Russia and the Trans-Siberian Railway
MOST POPULAR TOURS:
MOSCOW-IRKUTSK-ULAANBAATAR-BEIJING (itinerary and prices)
MOSCOW-IRKUTSK-VLADIVOSTOK (itinerary and prices)
TRAIN TICKETS. Korea Konsult can arrange your international train tickets for the Trans-Siberian Railway and domestic train tickets (for destinations inside of Russian Federation). Most domestic tickets are now electronic and may be sent to you by e-mail. International train tickets are still paper tickets and will be sent to your home address by express mail or you can pick them up from our agent in Moscow.
STAY IN RUSSIA. Please don't hesitate to contact us for any help with hotel bookings or sightseeing tours in Moscow, St-Petersburg, Irkutsk, lake Baikal and Vladivostok.
RUSSIAN VISA SUPPORT. Russian visa support means invitation letter and a tourist voucher from a Russian travel company. These documents will be provided only if you book the entire stay in Russia through Korea Konsult. Visa support documents are to be submitted to the Russian Embassy in your country together with other supporting documents required (visa form, personal picture, travel insurance). The Russian visa is normally issued wiithin 7 days after your papers are submitted.
If you book your stay in Russia by yourself. You are welcome to make your bookings by yourself, however far from all Russian Embassies will consider it as an enough proof of your tour. To issue Russian visa, most Embassies require an invitation letter and a tourist voucher from an approved Russian travel company (these documents are included in our visa support). We strongly recommend you to check with the Russian Embassy in your residence country whether they will accept any online or other direct bookings from Russian hotels. Please check it BEFORE you make any hotel booking on Internet.
Trans-Siberian Railway: departures from Russia and Mongolia
Train |
Route |
Distance |
Travel time |
Dep. day |
Dep.time |
Arrival day |
Arr.time |
Price 2nd class |
Price 1st class |
20 |
Moscow-Pyongyang*
(Trans-Manchurian train via Irkutsk, Zabaikalsk, Harbin, Dandong) |
8626 km |
158:35 |
Friday |
23.55 |
next Friday |
19.30 |
TBC |
TBC |
20 |
Moscow-Beijing
(Trans-Manchurian train via Irkutsk, Zabaikalsk, Harbin, Shenyang) |
8961 km |
144:36 |
Saturday |
23.55 |
next Saturday |
05.32 |
TBC |
TBC |
4 |
Moscow-Beijing
(Trans-Mongolian train via Irkutsk, Naushki, Ulaanbataar) |
7622 km |
131:29 |
Tuesday |
21.35 |
Monday |
14.04 |
TBC |
TBC |
4 |
Moscow-Ulaanbataar
(Trans-Mongolian train via Irkutsk, Naushk) |
6266 km |
100:55 |
Tuesday |
21.35 |
Sunday |
06.30 |
TBC |
TBC |
6 |
Moscow-Ulaanbataar
(Trans-Mongolian train via Irkutsk, Naushki) |
6266 km |
100:55 |
Thursday |
21.35 |
Tuesday |
06.30 |
TBC |
TBC |
20 |
Moscow-Harbin
(Trans-Manchurian train via Irkutsk, Zabaikalsk) |
7573 km |
128:55 |
Saturday |
23.55 |
Friday |
12.23 |
TBC |
TBC |
24 |
Ulaanbataar-Beijing
|
1346 km |
30:50 |
Thursday Saturday** |
07.15 |
Friday Sunday** |
14.04 |
TBC |
TBC |
362 |
Irkutsk-Ulaanbataar
|
1113 km |
32:20 |
daily |
21.50 |
2 days later |
06.10 |
TBC |
- |
4 |
Irkutsk-Beijing
(Trans-Mongolian train via Naushki, Ulaanbataar) |
2469 km |
56:39 |
Saturday |
04.50 |
Monday |
14.04 |
TBC |
TBC |
20 |
Irkutsk-Beijing
(Trans-Manchurian train via Zabaikalsk) |
3808 km |
70:05 |
Wednesday |
08.27 |
Saturday |
05.32 |
TBC |
TBC |
20 |
Irkutsk-Harbin
(Trans-Manchurian train via Zabaikalsk) |
2420 km |
52:56 |
Wednesday |
08.27 |
Friday |
12.23 |
TBC |
TBC |
2 |
Moscow-Vladivostok**
(train "Rossiya" via Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Ussuriisk)
|
9259 km |
146:08 |
odd days |
21:25 |
6 days later |
06.33 |
TBC |
TBC |
240 |
08 Moscow-Vladivostok***
(via Irkutsk, Khabarovsk, Ussuriisk) |
9300 km |
160:28 |
special timetable |
00.35 |
7 days later |
00:03 |
TBC |
- |
Important! This timetable shows local time. *The direct rail link between Moscow and Pyongyang (train 20/19 via China) will be suspended from mid-December 2010. This applies until the end of May 2011. **The train 2 Moscow-Vladisvostok operates odd days of the month except the 31st ***The train operates only from mid-June to the end of September.
Trans-Siberian Railway: departures to Russia
Train |
Route |
Distance |
Travel time |
Dep.day |
Dep.time |
Arr.day |
Arr.time |
Price 2nd class |
Price 1st klass |
19 |
Pyongyang-Moscow*
(Trans-Manchurian train via Dandong, Harbin, Zabaikalsk, Irkutsk) |
8626 km |
158:35 |
Saturday |
10.10 |
Friday |
18.13 |
TBC |
TBC |
19 |
Beijing-Moscow
(Trans-Manchurian train via Shenyang, Harbin, Zabaikalsk, Irkutsk ) |
8961 km |
144:36 |
Saturday |
22.56 |
Friday |
18.13 |
TBC |
TBC |
3 |
Beijing-Moscow
(Trans-Mongolian train via Ulaanbataar, Naushki, Irkutsk) |
7622 km |
131:29 |
Wednesday |
07.45 |
Monday |
14.28 |
TBC |
TBC |
3 |
Ulaanbataar-Moscow
(Trans-Mongolian train via Naushki, Irkutsk ) |
6266 km |
100:55 |
Thursday |
13.50 |
Monday |
14.28 |
TBC |
TBC |
1 |
Vladivostok-Moscow
(train "Rossiya" via Ussuriisk, Khabarovsk, Irkutsk )
|
9259 km |
145:58 |
special timetable |
21.52 |
6 days later |
17.58 |
TBC |
TBC |
239 |
Vladivostok-Moscow**
(via Ussuriisk, Khabarovsk, Irkutsk) |
9300 km |
158:58 |
special timetable |
03.40 |
6 days later |
11.03 |
TBC |
TBC |
Important! This timetable shows local time. *The direct rail link between Moscow and Pyongyang (train 20/19 via China) will be suspended from mid-December 2010. This applies until the end of May 2011.**The train 239 Vladivostok-Moscow doesn't have any fixed departure days and operates only from mid-June to the end of September.
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