TOP-17 passenger privileges for comfort travelling in Russia

For lovers of traveling by train, we have prepared a list of 17 tips that can please even when traveling in the reserved seat. After reading them, you will become a travel guru and a thunderstorm of Russian Railways conductors!

1. If you have a ticket, the toilet at the station can be used free of charge. Say no to humiliating extortion for natural human need!
2. If you bought a ticket from the website or through the application, then when boarding it is enough to show only the passport. Make sure that there is a mark on the passage of electronic registration, otherwise you will still have to print out the ticket!
3. If you make an error in entering data on one letter or number, you must be put on the train. If more, you will have to pay extra for the re-registration service.
4. By purchasing a ticket for the top shelf, you have the right to ask for a seat belt. Do it at least out of interest!
5. Only the ticket holder has the unconditional right to sit on the bottom shelf. You can feel like a landlord if you are not afraid that the neighbors will hate you!  The "lower" passenger can let the upper one (sit, eat at the table), but is not obliged to do this.
6. The right to a place for luggage under the lower shelf also belongs to the ticket holder.
7. Boiling water for free! Stock up on tea bags and chocolates in advance and save a couple of hundred rubles.
8. With paid bed linen, you can ask for a blanket even in the summer if you're cold. Not bad, huh?
9. When buying a place in the compartment, bed linen and towels will go to you free of charge. By the way, sometimes you can find a compartment at the cost of a reserved seat.
10. Glasses and spoons will bring for free, as well as a first-aid kit and a sewing set.
11. After the guide brings you a sewing set, ask for board games! However, they may not be available.
12. If you go for a long time, and you are very bored, check the presence of soap and toilet paper in all cars. In the absence of a bold demand to provide them - you have every right to do so. You can even arrange a Sanitary Revolution.
13. Children under 5 years old go free of charge if they occupy the same shelf with you. Do not forget to issue a separate ticket! It is a pity that this rule does not apply to cats.
14. If you are lucky enough to be on the branded train, then as a gift to the ticket you will receive more toothpaste, a brush, wet wipes, printed publications, and sometimes breakfast.
15. From 11 pm to 6 am, you can complain about everyone who makes noise and interferes with sleep. Do not miss the chance to land a villain at night in the middle of the field!
16. Don't want to make your bed or are you having trouble?  Feel free to ask for a guide. However, the priority will still be disabled and passengers with children.
17. Bed linen at the end of the trip is not necessary to hand over - this is the work of the conductor. You can leave your place with a clear conscience with a disheveled bed, scattered games and undruped tea. True, conscience is still more expensive and we do not recommend doing so.

Russian Railways strikes back

Now it's time to talk about limitations in order to safely continue to enjoy the benefits.

1. Decided to save on bed linen? The pillow will also be taken away. Sometimes the guides allow her to use it out of kindness of the soul, but then behave more modestly.
2. The weight limit of luggage is 35 kg in a regular car and 50 kg in AW with a sum of three dimensions of not more than 180 cm.
3. In old cars, toilets (not bio) will be closed half an hour before arrival or stop at a major station. Plan your trip to the toilet in advance!
4. Alcohol can officially be drunk only in the dining car. By the way, there is a very colorful audience.
5. Smoking is forbidden everywhere: it remains only to endure and run out at stops.
6. With inadequate behavior and complaints of passengers, the transport police will come for you, and may God help you...