Russia by train
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Austria
Travel from Russia to Austria by direct overnight train once per week. This journey takes 24 hours on the travel route from Moscow to Vienna. Buy your train ticket from 180 EUR.
Find the exact train schedule and ticket fares via the given booking links.
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Azerbaijan
Travel from Russia to Azerbaijan by direct train. There are two direct train connections per week between Moscow (Russia) and Baku (Azerbaijan). The journey time is 52 hours. Buy train tickets from 135 EUR (12.000 RUB).
Find the exact train schedules and ticket fares via the given booking links.
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Belarus
Travel from Russia to Belarus by a direct train. There are several train connections daily on the railway line from Moscow to Minsk.
Find exact train schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking websites.
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China
To travel from Russia to China by train, use the direct train connections by the Trans-Siberian Railway.
Buy your train ticket via one of the following booking links. There find as well the exact train schedules and ticket prices.
You will need additional train tickets in Russia and China to connect to the international train. These are also available via the given booking links.
A journey from Moscow to Beijing takes about five days and tickets are available from 500 EUR. The route is served by Russian railways RZD and Chinese railways.
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Germany
Two direct night trains connect Russia with Germany. These run on the section from Moscow to Berlin with a travel time of 24 hours and ticket prices from 160 EUR. To Moscow and from Berlin you have very good train connections for your onward journey.
Ticket prices depend on your travel date and the category you choose. You can find exact timetables and ticket prices via the booking links provided.
Three times a week you can travel on these direct train connections. One night train comes from Moscow and goes to Paris via Berlin and Frankfurt (Trans-Europa-Express). From Moscow to Berlin as the final stop there is a Strizh. Optionally, you can also travel via Kiev (Ukraine) to Russia, bypassing Belarus.
You can find travel reports with many photos of both night trains in our blog.
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Estonia
Travel from Russia to Estonia by direct overnight train. This overnight train runs daily from Moscow via Saint Petersburg to Tallinn.
Saint Petersburg to Tallinn: the journey times is 8 hours. Train ticket fares start from 27 EUR.
Moscow to Tallinn: the journey times is 16 hours. Train ticket fares start from 65 EUR.
You can book a seat or a couchette compartment with 4 or 2 beds in it.
Find exact train schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking websites.
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Finland
To travel by train from Russia to Finland, you have these two options:
1) the direct day train "Allegro" from St.Petersburg to Helsinki. There are 5 trains per day on this route. The journey time is about 3,5 hours. Tickets are available from 70 EUR.
2) the direct overnight train "Tolstoi" from Moscow to Helsinki. The journey time is about 15,5 hours. tickets are available from 180 EUR.
Moscow, St.Petersburg and Helsinki are well connected to their national railway network, also by long-distance overnight trains..
Find the exact train schedules and buy your tickets via the given booking links.
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France
There are two direct long-distance night trains from Russia to France. One train runs from Moscow via Germany to Paris and the second one from Moscow via Austria and Italy to Nice. Both do not run daily. Tickets are available from 220 EUR. The ticket price depends on your travel date and the comfort class. The journey time is about 36 hours.
Additional tickets are necessary from your departure station to Moscow and from Paris or Nice to your final destination.
Buy your train ticket via the given booking links. There you find as well ticket prices and schedules.
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Japan
Travel from Russia to Japan including a ferry on the route from Vladivostok (Russia) to Sakaiminato (Japan). The ferry connection runs once per week with two nights on board via South-Korea (Donghae). Both cities, Vladivostok (Russia) and Sakaiminato (Japan), are connected to the national rail network.
Booking of the ferry: sometimes you have to book in two steps. First from Vladivostok to Donghae. Then from Donghae to Sakaiminato.
Find train schedules and exact ticket fares via the given booking links.
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North Korea
Travel from Russia to North Korea by direct train. There is once per week one overnight train from Moscow to North Korea.
Twice per month by North-Korean national railways from Moscow to Pyongyang. And twice per month by of Russian railways from Moscow to Tumangang. Tumangang is the border station between Russia and North-Korea, located in North-Korea. From Tumangang you have a direct train connection to Pyongyang.
Since 2017 it seems to be possible for individual travellers to enter North Korea via this route. But your organized trip in North Korea has to fit the departure/arrival times of the trains from/to Moscow.
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South Korea
To travel from Russia to South Korea, you have to include a ferry for example on the route from Vladivostok (Russia) to Donghae (South Korea). There is one ferry connection per week with one night on board.
Vladivostok (Russia) and Donghae (South Korea) are connected to the national rail network.
You need three tickets in total. From your departure railway station to Vladivostok. One ticket for the ferry crossing: the economy class ticket is about 150 EUR. And one ticket from Donghae to your final destination train station in South Korea.
Buy your tickets via the given booking links. There you find as well the schedules and ticket prices.
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Kazakhstan
Travel from Russia to Kazakhstan by a direct overnight train.
These service clases are available in the trains: 1st class sleeper with 2-berth compartments, 2nd class "Kupé" with 4-berth compartments and 3rd class "Platskartny" with open-plan dormitory wagons.
Find exact train schedules and ticket fares via the given booking links.
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Lithuania
Travel from Russia to Lithuania by direct overnight train on the travel route Moscow to Vilnius. It is also possible to travel by day train connection with change in Minsk (Belarus).
The overnight train from Moscow to Vilnius runs via Minsk (Belarus) with final travel destination Kaliningrad.
Find exact train schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking websites.
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Latvia
Travel from Russia to Latvia by direct overnight train. This train runs daily on the travel route from Moscow to Riga.
Find exact train schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking websites.
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Monaco
To travel by train from Russia to Monaco, make use of the direct overnight train between Moscow (Russia) and Monte-Carlo, Monaco.
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Moldova
Travel from Russia to Moldova by a direct overnight train. This daily train connection runs on the train route from Moscow via Kiev (Ukraine) to Chisinau (Moldova). Or from Saint Petersburg via Belarus and Ukraine to Chisinau.
Find exact train schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking websites.
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Mongolia
Travel from Russia to Mongolia by a direct overnight train. Train connections are available from Russia via Ulan-Ude (Russia) to Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia).
These service classes are available in the trains: 1st class sleeper with 2-berth compartments, 2nd class "Kupé" with 4-berth compartments and 3rd class "Platskartny" with open-plan dormitory wagons.
Find exact train schedules and ticket fares via the given booking links.
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Poland
Travel from Russia to Poland by direct train. The main travel route leads from Moscow to Warsaw. The journey time is 15 hours. Train tickets are available from 150 EUR. Moscow and Warsaw are very well connected to the national railway networks of Russia and Poland.
Therefore you need three train tickets:
1. From your departure station in Russia to Moscow.
2. The direct train from Moscow to Warsaw.
3. From Warsaw to your travel destination in Poland.
Find train schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking links.
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Tajikistan
Travel from Russia to Tajikistan by a direct overnight train.
These service classes are available in the trains: 1st class sleeper with 2-berth compartments, 2nd class "Kupé" with 4-berth compartments and 3rd class "Platskartny" with open-plan dormitory wagons.
Find exact train schedules and ticket fares via the given booking links.
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Ukraine
Travel from Russia to Ukraine by one of the several daily train connections. You can travel by day train or by overnight train on the main routes from Moscow to Kiev and Lviv.
The overnight trains offer 2 and 4 berth compartments. The journey time on the main train route Moscow to Kiev is 13 hours with ticket fares from 60 EUR.
Find train schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking links.
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Uzbekistan
Travel from Russia to Uzbekistan by a direct overnight train.
These service classes are available in the trains: 1st class sleeper with 2-berth compartments, 2nd class "Kupé" with 4-berth compartments and 3rd class "Platskartny" with open-plan dormitory wagons.
Find exact train schedules and ticket fares via the given booking links.
