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Train fares and tariffs / Questions about the Slovakian CityStar ticket to Russia
« on: November 02, 2011, 02:39:04 pm »
Hello 
I would like to go on the Transsiberian from Split (Croatia) to Vladivostok next summer, so after I heard of the amazing offer from Slovakian railways to Russia and started to plan my trip, but I have some questions.
1. I read, that people buy this CityStar ticket in Slovakia but choose to board the train to Moscow in Budapest. Is this okay if there are other trains to Moscow (from Žilina) which do not go through Budapest? It would be great for me since Split (via Zagreb) is better connected with Budapest than it is with Bratislava (or Žilina for that matter).
2. If I go to Bratislava and buy this CityStar ticket, do I simply say that my destination in Russia is Vladivostok, or do I have to name all of the intermediate stations in between?
3. Can I choose one route TO Vladivostok and a different one back FROM it?
This last question is very important to me because I would like to go to Vladivostok like this
Budapest-Kiev-Moskva-Vladivostok
and return like this
Vladivostok-Irkutsk-Yekaterinburg-Kazan-Kiev-Budapest
so if this is not possible, I have to rethink my plans.
Thank you in advance
I would like to go on the Transsiberian from Split (Croatia) to Vladivostok next summer, so after I heard of the amazing offer from Slovakian railways to Russia and started to plan my trip, but I have some questions.
1. I read, that people buy this CityStar ticket in Slovakia but choose to board the train to Moscow in Budapest. Is this okay if there are other trains to Moscow (from Žilina) which do not go through Budapest? It would be great for me since Split (via Zagreb) is better connected with Budapest than it is with Bratislava (or Žilina for that matter).
2. If I go to Bratislava and buy this CityStar ticket, do I simply say that my destination in Russia is Vladivostok, or do I have to name all of the intermediate stations in between?
3. Can I choose one route TO Vladivostok and a different one back FROM it?
This last question is very important to me because I would like to go to Vladivostok like this
Budapest-Kiev-Moskva-Vladivostok
and return like this
Vladivostok-Irkutsk-Yekaterinburg-Kazan-Kiev-Budapest
so if this is not possible, I have to rethink my plans.
Thank you in advance