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AdvertisingRussian Railways annually introduces a new train schedule on the second Sunday of December. On December 10, a new passenger train schedule came into force. The schedule will be valid for a year.
The total size of long-distance passenger train traffic will be 558 pairs of trains (one pair includes a round trip) on 405 different connections. To ensure passenger transportation, 1,143 trains will be formed.
“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 Russian Railways train schedule 2017/2018: new schedule in the table
Changes in train schedule:
From December 10, 2017, the new train schedule provides for the following changes:
Train number |
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34/33 | Smolensk – Moscow | canceled |
40/39 | Moscow – Ufa | canceled |
49/50 | Ekaterinburg – Moscow | canceled |
209/210 | Orenburg – Chelyabinsk | canceled |
289/290 | Izhevsk – Moscow | canceled |
389/390 | Chelyabinsk – Novy Urengoy | canceled |
687/688 | Stavropol – Caucasian | canceled |
820/823/824 | Omsk – Petropavlovsk | canceled |
7/8 | Perm – Moscow | |
115/116 | Adler – St. Petersburg | frequency of service changes: every other day instead of daily |
137/138 | Moscow – Samara | frequency of service changes: daily instead of every other day |
379/380 | Orenburg – Novy Urengoy | frequency of service changes: daily instead of every other day |
11/12 | Chelyabinsk – Novosibirsk (instead of Chelyabinsk – Chita) | message changes |
63/64 | Minsk – Novosibirsk (instead of Minsk – Kirov) | message changes |
64/63 | Moscow – Ulyanovsk (instead of Moscow – Dimitrovgrad) | message changes |
104/103 | Brest – Novosibirsk (instead of Brest – Kirov) | message changes |
40/39 | Polotsk – Moscow | arrival in Moscow at 06:28 (instead of 5:19), departure from Moscow at 23:37 (instead of 20:29) |
380 | Kamyshin – Moscow | arrival in Moscow at 10:38 (instead of 14:28) |
110 | Anapa – Moscow | arrival in Moscow at 04:45 (instead of 04:10) |
84 | Adler – Moscow | arrival in Moscow 06:00 (instead of 05:25) |
471 | Moscow – Adler | departure from Moscow at 16:35 (instead of 15:54) |
405 | Moscow – Volgograd | departure from Moscow at 15:54 (instead of 16:35) |
97/98 (instead of 105/106) | Moscow – Kursk | numbering changes |
147/148 (instead of 247/248) | Omsk – Novosibirsk | numbering changes |
606/605 | Krasnoyarsk – Karabula | frequency of service changes - daily |
616/615 | Krasnoyarsk – Karabula | canceled |
55/56 | Krasnoyarsk – Moscow | the route and frequency of service will change: departure from Krasnoyarsk on even dates (instead of odd), from Moscow - on odd (instead of even) along the route through the stations of Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tyumen, Yekaterinburg, Perm, Kirov, Nizhny Novgorod (instead of Kazan, Arzamas, Moore). Place of arrival: Yaroslavsky Station (instead of Moscow Kazanskaya) |
85/86 | Krasnoyarsk – Novosibirsk | the frequency of service is changing - departures from Krasnoyarsk on odd numbers (instead of even ones) |
direct carriage | Krasnoyarsk – Biysk | canceled |
Due to repair work, the passenger train schedule is changing:
For technical reasons, the passenger train schedule is changing:
Train number |
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322/321 | Irkutsk – Zabaikalsk | from 17.10 the train will run once a week |
18 | Moscow – Petrozavodsk | from 4.10 departure from Moscow at 21:05 (3 minutes later), then according to the current schedule |
79/80 | Volgograd – St. Petersburg | from 4.10 departure from Volgograd according to the current schedule to Moscow, stop Moscow-Pass.-Kurskaya 02:56-03:42 (departure 9 minutes later), Tver 05:32-05:34, then according to the current schedule |
82 | Belgorod - St. Petersburg. | from 4.10 departure from Belgorod according to the current schedule to Moscow, stop Moscow-Pass.-Kurskaya 01:40-02:01 (departure 6 minutes later), then according to the current schedule |
573/574 | Yaroslavl – Anapa | from 4.10 departure from Yaroslavl according to the current schedule to the station. Ryazan-2, stops Ryazan-2 06:05-06:31 (departure 8 minutes earlier), then according to the current schedule |
110/109 | Moscow – Anapa | canceled for departures from Moscow from 11.11 on odd numbers, from Anapa from 13.11 on odd numbers, arrival in Moscow from 15.11 on odd numbers |
83/84 | Moscow – Adler | the train with a direct group of cars Moscow - Kislovodsk departing from Moscow on 12, 16, 20, 28.11, 2, 6.12 is cancelled; from Adler and Kislovodsk 14, 18, 22, 30.11, 4, 8.12 |
253/254 | Rostov – Kislovodsk | canceled departures from Rostov 13, 17, 21, 29.11, 3, 7.12, from Kislovodsk 14, 18, 22, 30.11, 4, 8.12 |
248/247 | Omsk – Novosibirsk | canceled departures from Omsk from 14.11 on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Sundays, from Novosibirsk from 15.11 on Wednesdays, Fridays, Mondays |
463/464 | Samara – Adler | canceled departures from Samara on November 18, 22, 26, 30, from Adler on November 20, 24, 28, 2.12, arrival in Samara on November 22, 26, 30, 4.12 |
282/281 | Cherepovets – Adler | canceled departures from Cherepovets from 16.11 on Thursdays, from Adler from 18.11 on Saturdays |
397 | St. Petersburg – Makhachkala | from 13.11 departure from St. Petersburg on odd numbers, from 15.11. arrival in Makhachkala on odd dates at 21:54 |
18 | Moscow – Petrozavodsk | from 4.10 departure from Moscow at 21:05 (3 minutes later), then according to the current schedule |
42/41 | Novgorod-on-Volkhov – Moscow | from 4.10 departure from Novgorod-on-Volkhov to the station. Sp. Follow the current schedule, then stops: Chudovo - 22:48-22:52, Malaya Vishera - 23:28-23.29, Okulovka - 00:25-00:26, Uglovka - 0:42-0:43, Bologoe - 01: 17-01:19, Vyshny Volochek - 01:53-02:07, Tver - 03:16-03:18, arrival in Moscow at 05:07 (8 minutes earlier) |
59/60 | St. Petersburg – Nizhny Novgorod | from 4.10 departure from St. Petersburg according to the current schedule to the station. Bologoe, stops: Bologoe - 22:31-22:32, Tver - 0:24-0:25, Moscow - 02:15-02:27 (arrival and departure 6 minutes later), then according to the current schedule |
79/80 | Volgograd – St. Petersburg | from 4.10 departure from Volgograd according to the current schedule to Moscow, stops: Moscow - 02:56-03:42 (departure 9 minutes later), Tver - 05:32-05:34, then according to the current schedule |
82 | Belgorod – St. Petersburg | from 4.10 departure from Belgorod according to the current schedule to Moscow, stops: Moscow - 01:40-02:01 (departure 6 minutes later), then according to the current schedule |
87 | St. Petersburg – Smolensk | from 4.10 departure from St. Petersburg at 21:05 (20 minutes later), stops: Malaya Vishera - 23:14-23:15, Bologoe - 0:51-1:50, Vyshny Volochek - 2:28-2 :29, Torzhok - 03:47-03:52, then according to the current schedule |
92 | Moscow – Murmansk | from 4.10 departure from Moscow at 19:53, stops: Tver - 21:31-21:33 (instead of 21:42-21:44), then according to the current schedule |
111/112 | St. Petersburg – Voronezh | from 4.10 departure from St. Petersburg to station. Ryabovo current schedule, then stops: Malaya Vishera - 22:31-22:32, Okulovka - 23:22-23:23, Bologoe - 0:08-0:09, Vyshny Volochek - 0:42-0:43, Tver — 01:51-01:52, Moscow - 03:42-03:57 (arrival 12 minutes later, departure 8 minutes later), then according to the current schedule |
140/139 | Bryansk — St. Petersburg | canceled departure from Bryansk 9.12, arrival in St. Petersburg 10.12 |
81/82 | St. Petersburg – Orel/Belgorod | 9.12 will follow the route St. Petersburg - Orel, arrival in Orel 10.12 |
137/138 | Samara – Moscow | from 11/18 it runs on even-numbered departures from Samara, from 11/19/odd-numbered from Moscow, instead of daily |
77 | Vorkuta – St. Petersburg (including trailer group Sosnogorsk – St. Petersburg) | canceled departure from Vorkuta on December 14, from Sosnogorsk on December 15 |
98 | St. Petersburg – Mikun (including trailed group St. Petersburg – Syktyvkar, Kotlas) | canceled departure from St. Petersburg 17.12 |
43/44 | Khabarovsk – Moscow | canceled departures from Khabarovsk from 04.12, from Moscow from 11.12 |
745/746 | Moscow – Orel | the train departing from Moscow from 01.12, from Orel from 02.12 is canceled |
26 | Moscow, Saint Petersburg | canceled departure from Moscow 09.12 |
83/84 | Moscow – Adler | canceled departure from Moscow 10.12, from Adler 12.12 |
25/26 | Moscow – Voronezh | canceled departures from Moscow and Voronezh 31.12 |
9/10 | Moscow – Saratov | canceled departures from Moscow and Saratov 31.12 |
31/32 | Kirov – Moscow | canceled departure from Kirov and Moscow 31.12 |
678/677 | Novorossiysk – Vladikavkaz | canceled departure from Novorossiysk on 12/31/2017, from Vladikavkaz on 01/01/2018 |
44/43 | Novorossiysk – St. Petersburg | canceled departure from Novorossiysk on 12/31/2017, from St. Petersburg on 01/02/2018 |
207/208 | Samara – Moscow | canceled departures from Samara on December 30, from Moscow on December 31 |
137/138 | Samara – Moscow | canceled departure from Samara on December 31, from Moscow on January 1, 2018 |
251/252 | Dimitrovgrad – Ulyanovsk – Moscow | canceled departures from Dimitrovgrad and Ulyanovsk 22, 24.12, from Moscow 23, 25.12 |
251 | Dimitrovgrad – Moscow | departure from Dimitrovgrad on December 26, 2017 follows the route Ulyanovsk - Moscow |
252 | Moscow – Dimitrovgrad | departure from Moscow on January 15, 2018 follows in the message Moscow - Ulyanovsk |
189 | St. Petersburg – Ostashkov | departure from St. Petersburg on December 31 at 7:45, arrival in Ostashkov at 17:07 |
29/30 | Saint Petersburg - Moscow | departure from St. Petersburg on December 30, from Moscow on January 02, 2018 by double-decker train |
661 | Moscow-Rizhskaya – Velikie Luki | departure from Moscow 31.12 at 9:23, arrival in Velikiye Luki at 18:30 |
664/663 | Pskov – Velikiye Luki – Moscow | departure from Pskov 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 01/07/2018 at 16:30, arrival in Moscow 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 01/08/2018 at 8:13 |
36 | Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod | departure from Moscow 31.12 at 14:15, arrival in Nizhny Novgorod at 22:45 |
604 | Solikamsk – Ekaterinburg | canceled departure from Solikamsk 31.12 |
88/87 | Omsk – Novosibirsk | canceled departure from Omsk and Novosibirsk 31.12 |
115/116 | Omsk – Nizhnevartovsk | canceled departure from Omsk on December 31, from Nizhnevartovsk on January 02, 2018 |
627/628 | Novosibirsk – Kulunda | canceled departure from Novosibirsk and Kulunda 31.12 |
613/614 | Barnaul – Karasuk | canceled departure from Barnaul and Karasuk 31.12 |
676 | Barnaul – Abakan | canceled departure from Barnaul 31.12 |
117/115/116/60 | trailer car Novokuznetsk – Nizhnevartovsk on trains | canceled departure from Novokuznetsk on December 30, from Nizhnevartovsk on January 02, 2018 |
117/115/116/60 | trailer car Novosibirsk – Nizhnevartovsk on trains | canceled departure from Novosibirsk on December 31, from Nizhnevartovsk on January 02, 2018 |
391/392 | trailer car Novosibirsk - Leninogorsk as part of the train Tomsk - Leninogorsk | canceled departure from Novosibirsk on December 31, from Leninogorsk on January 02, 2018 |
391/392 | trailer cars Barnaul - Leninogorsk as part of the train Tomsk - Leninogorsk | canceled departure from Barnaul on December 31, from Leninogorsk on January 02, 2018 |
036 | Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod | |
737/738 | Moscow – Bryansk | canceled for departure from Moscow on 01/01/2018, departure from Bryansk on 01/01/2018 |
121/122 | Penza – Moscow | canceled for departure from Penza on 12/31/2017, 01/01/2018, departure from Moscow on 01/01/2018 |
677 | St. Petersburg – Velikie Luki | departure from St. Petersburg 28, 29.12 at 19:10 (instead of 22:34), arrival 29, 30.12 at 07:30 (instead of 07:32) |
189 | St. Petersburg – Ostashkov | departure from St. Petersburg on December 31 at 07:45 (instead of 01:39), arrival in Ostashkov on December 31 at 17:07 (instead of 09:35) |
30 | Moscow, Saint Petersburg | canceled departure from Moscow 01/01/2018 |
661 | Moscow – Velikiye Luki | departure from Moscow 31.12 at 09:23, arrival in Velikiye Luki 31.12 at 18:30 |
664/663 | Pskov – Moscow | departure from Pskov 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 01/07/2018 at 16:30, arrival in Moscow 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 01/08/2018 at 08:13 |
73/74 | Tyumen – St. Petersburg | |
677 | Velikiye Luki – St. Petersburg | canceled departure from Velikiye Luki 29.12 |
463/464 (instead of 217/218) | Volgograd – Moscow | The numbering of the train departing from Volgograd is changed on December 28 |
632 | Adler – Rostov | canceled departure from Adler 30.12 |
812/811 | Adler — Maykop | canceled departures from Adler and Maykop from 01/15/2018 |
803 | canceled 31.12 | |
804 | canceled 01/08/2018 | |
805 | Petrozavodsk – St. Petersburg | canceled 29, 30.12 |
806 | St. Petersburg – Petrozavodsk | canceled 12/31, 01/08/2018 |
805 | Petrozavodsk – St. Petersburg | the schedule is changed: departure from Petrozavodsk on December 31 at 14:25 (instead of 18:00), arrival in St. Petersburg at 19:58 (instead of 22:55) |
82 | Belgorod – St. Petersburg | canceled 29.12 |
42 | Novgorod-on-Volkhve — Moscow | canceled 30.12 |
88 | Smolensk – St. Petersburg | canceled 30.12 |
direct carriage | St. Petersburg — Rzhev | canceled departure from St. Petersburg on December 29, from Rzhev on December 30 |
direct carriage | Tyumen – St. Petersburg | canceled departure from Tyumen 01/01/2018, from St. Petersburg 01/07/2018 |
133/134 | Tomsk — Anapa | from 01/02 to 05/24/2018 the train runs once every 4 days |
133/134 | Tomsk — Anapa | canceled departure from Tomsk 01/01/2018, from Anapa 01/05/2018 |
805 | 31.12 departs from Petrozavodsk at 14:25, arrives in St. Petersburg at 19:58 | |
805 | Petrozavodsk – St. Petersburg | canceled departure from Petrozavodsk 29, 30.12 |
803 | Petrozavodsk – St. Petersburg | canceled departure from Petrozavodsk 12/31/2017 |
806 | St. Petersburg – Petrozavodsk | canceled for departure from St. Petersburg on 12/31/2017, 01/08/2018 |
804 | St. Petersburg – Petrozavodsk | canceled departure from St. Petersburg 01/08/2018 |
59/60 | Kislovodsk — Novokuznetsk | Ticket sales from the station are closed. Petropavlovsk to all stations of the route departing from Kislovodsk from 01/22/2018, from the station. Petropavlovsk from 01/25/2018 |
133/134 | Anapa — Tomsk | Ticket sales from the station are closed. Petropavlovsk to all stations of the route departing from Anapa from 01/19/2018, from the station. Petropavlovsk from 01/22/2018 |
41 | Volgograd — Astrakhan | 29.12 arrival in Astrakhan at 21:42 (instead of 21:30) |
42 | Astrakhan – Volgograd | 30.12 departure from Astrakhan at 16:38 (instead of 16:30), 20.12 arrival in Volgograd at 22:24 (instead of 21:53) |
3/4 | Saint Petersburg - Moscow | canceled departures from St. Petersburg on January 1, 3, 5, 2018, from Moscow on January 1, 4, 6, 2018 |
27 | Saint Petersburg - Moscow | canceled 28, 29, 30.12 |
direct carriages | Tyumen – St. Petersburg | canceled departure from Tyumen 01/01/2018 |
New Russian Railways train schedule 2017/2018: The total size of suburban traffic increased by 45 pairs of trains and amounted to 3660 pairs
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 also be more daily trains: 10 new express trains will be appointed (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 most popular routes in the new schedule include 19 new trains (Stavropol - Adler, Moscow - Kovrov and others).
International passenger transportation will be carried out in direct and transit connections 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).
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.On the second Sunday of December, a new traffic schedule is introduced on Russian railways. 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. CanceledNo. 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 of the capital of the Southern Urals with Ulan-Ude and Chita is lost (in the 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. I talked with the conductor of the Chelyabinsk train when I went to Usolye-Sibirskoye for a family holiday in September - 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 trainNo. 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 have also been added (Russia does not stop even in many large populated areas, for example, this year it was canceled parking in Taiga, the outpost station of Tomsk), 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, local arrival and departure times have recently begun to be printed on tickets, which is convenient for residents of the European part, who previously often found themselves in sticky 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 scheduleNo. 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 whom Baikal is becoming increasingly 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.
On the second Sunday of December, a new traffic schedule is introduced on Russian railways. 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 of the capital of the Southern Urals with Ulan-Ude and Chita is lost (in the 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. I talked with the conductor of the Chelyabinsk train when I went to Usolye-Sibirskoye for a family holiday in September - 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 have also been added (Russia does not stop even in many large populated areas, for example, this year it was canceled parking in Taiga, the outpost station of Tomsk), 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, local arrival and departure times have recently begun to be printed on tickets, which is convenient for residents of the European part, who previously often found themselves in sticky 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 whom Baikal is becoming increasingly 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.