket office, you must select the category “satellite”, “ambulance” or “express”) - as a rule, the cost of such tickets is higher than for a regular train. These subscriptions are valid both on a fast train and on a regular train of the same carrier.

On the aeroexpress trains(highlighted on the website) red color marked "aeroexpress") special tickets are issued at the box office of Aeroexpress LLC or via the Internet. Passengers with benefits, in addition to documents for benefits, must present an identity document (passport).

On the interregional express trains(highlighted on the website) green color) the ticket is issued according to the passport with reference to a specific place, the number of seats is limited. You can buy a ticket at a specialized suburban ticket office (connected to the Express-3 automated control system) or via the Internet (including on our website in the “Railway tickets” section). The sale starts 10 days in advance (departure date minus 9 days) at 8:00.

On express trains, which are long distance trains(highlighted on the website) red color marked "far" or "Swallow") the ticket is issued only at the box office(or via the Internet, including on our website in the "Railway tickets" section), the number of seats is limited. Tickets for "Lastochki" St. Petersburg - Vyborg are currently issued at regular ticket offices, the number of tickets is not limited.

Please note that at some stations, the issuance of tickets for interregional express trains at the box office stops 30 - 40 minutes before the train's departure, even if there are empty seats. On our website, ticketing can stop 1 hour in advance (2 hours in some directions).

Subscriptions and one-time tickets for satellites and other fast electric trains are also valid in ordinary electric trains of the same carrier (for all REKS trains from August 19, 2015, the carrier is Central PPK JSC). Subscriptions and one-time tickets for ordinary electric trains for travel in fast suburban trains are not valid.

In some cases, you can issue an additional payment to a single ticket for a regular train - together with the surcharge, the ticket will be valid on an express train. When making an additional payment directly on the train (this is not always possible - they may simply not be allowed on the train with a regular ticket), an additional fee is charged (usually 100 rubles).

There is no surcharge for a subscription ticket for a regular train. In the case of travel on such a ticket in an ambulance train, you will have to pay the cashiers-controllers the full fare and a fee for the service (usually 100 rubles).

Transportation of animals in commuter trains

For the carriage of small domestic (pet) animals, dogs and birds on suburban trains, a fee is charged.

It is allowed to transport small dogs without containers in muzzles and on a leash. Cats ride under the supervision of their owners or escorts.

Large dogs (including service dogs) can be transported in a muzzle and with a leash in the vestibule of an electric train (no more than 2 dogs per carriage) - under the supervision of their owners or accompanying persons with payment of the cost of their carriage.

The cost of transporting animals on the train cannot exceed 25% of the fare for an adult passenger on a similar route. As a rule, it is 25% of the fare rounded down to the nearest whole ruble. At the same time, the cost of transporting an animal in ordinary electric trains and fast suburban trains of OJSC Central PPK is different.

To transport animals or birds on the train, you will need veterinary vaccination documents. There is no charge for the carriage of guide dogs (guide dogs).

In seated cars of FPC's Lastochka electric trains, as well as in ordinary electric trains, small pets, dogs and birds are allowed to be transported for a fee - no more than one seat per issued travel document (ticket) and no more than two animals or two birds to this place.

1. What time (local or Moscow) is indicated on my ticket?

If the departure station and the destination station are in Russia, the ticket indicates Moscow time. If the station of departure or the station of destination is located in other countries, then the ticket, as a rule, indicates the local time of a particular country. However, there are exceptions: for example, the railway station in the Kazakh city of Petropavlovsk is under the jurisdiction of Russian Railways and operates according to Moscow time.

It probably does not make sense to list all the exceptions here: as a rule, the ticket indicates what time the train departs and arrives. We also tried to take into account all such exceptions in the operation of the Yandex.Schedules service.

Formally, for a fast train, the average route speed should be at least 50 kilometers per hour, for a passenger - less. In reality, this rule is not observed. Now fast trains can be distinguished by the ticket number and "by eye" - by fewer stops.

Such a gradation is valid in the countries of the former USSR; other countries have their own principles for grading trains.

Ambulances (year-round circulation) - 1–150;
- ambulances (seasonal and single circulation) - 151–298;
- passenger (year-round circulation) - 301-450 and 601-698;
- passenger seasonal, single-use and children's - 451–598;
- high-speed - 701–750;
- high-speed - 751–788;
- ambulances served by trains of electric and diesel trains (except for high-speed and high-speed ones) - 801–898;
- service and special purposes - 901–920;
- tourist (commercial) - 921–940;
- human (freight trains with 10 or more cars for people) - 941–960;
- cargo-passenger - 961–970;
- mail and luggage - 971–998.

Ordinary suburban and border (regional) - 6001–6998;
- fast commuter with reservation of places - 7001–7098;
- ambulance suburban and urban - 7101-7598;
- service (special purpose) - 7601–7628.

The current updated schedule for Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Armenia and Lithuania can be viewed on our service. In each of these countries, the websites of carriers and railway operators, as a rule, also have an up-to-date timetable.

It depends on the presence of passenger cars in them. As a rule, there are no such carriages in mail and baggage trains, and accordingly, the passage of passengers is also impossible.

Tickets and train timetables in Russia and Ukraine indicate the following types of carriages:

M - VIP-car with 1- or 2-seater compartments, equipped with bathrooms and a shower. In such cars, only the entire compartment is sold;
L - SW ( sleeping car), soft with double compartments, one-story and two-story;
K - compartment with four-seater compartments, one-story and two-story;
KB - compartment with compartment buffet;
KR - compartment with a radio station, one-story and two-story;
P - (PL), non-compartment with berths (reserved seat);
O - non-compartment with seating (general);
C - (Region), inter-regional with seating, one-story and two-story;
R - restaurant car, one-story and two-story;
P - postal;
B - baggage.

The fare consists of the cost of the ticket, the cost of the reserved seat and the commission fee (in some cases).

A reserved seat is a fee for "reserving" a seat on a train. In suburban trains, the cost of a reserved seat is not charged.

Commission fees are different: for reissuance and return; for the purchase of tickets for a certain period before departure (in certain countries). There may also be fees (or, conversely, discounts) for booking tickets on the Internet, the fees of the agency where you bought the ticket (if it is not the ticket office of Russian Railways), and some others.

On the Yandex.Schedules service, you can view train schedules within a number of CIS countries. On the this moment Unfortunately, we do not provide timetables for other foreign countries. Train timetables in Europe can be found on the websites of the railways of the countries you are interested in, for example:
Die Bahn. Transport in Germany
SBB. Swiss transport
SNCF. Transport France

Transport sites often not only provide information about trains, but also allow you to calculate the route as a whole, using city buses, commuter trains and even taking into account walking. :)

In the general case - to the administration of the railway that owns the train on which you are traveling. If the rights were violated while traveling on a Russian train, you can contact the public reception of Russian Railways.

If you believe that your rights are being violated in the car by the conductor, contact the head of the train, and only then - to the administration of the train formation railway.

In Russia and Ukraine, as a rule, tickets with transfers are not sold. What's more, you may not be able to sell train tickets at a single ticket office that have a three-hour or less difference between arrival and departure times.

In reality, the cases may be different. Trains are rarely late for several hours, so on the Yandex.Schedules service we search for routes with transfers (with a minimum transfer time of 1 hour), warning about the passenger's personal responsibility for his decision. At the same time, it must be remembered that there may be more than one station in the city, and the distance between them may be quite large.

In Europe, as a rule, you can buy tickets with transfers lasting at least 5 minutes.

No, you are not allowed to use your own bed linen on trains for health and hygiene reasons.

Yes, you are already insured, and information about this is indicated in one of the lines of the ticket. Additional insurance, which is offered at some cash desks, only increases the amount of insurance payments. Some exceptions are interstate trains, in which there is no initial insurance.

The conductor is obliged to fulfill all reasonable requests of the passenger: at least three times a day, provide passengers with tea, coffee, confectionery, and in branded trains and "SV" carriages of all categories - at the request of passengers at any time of the day; maintain the presence of hot water in the boiler, and chilled water in the water cooler; remove bedding after disembarking passengers, etc. According to the conductor’s instructions, in exceptional cases, with the consent of passengers, it is allowed to remove bedding no earlier than 30 minutes before arrival at the railway station disembarkation of passengers.

In case of disagreement with the actions of the conductor of your car, you can contact the head of the train.

As a rule, this situation is most often resolved depending on the specific circumstances. Formally, in accordance with the Rules for the carriage of passengers, baggage and cargo, the journey of passengers must begin from the station indicated in the travel document (ticket). At the same time, in order to improve the quality of passenger service on trains formed by the Federal Passenger Directorate, passengers are allowed to board at any station after the station of departure indicated on the ticket, subject to the expiration date of the ticket and payment for travel along the route.

Refund of tickets is made upon presentation of documents proving the identity of the passenger. When returning tickets in domestic Russian traffic, the passenger is returned:
- if the ticket is returned up to 8 hours before the train departure - the full fare;
- when returning a ticket from 8 to 2 hours before the train departure - 100% of the ticket price and 50% of the cost of the reserved seat;
- when returning a ticket from 2 hours before the train departure to 12 hours after the departure - 100% of the ticket price.

When returning tickets in interstate traffic:
- if the ticket is returned up to 24 hours before the train departure - the full fare;
- when returning a ticket from 24 to 6 hours before the departure of the train - 100% of the ticket price and 50% of the cost of the reserved seat;
- when returning a ticket from 6 hours before the train departure to 3 hours after the departure - 100% of the ticket price.

The commission and other (except for insurance) fees paid when purchasing tickets are not refundable to the passenger. For ticket refund operation is charged .

You can already buy a train ticket in Russia and Ukraine without leaving your home and pay for it with a bank card on the website. For most trains in Russia, you can select the "Electronic check-in" function and come to the boarding station only with an identity document (the number of which is indicated on the ticket), as well as a printed e-ticket itinerary receipt (with a barcode). Such trains are marked on our service with a special marker.

If a electronic registration by train is not possible, you definitely need to get it at the station paper ticket by printout of an electronic ticket (or its number) and a document proving your identity.

Ticket sales start 45 days before the date of departure of the train (for some trains - 60 days). However, it is often impossible to buy tickets for peak destinations (for example, in the summer towards the Black Sea) a few hours after the start of the sale for 45 days.

However, this does not mean that there are no tickets and never will be. It happens that it is impossible to buy tickets for such trains a month before departure, but you can easily buy one day before departure. The reason is in the numerous reservations that block access for ordinary passengers to the bulk of tickets.

The timing of the withdrawal of tickets from the reservation may vary, often attached to the train additional wagons where tickets go on sale immediately. The only thing that can be recommended is to monitor the availability of tickets for the direction you need every day.

The ticket can be reissued for an earlier departing train or for another train carriage. Tickets are reissued only if less than 24 hours are left before the departure of the train for which the ticket is being reissued. When reissuing tickets, the route of the trip cannot be changed (with the exception of the stations of departure or arrival of the train).

A fee is charged for reissuing a ticket. In addition, if the cost of the new ticket exceeds the cost of the old one, the passenger pays the difference in price. If the cost of the new ticket is less than the cost of the old one, then the difference is returned to the passenger, but only if the ticket was purchased in Russia.

Reissuance of travel documents to another person or to later trains is not carried out.

Only tickets from Russia to Russia sold in Russia in cars of Russian formation are subject to restoration. Restoration of the lost ticket is made in one of the following places: at the train departure station, at the sales station, at the destination station. With an application for the restoration of a ticket, you need to contact the station attendant. The passenger must present the document for which the ticket was issued (or a certificate from the police if the ticket was stolen from him along with his passport), name the date of departure (the main requisite for finding information about the ticket, except for the last name) and the route of the trip. The recovery process takes 1-2 hours, so please contact in advance. A duplicate ticket issued to a passenger is not subject to return and reissuance. Once a duplicate is issued, the original ticket is also non-refundable.

From July 1, 2003, for a one-time trip by Russian citizens between the Kaliningrad Region and the rest of the territory Russian Federation A mechanism for issuing and issuing a special Simplified Rail Travel Document (FRTD) was introduced.

FRTD is issued by railway cashiers, who at the same time send a request to the consular department of the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in Moscow. The transit permit is issued while traveling by train until the passenger crosses the border with the Republic of Lithuania. Before departure, a passenger can obtain information about whether he is allowed to transit at railway ticket offices equipped with the Express system. Registration of FRTD is free of charge. All of the above does not apply to citizens who have a visa of the Republic of Lithuania for crossing its border.

The main document for crossing the borders of the Republic of Lithuania and issuing FRTD is a foreign passport. By ordinary passport Russia, such a trip is impossible. Tickets to Kaliningrad region and back are sold only at the box office, they are not issued via the Internet (but you can see the cost and availability there).

Transportation on trains of all categories of small pets, dogs and birds is allowed in excess of the established carry-on baggage allowance in all cars (except for cars with double compartments (CB) and luxury cars) if there is a veterinary certificate and with payment for transportation.

Small pets, dogs and birds are transported in boxes, baskets, cages, containers, which must be placed in places intended for hand luggage.

When transporting small pets, dogs and birds, their owners or accompanying persons must ensure that the sanitary and hygienic regime in the carriage is observed. It is not allowed to transport wild animals as hand luggage in trains and wagons of all categories.

You can find more information about the rules for transporting animals on long-distance trains on the Russian Railways website.

Passengers have the right to carry with them one child under the age of 5 years free of charge, if he does not occupy a separate seat, as well as children aged 5 to 10 years old with payment in accordance with the children's ticket fare. For children over 10 years old travel documents(tickets), as for adults. The age of the child is determined on the day of the start of the trip.

All children, including those under the age of five, must obtain a ticket (in some cases free of charge) at the railway ticket office before the start of the trip.

There are no special services when traveling with an organized group of children on Russian Railways trains (with the exception of special children's trains appointed at the request of the regions for the organized transportation of large groups of children to places of rest).

Important: when traveling on a long-distance train with a child, you must have with you the original of his birth certificate (for children over 14 years old - a passport). Without the original document, the child has the right to refuse boarding the train.

The letter in the train number is an integral part of the number and allows you to distinguish between trains with the same numerical number, but following, for example, in different directions. Example: train 102A - direction Moscow-St. Petersburg, train 102M - direction Moscow-Adler, train 102C - Adler-Moscow. It may also be that trains with the same numerical number, but with different letters, go in the same direction. This means that either one or another train is running, and they are somehow different from each other (for example, by the crews serving them).

Theoretically, maximum comfort should be created for the passenger in the “services” car: food, bed linen, toiletries, cleaning, possibly air conditioning - all this is included in the ticket price. Nevertheless, it is rather difficult to predict in advance what from this list will eventually be “included” in the coupe.

If the passport is being exchanged, then you can buy a ticket using any other identity document, for example, a foreign passport, military ID, service ID. In the absence of other identification documents, a certificate of the appropriate form should be taken from the police that the passport is being exchanged. If the ticket has already been purchased using the passport that is to be changed, then you need to take a certificate from the police stating that the passport with the specified number has been surrendered.

No, such information is not shared with anyone other than law enforcement.

A technical stop is a stop that is scheduled in the train schedule due to a possible technological need - for example, if you need to skip a faster train or change a locomotive. It is impossible to buy a ticket to and from technical stops - in some cases, the train can simply pass a technical stop.

In 2006, Russian Railways introduced the division of compartments into “male”, “female” and “mixed” compartments in a number of trains and cars. In the men's compartment, tickets were sold only to men, in the women's - only to women. Mixed compartments were intended for couples, families with children and passengers who do not aspire to "gender" compartments. However, during the experiment, a number of controversial points were revealed, and the scope for the introduction of separate compartments was significantly reduced.

In Russia, on long-distance trains, bicycles are allowed to be transported at the expense of the established carry-on baggage allowance in disassembled and packed form, if they can be placed in places intended for hand baggage due to their size. It should also be borne in mind that are not allowed to be transported hand luggage items that may damage or contaminate the carriage or the belongings of other passengers.

This is a rather serious question that does not have a definitive answer. The current Regulations on conducting television, video, film and photography at infrastructure facilities railway transport public use belonging to Russian Railways JSC, approved by order of Russian Railways JSC No. 1513r dated July 18, 2008, does not apply to filming intended for personal use and conducted in passenger service areas at railway stations, stations, stopping points that do not interfere and not creating inconvenience and danger to the movement of passengers. A more detailed response of the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation on this matter can be found here: part 1, part 2, part 3. So you can take pictures. However, be prepared that not all security personnel may be familiar with this instruction and you may expect an unpleasant conversation. Also, be sure that you are not photographing a secret or closed object (again, stations and trains do not fall into this category).