How to make train travel more convenient and profitable
Travels / / December 19, 2019
Eugene Trofimchuk
Director of leisure travel service OneTwoTrip.
Electronic registration
When buying a ticket to see the mark on the electronic registration. If it is, then you do not need to go into any office or something print. But just in case, save the ticket on your phone. And do not forget to bring your passport with which you bought the ticket.
Selecting a location
Take place at the beginning of the car. Near conductor with snacks if they are noisy neighbors, it is they are more likely to hear and is suitable to soothe. Not far from you will be sockets, tea and hot water, and you will go first (as a business class only on the train).
By the way, if you want to take the two lower compartment space, or the top two, the site of the Railways do impossible for some reason, offer to take three seats or two seats on one side of the table - top and lower. This can be avoided if to form two separate orders, or use other services w / tickets on sale (they usually do not have this problem).
Traveling with children
Tickets for children under five years are free of charge, provided that the child does not occupy a seat. If you still want an extra seat, a ticket can be purchased at a 50% discount from the adult price. The same number - 50% - have to pay for the tickets for children under 12 years.
For students and children up to 16 years in some areas there are preferential card. For example, in the "Sapsan", you can buy a map of "School". It operates six months, is worth 1 000 and offers a discount of 50%.
class wagon
There are times when the compartment reserved seat or slightly less expensive. Therefore, when searching for tickets not limit yourself to only a certain class of car - see all the options.
Please note that accommodation seats cars branded trains are now quite good, and the price at the start of sales may be two times lower than for the coupe.
Stopover
Few people know this, but you can get off at any station and free to continue their journey on the same ticket, did not have to buy a new period of 10 days. To do this, you need to find the chief of the station where you have gone, and place his "stopover".
Ticket return
Return the ticket can be not only the day before or the day of departure, but for a couple of hours before the departure of the train, and even after he was gone. When returning Railways always keeps the cost of the ticket fee of 192 rubles 70 kopecks (actual for 2017), if the train goes through Russia, and 10 euros if the train goes abroad. Also, do not turn back the commission payment system and the booking service (if any). The rest of the amount depends on how much time is left before the train departure.
For example, a ticket to Adler worth 2500 rubles. This sum consists of two parts: the ticket price (1625 rubles) and the cost of reserved seat (875 rubles). Information on these units is printed on the ticket. In this case, the ticket price - a payment for the use of railway infrastructure and the cost of reserved seat - payment for use of the wagon (its class is not important - though the same second-class, though the coupe, though CB).
If you want to cancel this ticket eight hours before departure, return almost the entire cost of the ticket excluding fees, of which we have said above. That is 2 500 - 2 307.3 192.7 = ruble.
before departure from two to eight hours? You will get back 100% of the ticket price, and 50% of the reserved seat, again will keep gathering. In this case, the calculation is: 1675 + 437.5 - 192.7 869.8 = 1 RUB.
If prior to departure remains at least two hoursYou will return 100% of the cost of the ticket, but will keep the entire cost of reserved seat (plus fees). In our example, you will get back 1 675 - 192.70 = 1 482.3 rubles. This amount you can return as early as 12 hours after the train left. Return one hour before departure and after the departure of the train can be issued only at the box office.
If after the train took more than 12 hours to return the money for the ticket will come out only in the event of passenger illness. You have to have a certificate from a hospital or a medical certificate. Make a return is possible only at the box office station.
Food
Many trains are now issued suhpayki "your diet." But do not think that will be enough until the end of this path. Most often, the contents of even a snack does not pull. The rest of the train food pyramid has changed slightly: all the same tea and coffee, biscuits, chocolate and instant noodles. And all this at inflated prices from the conductors.
Some trains breakfast or dinner is included in the ticket price, however, to see this, it is necessary to search the web for information about the train or check with customer support. In general, it is tolerable meal: dinner can be potatoes with meatballs, and for breakfast, such as cheesecakes. So pay attention to it when buying a ticket.
But the surest way to have a snack or a meal on the go - to take food with them. So you'll know exactly what and when will be able to eat.
Try not to take a strong-smelling foods to once again not to annoy the neighbors smell. Better stock up on sandwiches or take separately sliced bread, cheese, baked chicken or meat, vegetables and a little greenery.
Buy in the way of dried fruits, nuts and energy bars (the price in the store is much lower than on the train). If the trip is not too long, a good option would be fruits and vegetables, they can be pre-cut and put into containers. In addition, now in many branded trains in the train with a fridge, and with a guide we can agree on how to use them.
Do not forget to buy drinking water in a train compartment near the conductor has titanium, but the water in it hot for tea. Tea bag, by the way, too, will not be superfluous. And still grab a Thermomug to hot beverages longer cools down.
Another option - to go to the restaurant car.
Dining car
If the train has a dining car and you in it to spend a few hundred rubles, in 5-10 minutes after sending just get up and did not hesitate to go there. There is a probability of 99% more comfortable chairs, have guaranteed a table, and place more, even if you someone will sit down. In addition, there are more likely to be found running loose sockets and Wi-Fi.
In the "Sapsan", by the way, you can buy a ticket directly into the car and bistro (car number 5). The price will be slightly higher than the economy, but it laid the deposit of 2 000 rubles for food. If you plan on the way a square meal, get profitable.
Please note only that the restaurant car is not in all trains, if the train is not firm, the probability of having the dining car of about 50%. However, often there is the restaurant only rates. But all things being equal it would be a good option to satisfy your hunger. In this case, you can ask to cook something the way you like, for example, cook a chicken breast rather than fry. Price in this case will be negotiated.
the Internet
Do not count on a fast Wi-Fi on the train. For example, on the route Moscow - Peter branded trains almost everywhere he worked badly. More precisely, Wi-Fi worked poorly, and the Internet hardly worked. And this is loaded and popular w / d direction of the country! What to say about the rest of Russia.
If you will long trip across the country, the only reliable cure - the mobile Internet.
Check with your mobile operator, what options tariffs it can offer you travel. Movies and TV shows look unlikely to be able, but to communicate with your friends on social networks or upload photos to Instagram - with no problems.
sockets
The reserved seat sockets are located at the beginning and end of the car. In looking outlet compartment carriage between first and second and between the seventh and eighth compartment. Bring the pilot: so you will be able in a way to work on a laptop or watch your favorite TV series, thus will not disturb other passengers to charge their devices.
Money
Take cash. Residents of big cities are used to pay for all the cards, but is not everywhere trains Railways terminals, and if there is - do not always work. Also, the terminal may be only one, in the staff car (and according to the law of meanness, he would be up to you as far as possible). In addition, sometimes not catch the connection and card payment may take up to 30 minutes on the road. So you'd better take the cash.
Shower
This is not a myth, it exists, but not everywhere. Shower is in the majority of branded trains, learn from the conductor, whether it is in yours. If there is, it can use for a fee. For example, in the double-decker trains between St. Petersburg and Moscow shower costs 150 rubles, but a particularly long time to splash because a person is allocated a total of 16 liters of hot water. And do not forget to put in the suitcase towel and rubber slippers.
Slippers
Speaking of slippers. Put them in a bag, so as not to wear shoes every time you need to get to the toilet, or just stroll through the carriage. And if you travel in business class "Peregrine" is worried about the sneakers do not have to.
Traveling by train are becoming more comfortable, stereotypes gradually fading, and myths almost does not remain. Follow our tips, and your journey will not only comfortable, but also the attention to detail. Have a good trip!