Trains

Welcome to our page about Russian trains! Please find on this page some information about stations, types of trains and cars in Russia and information about train schedules Moscow - St. Petersburg.

Few last years historical trains of style Retro (Toy Train) are very popular from tourists  in Moscow region. We happy to provide some one-day sightseeing tours by Retro trains to cities of "Golden Ring Russia". These places are really beautifulle museum-cities near Moscow and there possibility to see stily of life, nice woden houses, Kremlin - Forts and nature of old Russia:

Sergiev Posad and Aleksandrov

Vladimir and Suzdal

History alive in Kolomna

History alive in Borodino

Golden ring of Russia

Russia began construction of the Great Siberian Railway  on 1891 year. This railway line Chelyabinsk - Omsk - Irkutsk - Khabarovsk - Vladivostok was to connect the Far East to Moscow and St. Petersburg. In present the greatest along the length of railway line in Russia has a length of 9700 km. It is way from St. Petersburg (North-West point near the Baltic Sea) to Vladivostok (southeast point near the Great Ocean) via Moscow. Variants with stop occupy more one week (from 7 days 7:30 hr till 8 days 6:50 hr).

Now is possible to buy intresting tourist train route by part of this way. Please find our tours by luxury trains in Russia:

GOLDEN EAGLE TRAIN      Moscow - Vladivostok (canceled on 2017)

IMPERIAL TRAIN               Moscow - Vladivostok

IMPERIAL TRAIN               St Peterburg - Lake Baikal (canceled on 2017)

IMPERIAL TRAIN               Moscow - Beijing

So you can see that Russia has many thousands of kilometers of railway lines throughout the country!

First railway line (650 km) in Russia was built between Moscow and St. Petersburg by decree of Emperor Nicholas I. The first regular train  went between the two capitals on 1851 year. Interestingly, the both these railway stations in these cities are an exact copy of each other and called Moscow vokzal in St. Petersburg and the Petersburg voksal in Moscow. But now this station in Moscow have name Leningradskiy vokzal, because during the Soviet era St. Petersburg was renamed Leningrad.
Moscow have nine railway stations total from which railway paths lead to all regions of Russia and to the capitals of few countries - former republics of Soviet Union. Names of these Moscow stations: Leningradskiy vokzal, Kazanskiy vokzal, Kurskiy vokzal, Kievskiy vokzal, Yaroslavskiy vokzal, Belorusskiy vokzal, Paveletskiy voksal, Savelovskiy vokzal and Rizhskiy vokzal. From each vokzal depart distance trains to other cities and commuter trains of region (russian name of these trains is electrichka).

Types of cars in Russian Trains.

Trains in Russia are very comfortable and economical transport to move around the country to long distances. All types of cars in Russian trains have AC during summer and warming during winter season. Some train tickets include food and bedsheets in price, else passenger can buy these services in train directly.

Soft (SV)
This is very comfortable and expensive option - a compartment for only two people; it contains two (usually lower) berths for sleeping and a table next to the window.

Compartment (coupe)
The next option is a less expensive class. It is separate lockable cabin for 4 people, with upper and lower sleeping berths on each side, fold-down table between the seats, with personal reading lights. A coupe has a door which locks inside, and thus privacy for the four people inside the compartment is guaranteed.
For safer and more comfortable trips some trains offer ‘female only’ and ‘male only’ compartments. So, having purchased a ticket at a ‘female’ compartment you can be sure that only women will be your neighbors.

Wagon type reserved seat (platzcard)
This category - the cheapest type of the sleeper wagon of Russian trains. This type not include isolated seats, all types of the accommodation are 2 side seats + cabin for 4 persons. Cabins with two upper and two lower sleeping bunks on each side with table in between are between window and aisle.
Side upper seat and side lower seat located between the aisle and other window.

The lower side place is transformed to a table and two seats to sit on. The cheapest train ticket for sleeping travel is the side upper seat.

Sitting
The new train option in Russia is very speed train Sapsan with seats places only. Seats are similar to airplane seats and just as comfortable too. Business class of seat in Sapsan include good lunch, but tourists in econom class can buy some food directly in train. Between Moscow and St. Petersburg there are some trains, which have carriages with seats of different levels of comfort. But the best of them are express trains Sapsan.

Please find follow some schedules for our group trips in Russia with fixed dates between Moscow and St Peterburg.

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