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e-ticket on Russian Railways???

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wojtekd Premium account Joined: Oct 02 Points: 80928 Posts: 411 Posted: 2011-05-18 11:54:00    Hi Globies! I got an information that Russian Railways already sells tickets through the internet. But sorry - I cannot find the proper website... I see only the middle-men. who charge comission for bookings. Perhaps you know trze proper net address - the site could be in Russian... Thanks Wojtek --- You can lose everything, but nobody will take away what you saw and what you experienced... W.D. Reply    Reply with quote    Contact wojtekd   krisek Premium account Joined: Jan 08 Points: 84174 Posts: 203 Posted: 2011-05-18 14:51:00    Hi, Have you tried the official website of Russian Railways? They had a link to ticket purchasing there. http://rzd.ru They had two langugages available, English and Russian, but the Russian only had the link to timetables and ticketing. Best regards Krys --- Open your eyes. Free your mind. Touch lives. Sink into the different. Travel and belong. Profile photo: Palma de Mallorca. Reply    Reply with quote    Contact krisek   wojtekd Premium account Joined: Oct 02 Points: 80928 Posts: 411 Posted: 2011-06-02 20:12:00    Thanks Kris - I know this site and I tried to make there my booking but so far I have problem only: they allow to book only 45 days or less in advance... In the meantime I found really good and detailed map of Russian rail network: http://www.parovoz.com/maps/supermap/index-e.html Recommended! Wojtek --- You can lose everything, but nobody will take away what you saw and what you experienced... W.D. Reply    Reply with quote    Contact wojtekd   wojtekd Premium account Joined: Oct 02 Points: 80928 Posts: 411 Posted: 2011-08-01 14:49:00    Finally I got my ticket! So where is the secret? OK. Lets go step by step: 1. go to rzd.ru - you have to know Russian - so far there is no English version of the ticket page 2. Register - latin alphabet is accepted here 3. Log in and go to "kupit' biliet" section. You can buy it 45 days or less before travel 4. Make o choice of destination and date; Station names should be entered in cyrylic - copy them e.g. from Wikipedia 5. Make the choice of the train from the list (they use Moscow time!) 6. Make the choice of class and upper/lower bunk 7. Enter the names of the passengers in latin plus passport no ("inostrannyj dokumient") 8. Now the biggest problem: payment. They accept only the cards who offer 3D-secure payments. And not every bank is accepted - you have to try! 9. If paid print you confirmed reservation with a bar code - it will be exchanged at the station of origin to the ticket. Enjoy! From your room you can buy the ticket from Moscow to Vladivostok on the Pacific now! :) Wojtek --- You can lose everything, but nobody will take away what you saw and what you experienced... W.D. Reply    Reply with quote    Contact wojtekd