20 Travel Tips from the conductor of the train

Dmitry Sofyannikov, who spent several years conductor of the passenger train, shared on Twitter secrets safe and comfortable travel.

Rules You Need to Know

The compartment cars can be transported by animals. And everything would be fine, but I once saw on a leash and walking their raccoon carried him to the station.

Dmitry Sofyannikov

1. No one wants to remember that the maximum weight Luggage - 36 kg per reserved seat ticket and the sum of the three measurements must not exceed 180 cm. No, it is necessary to enter 19 bags because "so I pile for them somehow."

2. If you think about smoking in the toilet no one will know - you're wrong. Ventilation carriage is arranged in such a way that of the vestibule, and the toilet corridor oblique stretches all the air in the compartment of the conductor.

At start up the captured smokers information sheet. The first such list - fine 1500 rubles, and the ticket will indicate that you are a smoker; second - you just will not sell a ticket on the train.

Veypery - is another story. Weipa can not be in the car, like smoking, but there are clever people, who "is steam, not smoke, I do not smoke."

3. No matter how many warnings or written, people still throw paper in the bio-toilet. You spoil life to yourself, this toilet is not on the road is repaired. And just because one passenger is suffering the whole car.

By the way, the toilet during the use of sanitary zones is possible, but only if you need to wash my face, brush your teeth or shave. The conductor shall be obliged to stand by and watch that has not been used toilet bowl. However, if the child was impatient to refuse are not eligible, but in this case it is impossible to press the flush pedal.

4. If you choose to save and not to buy bedding, your destiny - to lie on a shelf or a walk around the car, because the mattress without underwear can not be used.

5. And here is the terrible secret of all "Russian Railways": You may not rent linens conductor when out on his station. And the conductor can not make you carry him linen, maximum - for half an hour to be ready to leave.

6. The conductor is forbidden to let people on the length of train stops less than five minutes. Treat with understanding. It is not necessary here that "yes, I smoke quickly." This is a safety issue, so bear with me.

7. Drink vodka trains as possible! But do not overdo it. Passenger who seem too drunk conductor can disembark. He also has the right not to allow a passenger in a car, if in the opinion of the conductor, he is too drunk or behaves inappropriately in principle. If he had even the most expensive ticket to the coolest place.

safety advice which must be followed

Parcels can not be transferred. Absolutely impossible. Even envelopes. My friend feesbeshnik planted a fake bomb into the lobby, disguised as the packaging of tablets. A little before the dismissal did not happen.

Dmitry Sofyannikov

8. For God's sake, do not charge the gadgets from the sockets in the cars! Most often, wiring in trains so-so, and if the iPhone did not come all the electrics in the car down, the battery yourself, you definitely mess up. External battery - our everything!

Although it is fair to say that the iPhone - is not so bad. That's when the extender is inserted into an extension cord, and in it a few laptops - it is dangerous. Guides is usually suppressed.

9. If the car caught fire on the speed, he burned for five minutes. Observe fire safety.

10. In the train is always a first aid kit. It contains bandages, gauze, tape, gloves, iodine, but no drugs. So always check before the trip, whether you have all you need pills, and do not spare the money for it.

11. The conductor shall be obliged to provide first aid to passengers who become ill. This is their specially taught, so do not hesitate to ask. At the next large station wagon has already come, and doctors will conduct a professional inspection.

12. The handler must disrupt the emergency brake only in case of threat to the lives of passengers. In all other cases, subject to a fine of about 5000 rubles. Even a simple minute train on the tracks cost a pretty penny.

13. On the top shelf to sleep safely. To fall from it, you have to really want. For children ask the Explorer safety belts and lift the iron special stop on the edge of the shelf.

14. Safety - not an empty phrase. Though for this and the next, but every year there are accidents with both passengers and conductors. So be careful and listen to the guide. All instructions on the railway are written in blood.

The comfort that we deserve

In the summer it can be very cheap to travel a long distance in good cars. Discounts on the top shelf in the compartment - up to 50%, and you can save money, and save yourself from the reserved seat, grannies and a constant distance on the car.

Dmitry Sofyannikov

15. Third and fifth compartment - emergency exits, windows do not open it. In summer, there is unbearable hotAnd nothing can be done, if there is no air conditioning. Keep this in mind if are going to go far.

16. Air conditioning in the car is connected to a generator, which begins to run only when the train picks up speed over 30 km / h. That is why a trip to the Black Sea coast (four o'clock at a speed of 30-35 km / h and stops) turned into hell.

In general, the issue of the air conditioner is always a conductor on the passenger side. They are the same people who go to the same conditions as you. If the conductor said that the air conditioning did not work, he does not lie.

17. Under the new cars at the conductor has a small refrigerator. He is obliged to carry it in baby food, if asked, but we can agree to put something else.

But in the old cars in the two lobbies have pockets for storage of coal. There the temperature is lower than that of the whole composition. If you are lucky, such as fish, you can also negotiate with a guide.

18. Marginalia in the toilet has the advantage that covers all the flaws - you are always the first to the bathroom in the morning.

19. In some formulations have a service - a shower in the staff car. It is worth 100-250 rubles.

20. And most importantly: Guides - the same people, as well as passengers. If you approach them will concern a human being, then your trip will be more comfortable.

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