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« on: March 27, 2012, 01:33:36 am »
Little off topic,
CityStar Serbia-Russia/Russia-Serbia isn't available anymore 
But there is still CityStar Russia-Montenegro (probably Montenegro-Russia too). CityStar Vladivostok-Podgorica via Ukraine, Romania and Serbia costs 232 EUR.
Small correction  CityStar is available, but not for solo passanger, only from 2 till 5. Price is arround 35 000 RSD for 2 passengers from Beograd to Vladivostok via CFR and UZ.
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« on: January 31, 2012, 12:50:19 am »
What is the longest duration of stopover allowed with DB EuropaSpezial?
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« on: January 31, 2012, 12:49:21 am »
Thanks for the answers
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« on: January 13, 2012, 01:41:35 pm »
I know that reservation isn't obligatory if passenger travels on international route with EC, and that it is obligatory if passenger travels on domestic route EC. But I'm not sure about traveling domestic route with international ticket. For example, passenger buys ticket Zilina - Warszawa via Skalite(Gr), and changes trains in Zwardon and Katowice. If passenger chooses to board EC train between Katowice and Warszawa, is the reservation obligatory for that EC train?
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« on: January 09, 2012, 09:38:08 pm »
@John
Maybe, the best solution is to buy Split - Satoraljaujhely ticket, and then just walk to Slovenske Nove Mesto, and catch there train to Moscow.
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« on: January 09, 2012, 09:32:30 pm »
Little off topic, CityStar Serbia-Russia/Russia-Serbia isn't available anymore But there is still CityStar Russia-Montenegro (probably Montenegro-Russia too). CityStar Vladivostok-Podgorica via Ukraine, Romania and Serbia costs 232 EUR.
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« on: January 08, 2012, 04:09:03 pm »
Well, it's strange with Bosnia since there is two operators. For example, ŽFBH has routes from all border points in Bosnia including the ones that belong to ŽRS, but ŽRS via points are not shown, and only ŽFBH kilometer distance is counted (but, still the price seams OK, eg. Dobrljin(Gr) - Maglaj is just little bit more expensive than Dobrljin(Gr) - Doboj). But, ŽRS has routes only from ŽRS border points, including border points with ŽFBH (Maglaj(TS), Brcko(TS)...), which don't exist on ŽFBH side, and has no routes which go via ŽFBH territory. So as a result you can't get ticket from ŽRS to any place if you go via ŽFBH territory. Simplest solution would be to ŽFBH add border points with ŽRS.
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« on: January 07, 2012, 09:58:42 pm »
Yes, they will just subtract RailPlus discount from "usual" (for them) Zagreb-Sarajevo fare (which is SCIC-NRT-20%, if we remember correct about HZ-ZFBH discount)
Correction - it's 20% discount on HŽ-SET, and HŽ-SET is already 30% cheaper then SCIC-NRT. Same case as HŽ-ŽS (30% discount on HŽ-SET). 20% discount for HŽ-ŽFBH/ŽRS should be only for return tickets according to HŽ website: http://www.hznet.hr/povlasticeumedunarodnom
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« on: January 06, 2012, 07:01:05 pm »
Hello  ,
here are a lot of information, that i don`t really get i think.
1. To buy the City Star ticket I have defenitly go to the check republik and buy it there 60 day in advance on a workday?
I want to go with my wife on the 6th or 7th of August to Vladivostock and back, so can i buy it in a station near the german boarder on the
7/8 of June? No online booking? My check is not even bad, it is worse.
2. Where do i find the T3 or T4 availibilty in the trains i wanne ride? and can I make the reservations online or the same way in the CR?
Hope you have the time to help some slow minded german.. 
1. It's not Czech, it's Slovakian CityStar ticket. But, no problem, you can buy ticket even on the day of departure. So in your case, best option is to go Germany - Vladivostok via Slovakia. 2. You can buy reservations at train stations in Germany, 60 days in advance for international trains Slovakia - Russia, and 45 days in advance for inland Russian trains.
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« on: December 13, 2011, 10:43:31 am »
Reservation fares are the same for RZD, UZ are slightly cheaper, for BC I don't know. Unfortunately, no more Kiev/Lvov - Bratislava direct coaches. Even afternoon cross border train Chop - Cierna goes earlier so it's impossible to change from train 7 Kiev - Chop to cross the border to Slovakia. There is additional Moskva - Bratislava coach during summer, and Moskva - Košice during winter. Great (and updated!) source of information: http://dijszabas.uw.hu/dijszabas/index.php
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« on: December 11, 2011, 04:21:54 pm »
Big price increase for City Star ZSSK - RZD from today:
via UZ, RZD<1500 km - 129,36 EUR
via UZ, RZD>1500 km - 165,36 EUR
via PKP-BC, RZD>1500 - 245,5 EUR
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« on: November 07, 2011, 10:28:56 am »
...Or if you don't mind traveling by plackart. It can be fun
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« on: November 06, 2011, 05:57:53 pm »
@tUt - Yes, Gyuri mentioned that, but in meantime ZSSK said they don't issue manual ticket's anymore since they don't have tariff books anymore, only computer.
@John - actually, from December 2010 CityStar ZSSK-RŽD via UZ is 120,0 EUR, and via PKP-BČ is 233,2 EUR. We will see if something changes from December 2011.
You cannot take the direct train Budapest/Bratislava - Warszawa since it goes via ČD. The CityStar via ČD is not possible. Currently the only passenger operating border point between ZSSK and PKP is Skalite(Gr). Unfortunately train Keszthely - Budapest - Krakow which used to go in summer last years via Plavec(Gr) doesn't operate, and will not operate this summer. So in case going via Skalite(Gr) from Bratislava, you will have to change trains in Zilina and Zwardon, and to spend a night in Katowice, and catch a Praha - Moskva (or Praha - St. Peterburg direct car) train in early morning in Katowice. Or you can continue from Katowice to Warsaw, and catch there a train to Moskva, Minsk, St. Peterburg or Irkutsk.
Unfortunately the 50% discount is only for domestic tickets, and as I red on russian forum it will not bi valid in summer 2012.
Regarding train Minsk - Irkutsk, you cannot buy reservation for Moskva - Irkutsk on that train, but you can buy reservation Minsk - Irkutsk and board in Moscow, or you can buy reservation Irkutsk - Minsk, and leave the train in Moscow, or for example in Yekaterinburg. The only problem is that that train goes through Moscow in the middle of the night.
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« on: November 06, 2011, 12:49:09 am »
Thanks for the info, but that's a pity... Did ZSSK gave any decent explanation about that? Since it seems strange to have the limit for the only route
ZSSK now issues only electronic tickets, not manual any more. So they can issue ticket only with route which is in computer. But RZD is problem, not ZSSK, because RZD doesn't issue all the routes. Available routes are the one which are on http://passport.uic.asso.fr/login.dhtml or http://jizdenka.idos.cz/IT.aspx?Lang=69, but you cannot go via same station twice in one direction. So, from Zernovo, basically that is the only route available. You can chose for example, to combine different series, and you can get Zernovo(Gr) - Vladivostok via Briansk*Moskva*Sverdlovsk*Omsk*Krasniarsk*Irkutsk Pass*Chita*Habarovsk or some other combinations, but every possible solution will be the same route, just with different via points listed. John, you can definitely go Ekaterinburg - Moskva part via Kazan. Also you can go via Yaroslavl. I know cases that CityStar ticket was used on this routes. There arre also direct trains Moskva - Siberia which go via Kazan or Yaroslavl, so no problem. I was also wondering myself, since between Moskva and Novosibirsk there is no through point stated will be possible to go via Penza - Samara - Ufa - Cheliabinsk since once it was also the route of Transsiberian (like the route via Yaroslavl), but I'm not sure about it. I heard also stories, that somebody tried to go via BAM with CityStar (again, because between Novosibirsk and Habarovsk there are not through points stated), but I don't know how it ended since East-West fares for reservations for BAM are not available, only domestic ones. John, I hope you are aware that domestic Russian reservations are highly expensive (eg. Moskva - Vladivostok 231 EUR T4), but you can save at least for Moskow - Irkutsk part by using BČ coaches on Minsk - Irkutsk train, or direct coach Warszawa - Irkutsk. For example, reservation T4 Moskva - Irkutsk costs 155 EUR, but Minsk - Irkutsk in BČ coach costs 56 EUR, or Warszawa - Irkutsk 54 EUR.
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« on: November 05, 2011, 01:14:54 am »
Zdravo John The border point between UZ and RŽD is Zernovo(Gr). Between Zernovo(Gr) and Vladivostok only available route is via Briansk*Moskva*Novosibirsk*Habarovsk. The route via St. Peterburg is available only with CityStar ticket via PKP and BČ, which is a lot more expensive. In that case border point between BČ and RŽD will be Ezerisce(Gr) and route between Ezerisce(Gr) and Vladivostok will be via St. Peterburg*Moskva*Novosibirsk.
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