Typical prices in 2009 (one person, one way):
Slovakia - Moskva:
in a three-bed-compartment (known as T3 or 2/3 in the reservation systems):
Zilina - Moskva: 24 EUR (1)
Bratislava - Moskva: 22 EUR (via Belarus, no direct train via Ukraine)
Bratislava - Kiev: 25 EUR
in a four-bed-compartment (T4, 2/4):
Kiev - Moskva: 55 EUR (price for Russian trains, Ukrainian trains are much cheaper: 16 EUR)
(1) the direct waggon does not appear in the timetable database of Austrian or German railways. Many ticketsellers therefore might tell you, that such a direct waggon does not exist. In this case you just have to convince them to try to make the reservation with the following input data:
train no. 609 (8815 if from Kosice), from Zilina (or Kosice) to Moskva Kievskaja, avaible places are Single, Double and T3.
I bought a reservation for that waggon recently, you might print it and show it at the ticket counter - as a proof that this waggon exists and that reservations can be made:
Transsiberian railway (examples for popular destinations)
in a four-bed-compartment (T4, 2/4):
Moskva - Vladivostok: 220 EUR
Moskva - Irkutsk: 148 EUR
Moskva - Krasnoyarsk: 127 EUR
Moskva - Novosibirsk: 110 EUR
Moskva - Yekaterinburg: 72 EUR
Moskva - Nishnij Novgorod: 31 EUR
Irkutsk - Vladivostok: 127 EUR
Krasnojarsk - Vladivostok: 148 EUR
Krasnojarsk - Irkutsk: 55 EUR
Novosibirsk - Vladivostok: ~160 EUR
Novosibirsk - Irkutsk: 72 EUR
Novosibirsk - Krasnoyarsk: 40 EUR
Yekaterinburg - Novosibirsk: 63 EUR
Yekaterinburg - Krasnoyarsk: 80 EUR
Yekaterinburg - Irkutsk: 110 EUR
Yekaterinburg - Vladivostok: ~205 EUR
Nishnij Novgorod - Yekaterinburg: ~63 EUR
Nishnij Novgorod - Novosibirsk: ~103 EUR
Nishnij Novgorod - Krasnoyarsk: ~118 EUR
Nishnij Novgorod - Irkutsk: ~141 EUR
Nishnij Novgorod - Vladivostok: ~213 EUR
Other destinations:
in a three-bed-compartment (known as T3 or 2/3 in the reservation systems):
Budapest - Moskva: 24 EUR (via Kiev)
Wien - Moskva: 24 EUR
Praha - Moskva: 24 EUR
The prices of sleeper reservations to international tickets are the same for every train, meaning that it doesn't matter whether you use train 10 "Bajkal" or train 340 to get from Moskva to Irkutsk.
The price is the same in Slovakia, Austria, Germany, Switzerland etc.
However: If you buy a reservation for a domestic Russian trip at any station in Russia, 18% VAT are added to the listed price. No VAT is added to the price of a reservation for an international trip (e.g. Moscow - Vienna).
Buying reservations:
The sleeper reservations can be bought up to 45 days in advance. They are available at railway stations in Russia, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Slovakia and many other European countries.
It is no problem to combine a Citystar-ticket with a reservation bought in Germany, Russia or any other country.
If you buy a reservation in Russia: You have to buy it at the international ticket office of the station, as it is a reservation to an international ticket. For reservations for domestic Russian trips like Moscow - Irkutsk 18% VAT are added. A service charge of about 4-5 EUR applies to all reservations bought in Russia.
If you buy the reservation in European countries like Germany, Austria: The ticket clerk may not know that it's possible to book Russian trains. But it is.
It is necessary to take care about the following facts:
- enter the correct train number with letters (e.g. train 2MJ for the Moscow-Vladivostok train). These train numbers can be found out at http://fahrplan.oebb.at/bin/query.exe/en
- only the numbers and the letters behind the number have to be entered. The timetable of the Austrian railways sometimes shows train like "D 6CH". The booking number is '6CH', 'D 6CH' won't work.
- enter the correct bed-category (T3, T4, Double or Single - see above)
- book not earlier than 45 days before departure
- enter the correct station names used by the railway. Some towns have still their old Soviet names in the railway system. This applies to Nishnij Novgorod and Jekaterinburg. Regarding tickets, reservatiuons and timetables you have to use Gorkij and Sverdlovsk (or Swerdlovsk) to get a positive result!
Problems might occurr with bookings, if you want to board at an intermediate station and not at the station, where the train originates. However, it's easier to get places for intermediate stations if you book in Europe.
See also above for an important note regarding the Zilina/Kosice - Moscow route!
Some examples of sleeper reservation:
Moskva - Irkutsk (3rd july 2006, train 340CH, carriage 6, place 10) bought in Switzerland:
Kiev - Moskva (24th july 2005, train 4KJ, carriage 3, places 29 and 31) bought in Austria:
Irkutsk - Moskva (8th october 2005, train 9IJ, carriage 9, place 27) bought in Russia:
As the reservation prices went up every year in december the prices on this reservations are not the same as the prices listed above.
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