We've got our train tickets from Moscow to Beijing!
So, once again, getting train tickets for dummies:
-go to Helsinki Central Railwaystation.
-Give them your information (name etc. passport might be required, but they didn't ask to see ours)
-tell them what train you want to get on
-pay 40 euros (cards ok)
After this they send a fax to Russia requesting to book places for you on the train.
Then you'll receive a mail telling you if you got the tickets booked or not.
We got ours!
So, the 8.10 our train, Vostok, to Beijing leaves from Moscow Iaroslavskaja at 23: 55.
Earlier that day we have to go buy our booked train-tickets from another train-station for approx. 640 euros each. (2nd class)
If everything goes well, and the train tickets are indeed booked and ours, then will arrive in Beijing a week later, the 15.10 at 05:32 in the morning.
//H
Oh, and here's the exact timetable and some info about our train:
(it's all very according to minute, I wonder if the train really is that punctual?)
info from here
The Vostok (translated as the East) train began service from Moscow to Beijing in 2001. It is a Trans-Manchurian train and therefore does not pass through Mongolia (which means that a Mongolian visa is not required). Many people from Russia and China use this train to transport their wares between the 2 countries - so, you´ll see many people with large bags on the train. The train is quite modern with comfortable 1st and 2nd class compartments and a good restaurant. Wheels are changed on the boarder Russia-China. It takes about few hours.
Train ¹ 20 Moscow Iaroslavskaia - Pekin
Click here to see on which days the trains depart
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