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Travel plans, routes and timetables / Re: Best way to visit Budapest, Athens and Istanbul

« on: May 09, 2010, 05:52:54 pm »

If you allow one suggeston from me:
It will be cheaper if you buy Balkan Flexipass when you arrive in Belgrade. The one valid 5 days within one month will cover your trip Belgrade - Istanbul - Athens - Belgrade(Belgrade - Istanbul 2 days, Istanbul - Athens 1 day, and Athens - Belgrade 2 days). It costs 81 eur (51 eur for under 26 years old). Compering to ordinary tickets (Belgrade - Istanbul 48 eur + Istanbul - Thessaloniki 25 eur + Thessaloniki - Athens - Thessaloniki 40 eur + Thessaloniki - Belgrade 30 eur = 143 eur total) it is much cheaper if you buy Balkan Flexipass. Then after that you just need to buy sleeper/couchette reservations. For all other seating trains, except IC/ICE in Greece, you don't need any reservation.

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Train fares and tariffs / Re: Bratislava - St. Petersburg via Ukraine and Moscow

« on: April 13, 2010, 12:55:21 pm »

http://www.vagonweb.cz/razeni/vlak.php?zeme=DB&cislo=443/14&rok=2010
In meantime I found that Berlin - Irkutsk sleeper is shown here. In case it starts running will it be the same reservation cost as for Berlin - Novosibirsk (60eur) or little bit more?

It's not shown here: http://pass.rzd.ru/isvp/public/pass?STRUCTURE_ID=5129, but it's noted here, on bottom of page: http://pass.rzd.ru/isvp/public/pass?STRUCTURE_ID=5126

>>Поезд № 013Й/014Й Москва – Берлин с беспересадочными вагонами Москва – Париж, Санкт-Петербург – Берлин, Иркутск – Берлин.<<

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Train fares and tariffs / Re: Bratislava - St. Petersburg via Ukraine and Moscow

« on: April 13, 2010, 11:33:48 am »

Thank you, for your answers!

Well, Beograd - Budapest return ticket is 26 eur, and Budapest - Bratislava also return ticket is 16 eur, so it is still cheaper via Slovakia, then via Romania.

Do you know will Berlin (Warsaw) - Irkutsk sleeper run this summer?

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Train fares and tariffs / Re: Bratislava - St. Petersburg via Ukraine and Moscow

« on: April 13, 2010, 12:22:26 am »

It's cheaper with Slovakian CityStar, because CityStar Srbija - Rusija via Romania is 180EUR for RŽD<1500km and 216EUR for RŽD>1500km.

(off topic) As you sad that reservation is much more expensive for Russian cars then for Ukrainian. There is train 53D Harkov Pass - Vladivostok on which there are Ukrainian cars. Maybe reservation with CityStar ticket for this train is much cheaper then with Russian train. Do you know something about that? And also, there is a direct sleeper Berlin - Novosibirsk (and maybe al the way to Irkutsk at summer months). Do you know how mach the reservation for those cost?

 And one more offtopic question: Is it possible for CityStar ticket Slovakia - Russia that there is different route going to Russia and going back (including different border point between Ukraine and Russia)?

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Train fares and tariffs / Bratislava - St. Petersburg via Ukraine and Moscow

« on: April 12, 2010, 01:51:45 am »

CityStar ticket is good solution for Transsiberian travel, but I was wondering is it possible to buy CityStar ticket from Slovakia to St. Petersburg via Ukraine and Moscow? If it is, how much will be the cost for sleeping car reservation Moscow - St. Petersburg or seat on daytime trains (new Sapsan high-speed train)?

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Train fares and tariffs / Re: Return ticket Budapest - Plavec - Lokoshasa

« on: April 12, 2010, 01:41:28 am »

OK, I get it! Thank you! 

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Train fares and tariffs / Re: Return ticket Budapest - Plavec - Lokoshasa

« on: April 11, 2010, 12:14:50 pm »

Thank you for your answer! 

I'm just wondering do I qualify for discount, if I buy ticket till Curtici (Gr), because Curtici is border station on Romanian side. And one more question: can I buy ticket with discount like that only in Hungary and Slovakia, or I can buy it somewhere else, for example Wasteels office in Belgrade?

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Train fares and tariffs / Return ticket Budapest - Plavec - Lokoshasa

« on: April 10, 2010, 04:42:01 pm »

Hello,

I found an information that when buying Hungary - Slovakia return tickets there is 60% discount on Hungarian, an 55% discount on Slovakian. I also found out that the departure station needn't to be same. I want to ask how much is the cost of return ticket Budapest Keleti - Plavec (Gr) (via Kosice) and return Plavec (Gr) - Lokoshasa (Gr) (via Hatvan - Szolnok).

Thank you!