MOSCOW, December 10 – RIA Novosti. Russian Railways introduces from December 10 new schedule movement and launches train ticket sales long distance in 90 days, the company said.

Russian Railways annually introduces a new train schedule on the second Sunday of December. “On December 10, 2017, at 00:00 Moscow time, a new traffic schedule and train formation plan for 2017/2018 will be put into effect throughout the Russian railway network. The schedule will be valid for a year,” the company said in a statement.

New schedule

In particular, the Russian Railways holding will speed up the movement of 413 trains, including 85 trains that will run faster by more than 30 minutes. The number of trains of the "Fast" and "High-Speed" categories will increase from 346 to 350 and will account for almost 63% of the total number.

There will be more day trains: 10 new express trains will be assigned (Moscow - Vyazma, Moscow - Penza and others). In total, the new schedule includes 54 pairs of “daytime” trains on 28 routes (in the 2016/2017 schedule there are 43 pairs of trains on 22 routes). The new schedule includes 19 new trains on the most popular routes (Stavropol - Adler, Moscow - Kovrov and others).

International Passenger Transportation will be carried out in direct and transit communications to 11 countries in Europe and Asia (Germany, France, Poland, Austria, the Czech Republic and others), as well as to 11 CIS and Baltic countries (Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia).

General movement dimensions passenger trains long-distance routes will consist of 558 pairs of trains (one pair includes a round trip) in 405 different connections (in the schedule for 2016/2017 - 565 pairs in 411 messages). To ensure passenger transportation, 1,143 train sets will be formed (in 2016/2017 - 1,123 trains).

In the new schedule, Russian Railways will also add electric trains. General dimensions commuter traffic increased by 45 pairs of trains and amounted to 3660 pairs.

In addition, during the 2018 FIFA World Cup, an additional schedule for more than 500 trains will be developed to transport fans between the cities where matches will be held.

Tickets 90 days in advance

From December 10, Russian Railways will increase the depth of ticket sales for long-distance trains. Since December 2016, the company has increased the depth of ticket sales to 60 from 45 days before the departure date. The head of Russian Railways, Oleg Belozerov, reported that the company plans to open sales even earlier in the future - 90 days before departure.

“From December 10, 2017, the sale of tickets for all long-distance trains and trailer cars operating in domestic traffic will be open 90 days before their departure date. For example, on December 11, 2017, a passenger will be able to buy a ticket for a train departing on March 11, 2018 ", says the Russian Railways in a statement.

Tickets can be issued 90 days in advance at railway ticket offices and on the official website of Russian Railways.

Increasing the depth of ticket sales, Russian Railways believes, will improve the quality of passenger service and increase the availability of transportation. The company will continue to work on the possibility of further extending the reservation period for tickets.

Indicate the route and date. In response, we will find information from Russian Railways about the availability of tickets and their cost. Choose the appropriate train and place. Pay for your ticket using one of the suggested methods. Payment information will be instantly transmitted to Russian Railways and your ticket will be issued.

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What is an electronic ticket and electronic registration?

Buying an electronic ticket on the site is a modern and fast way to register travel document without the participation of a cashier or operator.When purchasing an electronic train ticket, seats are redeemed immediately at the time of payment.After payment, to board the train you need to either go electronic registration, or print your ticket at the station.Electronic registration Not available for all orders. If registration is available, you can complete it by clicking on the appropriate button on our website. You will see this button immediately after payment. You will then need your original ID and a printout of your boarding pass to board the train. Some conductors do not require a printout, but it is better not to risk it.Print e-ticket You can do so at any time before the train departs at the ticket office at the station or at the self-registration terminal. To do this, you need a 14-digit order code (you will receive it via SMS after payment) and an original ID.

On the second Sunday of December in Russian railways A new traffic schedule is being introduced. This means that the departure times of electric trains and trains, which have become customary over the year, will change dramatically. My traditional review is devoted to these changes.
This time, the passenger lines on the Trans-Siberian Railway were seriously revised - the schedule had not changed so much for several years.
Alas, two trains from this Sunday are consigned to history. Canceled No. 12/11 Chelyabinsk - Chita And No. 43/44 Khabarovsk - Moscow. With the cessation of the latter's operation, passengers will not lose anything: the total number of passenger trains on the Siberian section of the transcontinental mainline is not affected - train No. 43/44 will be followed every day by train No. 99/100 Vladivostok - Moscow, which in the old schedule alternated with Khabarovsk every other day (such Thus, Vladivostok will be connected with the cities of the Urals and the capital by a daily “cheap” train). The cancellation of Chelyabinsk is much more sad - the year-round direct connection to the capital is lost Southern Urals with Ulan-Ude and Chita (in summer, you can travel along this route by train No. 269/270 Chita - Adler). However, to compensate, they are introducing direct trains from Chelyabinsk to Vladivostok running every other day. They follow the “castrated” route of train No. 12 to Omsk (a completely incomprehensible shortening of the route - to Novosibirsk would be more logical), where they are reconnected to “Russia”. Still, I feel sorry for this semi-legendary train Chelyabinsk - Chita (and it sounds like it!), the route of which has existed since Soviet times - however, then it was a slow passenger train that stopped at every station. Talked to the conductor Chelyabinsk train, when in September he went to Usolye-Sibirskoye for a family holiday - according to him, they wanted to transfer the route for service to Chita, but the Transbaikal branch of JSC FPC refused this offer. I was hoping that the former line of the “eleventh” would be used by some kind of train like Chita - Novosibirsk, but, alas, now in the early evening to the west from the capital of Transbaikalia it will be possible to leave only the next day by train No. 77 Neryungri - Novosibirsk, for which tickets are usually not available .

Branded "Russia" No. 2/1 Moscow - Vladivostok will be replenished not only with Chelyabinsk trailer cars. Train line No. 20 Moscow - Beijing (via Zabaikalsk), used only once a week, was decided to be “slammed”, and now the Beijing route will follow the same schedule as the Rossiya route. It will still be possible to leave the capital for Beijing on Saturdays, but on days that fall on an even number you will travel directly as a “twenty”, and on odd days you will travel as part of a “Russia” with reconnection in Chita and then by a separate train No. 320 Chita - Beijing.

Train No. 8/7 Novosibirsk - Vladivostok"separated" from "Russia", now it follows another thread, a slower one. Travel time to the west has increased by 5 hours, and to the east - by almost 9! But many stops were added (Russia does not stop even in many large populated areas, for example, this year her parking at Taiga, the outpost station of Tomsk, was canceled), so I think this will have a positive effect on the population of the train. In the summer, No. 8/7 will alternate with seasonal No. 208/207 Novokuznetsk - Vladivostok. They pass through Chita early in the morning - No. 7/207 departing at 23.14 Moscow time (+6 to local, 5.14), No. 8/208 at 0.05 Moscow time (6.05 local). By the way, they recently started printing on tickets and local time arrival-departure, which is convenient for residents of the European part, who previously often found themselves in delicate situations when traveling in the east of the country.

Daily No. 69/70 Chita - Moscow now departs from Chita a little earlier: at 21.40 local (previously at 20.04), and arrives at 8.48 am (previously at 9.04).

No. 77 Neryungri - Novosibirsk moved two hours earlier: departure from Chita at 17.15 local (previously - 19.20). In the opposite direction, it will proceed to the Transbaikal capital at a more convenient time - departure at 8.46 am (previously at 4.27).

Train schedule No. 99/100 Vladivostok - Moscow practically unchanged.

Branded No. 322/321 "Barguzin" Irkutsk - Zabaikalsk Now from January to April, as well as in November, it will travel only once a week, departing from Irkutsk on Fridays, from Zabaikalsk on Sundays. It’s a pity, apparently, the flow of Russians to China has completely dried up with the rise in the yuan exchange rate, and students almost never go because of the high prices of the FPC. Recently I had the opportunity to take this train on a business trip to Borzya - 70% of the passengers were Chinese tourists, for them Baikal is becoming more and more popular. In December-January and the summer transportation season (May-October), a second “frequency” is added (I think the aviation term is appropriate here:) - departure from Irkutsk on Mondays, from Zabaikalsk on Wednesdays.

Local trains No. 392/391 Chita - Blagoveshchensk, No. 602/601 Chita - Priargunsk with groups of cars to Zabaikalsk and Krasnokamensk are kept in circulation. The latter in the new schedule is accelerated when traveling from Chita - by 21 minutes, and to Chita - by as much as 51! Not bad for an overnight train.

VBS Chita - Anapa (summer), Chita - Manchuria (PRC) are also still in use.